Peers

Tips for an online community: http://courses.edtechleaders.org/documents/opd/ETLO_Ten_Tips.htm what do we want our discussion forum to be?

Visit ELT website to get familiar with the major and alumni http://tesol.byuh.edu/ BYU-Hawaii TESOL Alumni Facebook page and/or the old BYUH TESOL Facebook page. Also look at http://readingwritingcenter.byuh.edu/?q=RWC/joetutor to see how the Reading/Writing Center uses Facebook for Joe Tutor. Surf byuh.edu for other campus groups which have a Facebook page.

Hawaii TESOL and what do they do? When is the Annual Conference? Link: http://hawaiitesol.wildapricot.org/Default.aspx?pageId=1391190 Hawaii TESOL is committed to building a community of professionals teaching ESL (English as a Second Language) in the State of Hawaii. It works to promote the highest standards in employment and instruction, improve professional support and interaction, and increase public and government recognition of the ESL field. It also provides ESL professionals in Hawaii with opportunities for networking and professional development. Hawaii TESOL offers four major activities a year. Hawaii TESOL conference is held every year in February. TESOL Convention and theme Link: http://www.niletesol.org/web/index.php?ref=page&id=14 Answer: 26-29 March 2014 Portland, Oregon, USA TESOL 2014 Call for Proposals and Reviewers TESOLs Electronic Village Online (EVO) Link: http://www.slideshare.net/vances/vstevens-tesol-arabiaabudhab-chapte-event2013 http://academics.smcvt.edu/cbauer-ramazani/TESOL/EVOL/portal.htm It is Free, Annual, Teacher-centered professional development. Its basically an annual free, online PD event since 2001. The sessions run for six weeks in January and February. keeping participation in the sessions open to all teachers at no cost. Webheads in Action and what do they do? Link: http://webheadsinaction.org/ Webheads is as online community for educators. Some of the activities that Webheads exchange share and discuss new technology advancement. New ideas are being discussed for classroom curriculum. ESL and TESOL professionals join this community because of the activities they are involved in. I meet and learn from fellow English Language Teachers, and other sources that may be more relevant to me.

I think I can definitely meet and learn from TESOL society activities and share ideas that I have with others. However for the most part, I can participate in TESOL conference and actively engage in social meetings through the conference. Various TESOL materials are available for fellow English language teachers. We can also collaborate information and share with one another through social networks such as Facebook, twitter, emails, Canvas.. so forth.