Social media for trainer professional
development
Michael Griffin
SIT Trainer Webinar SeriesJune 4th 2015
Isn’t Social Media just about Justin Bieber and all
that?
And food pics?
And reading your second cousin’s political views?
About this session
• Questions anytime and at the end • Discussion is encouraged • Links welcome anytime and
hopefully shared later • Links here:
http://tinyurl.com/socialmediatrainerprofdev
• Not really tech-focused • Just some ideas and places to
get you started • Sharing my days of “research” • Motivation and resources more
than “how-to” • Absolutely no pictures of cute
cats or puppies
Social media for professional development
Why? • Connecting to a wide(r) world• Crowdsourcing • Keeping up with changes in the
field • Finding materials for training• Finding questions to ponder • Sharing the great stuff you do
and contributing to conversations
Why not? • TIME! • Worries about unreliable
information• Lack of prestige for this type of
writing or activity • Unproductive and aggressive
discussions prevail • Worries about tech
Twitter Handles • @NewbieCELTA• @sandymillin • @rosemerebard • @_FTaylor_• @TeachingVillage• @SophiaKhan4 • @carol_goodey • @nathanghall • @chiasuan • @vickyloras
SIT Trainers’ Blogs • Zhenya Polosatova’s
Wednesday Seminars •Wilma Luth’s
Teach and Reflect (and teach and reflect and teach…) • Linda-Marie Koza’s
Reflection Pools • Dawn Wink
Dewdrops
**with sincere apologies if I missed some!
Facebook Groups
• Teacher Voices • Blog Posts of Teachers of English• #AUSELT • IATEFL TTD SIG • KOTESOL RP SIG • TESOL Academic•MULL
Thank you very much! See you online?
@michaelEgriffin
https://eltrantsreviewsreflections.wordpress.com/