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=Barbara Dieu=

Skype: beedieu [|Twitter: bdieu] [|Del.icio.us: bee] [|Flickr: bee] == ||
 * [[image:DSC02642.JPG width="214" height="172" align="left" caption="Barbara Dieu"]] || http://beespace.net

|| Bee has been in ELT and education since 1974 (in the classroom) and since 1997 increasingly online, networking, planning, organizing and facilitating workshops /collaborative projects worldwide. She has [|published] /[|presented] nationally and internationally. An active member of several associations and communities of practice, among which [|Tesol], [|Braztesol], [|WiA], [|Merlot], [|Hornby CL], [|Práxis], and [|T.A.L.O]. She is presently [|Braztesol EduTechSIG Coordinator] and also serving on the 2008-9 [|NMC Horizon Project Advisory Board].
 * ==Bio==

Narrative - how I have engaged in projects in my instituion in the past 10 years: http://www.gsnaward.org/award/viewCandidates/viewCandidate.cfm?ID=75&NH=1
 * Some writings which may be of interest:

WebCurriculum (in Portuguese but drawings show the evolution of Internet adoption) http://beespace.net/1st-web-curriculo/

P2P and Learning Ecologies in ELT http://www.iatefl.org.pl/call/j_article25.htm

Pedagogical affordances of syndication, aggregation, and mash-up of content on the Web http://tesl-ej.org/ej41/int.html.bu**** ||

Title
Establishing an Online Presence

Abstract
Much is said about the potential of ICTs in education and yet many teachers still view the Web only as an environment for obtaining authentic language material or an extra space to coordinate activities arising from classwork. Very few dare step outside the command and control role they have within their classrooms or local academic groups to engage with a wider community, where experts, peers and learners mingle and interact, guiding and scaffolding others in this process.

Social and collaborative tools (participatory media) allied to online networking in a variety of communities of practice help practitioners establish a presence and build their identity online according to their own interests, which facilitates their linguistic, social, inter-cultural and professional development outside institutional gridlocks.

This presentation aims at giving a quick overview of these concepts and required mindset so as to encourage teachers
 * to adopt ICT where appropriate in their professional lives;
 * to join interest groups online to make connections, share resources and experience;
 * to create, develop an online digital identity and help their students do the same by interacting in self-directed ways;
 * to consider, reflect on and discuss some of the challenges they may face when doing so.

Presentation
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