YOU can participate in YOU can participate in Electronic Village Online, free Electronic Village Online, free Professional Development Professional Development Sessions Sessions Sponsored by TESOL Sponsored by TESOL CALL-IS CALL-IS January 11 - February 21, 2010January 11 - February 21, 2010

Presentation by Vance Stevensat Petroleum Institute, Abu DhabiAUP (Dept.) January 10, 2010

Essential URLs for this Essential URLs for this presentationpresentationNotes for the presentation

http://tinyurl.com/21centuryskills4pdo

This slide show uploaded tohttp://slideshare.net/vances

Sessions are FREE to anyoneYou DON’T have to be a TESOL

member to participate

What is EVO?What is EVO?Free professional development

sessions FOR teachersCreated and mounted

BY volunteer teachersSponsored by TESOL (and CALL-IS)Focus on

◦ ESOL

◦ Language teaching

◦ Educational technology in general (e.g. digital images, video)

◦ Other pedagogical issues (e.g. accessibility)

Philosophy of EVOPhilosophy of EVOFrom Stephen Downes, WiAOC

2007http://www.slideshare.net/Downes/personal-learning-the-web-20-way

◦To teach is to Model Demonstrate

◦To Learn is to Practice Reflect

Why is EVO so good?Why is EVO so good?Dedicated training and

preparation of moderators◦ October - Call for Moderator participation◦ October-November -

Moderator training sessions◦ early December

Sessions must have viable syllabus and outcomes, adhere to minimal standards

Peer reviewed and only then accepted

Experience and scaffolding◦ 10 years: each year since 2000◦ Inculcate 21st century teaching methodologies

Timeline for participantsTimeline for participantsJanuary 4-10, 2010

Registration for sessions listed at: http://evosessions.pbworks.com/Call_for_Participation2010

January 10, 2010 at noon GMT (4pm UAE) Live webcast kickoff at http://webheadsinaction.org/live

January 11 – February 21, 2010 EVO sessions◦ Can be as intensive as you wish

◦ Limit yourself to one or two sessions

March 24-27, 2010 TESOL Conference in Boston

What do you do in EVO What do you do in EVO sessions?sessions?

Almost all start with an email list, usually Yahoo Groups – http://yahoogroups.com

Many have Nings – http://ning.com Most use wikis; e.g. http://pbworks.com

or http://docs.google.com Many use microblogging; e.g.

http://twitter.com Many socially bookmark URLs using

http://delicious.com or http://diigo.com Most encourage reflective blogs; e.g.

http://blogger.com

Friendly to newcomersFriendly to newcomersEVO moderators have all learned

from one anotherSome sessions cater to newcomers; especially Becoming a Webheadhttp://evosessions.pbworks.com/baw2010

Support continually available◦Community-based learning◦Both live and synchronous help◦Attitude of sharing, scaffolding,

enjoyment in, enthusiasm for learning

Won’t you try it out?Won’t you try it out?

Hope to see you there,Vance Stevenshttp://adVancEducation.blogspot.com