A Critique of the Proposed National Education Policy Reform
European project Sun.Com Social Networks for Educators
1. Sun.Com
Social Networks
For professional development
Naples 2012
The project Sun.com has been funded with support from
the European Commission. This document reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held
responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.
2. Sun.Com
Social Networks Who is Joel & Kindersite?
Role in the project : dissemination & social networks
Involved in 22 European projects
Expert in using the Internet and social networks
Founded the EU_Educators group on Facebook
Founded the Kindersite Project website
4. Sun.Com
Social Networks Why?
A tool for professional development
Sharing
Support
Activities
Communications
Learning
Social networking sites support collaboration between professionals
and connect language teachers around the world.
5. Sun.Com
Social Networks Sharing
Sharing of professional knowledge & information by web-links
• Articles (academic, journalistic, background and focused)
• Videos – example http://tinyurl.com/7swydn
• Newsletters
• Websites
• New and old ICT tools and how to use them in education
7. Sun.Com
Social Networks Support
Global virtual staff room
• Hundreds of teachers just like you
• Different experiences, teaching the same subjects as you
• Available 24/7
• Always willing to share, no off days
8. Sun.Com
Social Networks Activities
Events, conferences & workshops
• Webinars – WizIQ, Weekly TESOL
• Twitter chats #ELTchat
• Workshops
• Conferences
• Contributing to events and conversations
9. Sun.Com
Social Networks Communications
Synchronous and asynchronous conversations
• Google plus hangouts
• Skype meetings
• Twitter chats
• Facebook comment threads, groups and pages
• LinkedIn groups
• Listservs
• Ning discussions
10. Sun.Com
Social Networks Learning
Informal learning
• Meeting place for language:
• Students
• Teachers
• Language learning opportunities
• Student to student (same language, target language)
• Teacher to teacher
• Teacher development
• Teacher resources
• Teachers finding students
• Online or blended courses
11. Sun.Com
Social Networks The networks
• Facebook www.facebook.com
• Twitter www.twitter.com
• Ning www.ning.com
• LinkedIn www.linkedIn.com