Developing in the social network

Key note plenary session

Lindsay Clandfield
10.00—10.50, Main hall

Voki presentation

When I think over my own professional development of the past ten years, it's almost impossible not to see how it has been affected, enhanced and amplified by social networking. Using my own trajectory as an example, this talk will look at the rise of social media and how educators have been a part of this from the very beginning. How have the tools we now have at our disposal shaped our circle of professional contacts, the materials and lessons we do with our students and, ultimately, our careers? Along the way we'll also critically examine issues of online identity and ownership of this space.

Biodata • Lindsay is a teacher, trainer and author from Canada. He is the author of several books for teachers and learners of English most notably Global (a six level course for Macmillan) and Dealing with Difficulties (a teacher development book for Delta Publishing), both of which have won The English Speaking Union award, given by the Duke of Edinburgh. Lindsay has been teaching and developing materials for online teaching for the past nine years with various tertiary organizations. He is the co-author, with Nicky Hockly, of Teaching Online (Delta Publishing 2010) and is the series editor of the Delta Teacher Development Series. The writer behind the blog Six Things (www.sixthings.net), in 2011 he founded the round (www.the-round.com), an independent publishing collective with Luke Meddings.

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