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The 2020 EDU, ELT/ELL and EDTECH Conference Calendar for Canım Türkiyem…Ver 2.4

In Conferences, ELT and ELL, News & Updates (from the CBO), Teacher Learning on 17/08/2019 at 6:08 pm

ELT & ELL Conf Calendar (TG ver)

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Sevgili Hocalarim,

We have entered a brand-spanking-new DECADE…and while it may not have got off to the “best” start…

New Year

I’m kinda hoping that this LATEST UPDATE will keep you all in good spirits! 

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As ever, I’m gonna have to hold off on going public with a few of them…posters and webpages have taken a bit of a backseat to many schools announcing their “admission test dates”…even some of our “best” institutions!

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I never actually got why we have such astronomical tuition fees AND selective entry tests…surely a really GREAT school would take a bunch of pretty “average” kids…and turn them into GREAT learners…to justify their really high fees – I must have missed a memo there or something!

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Neyse, I’ll get more of those up for you all laters! So, what do we have for you TODAY?

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REMEMBER – if you are having an event and it is confirmed,

please let me know and I’ll get it up on the calendar for you…

 


JANUARY 2020

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Gelişim 11 Jan Conf Poster

EVENT: Gelişim Nationwide ELT Conference

DATE(S): 11 January 2020

THEME: Be the Change, Inspire the World

LOCATION: Gelişim Koleji, Ulukent – İZMİR

INFO: http://www.gelisim.k12.tr/TR/bilgi/4/ELT@GELISIM

(e-mail – sertac.ertunc@gelisim.k12.tr)

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FEBRUARY 2020

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MBA Feb 08 Conf

EVENT: MBA Schools 1st Nationwide ELT Conference

DATE(S): 08 February 2020

THEME: Diversity is Inspiring

LOCATION: MBA Okkuları, Çamlıca Campus – İSTANBUL

INFO: https://www.mbaokullari.com/etkinlik-landingpage

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EVENT: İTK ELT17

DATE(S): 08 Feb 2020

THEME: Cultivating Global Citizenship – Allowing Students to Take Their Place in the World

LOCATION: İzmir Türk Koleji – İZMİR

INFO: https://bit.ly/35wgfL2

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Cevre 22 Feb Conf 2020

EVENT: Çevre College 16th ELT Conference

DATE(S): 22 Feb 2020

THEME: Let’s Design the Future of ELT

LOCATION: Çevre Koleji, Erenköy – İSTANBUL

INFO: http://eltcevre.com/

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EVENT: 5th EİT Conference

DATE(S): 22 February 2020

THEME: Go Beyond Borders

LOCATION: Maya Schools, Oran Campus – ANKARA

INFO: https://tinyurl.com/r8adtk3

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MARCH 2020

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TESOL Arabia (logo-med)

EVENT: TESOL Arabia – 25th International Conference & Exhibition

DATE(S): 05 – 07 March 2020

THEME: Empowering Educators: Technology, Leadership, & Curricular Innovation

LOCATION: Hyatt Regency Hotel, Deira – DUBAI (UAE)

INFO: https://tesol-arabia.com/

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Kultur2000 Conf 07 March 2020

EVENT: The Kültür FLT Conference 2020

DATE(S): 07 March 2020

THEME: Language Channels the Culture – in English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish

LOCATION: Kültür Koleji, Bakırköy Campus – İSTANBUL

INFO: https://www.flt.kultur.k12.tr/

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ETZ 7 March 2020 (poster)

EVENT: etz Summit 2020

DATE(S): 07 March 2020

THEME: Sustainable Innovation

LOCATION: Radisson Blu Hotel, Şişli – İSTANBUL

INFO: https://www.egitimteknolojilerizirvesi.com/en/index.php

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AYBU 19 March (poster)

EVENT: IATEFL LASIG Conference 2020

DATE(S): 19-20 March 2020,

THEME: Metamorphosis: A Journey of Self-directed Learning and Advising

LOCATION: Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University – ANKARA

INFO: https://aybulapconference.wordpress.com/

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TESOL 2020 (Screenshot)

EVENT: TESOL 2020 International Convention & Expo

DATE(S): 31 March – 03 April 2020

THEME: Generic / Multi-Theme Annual ELT Conference

LOCATION: Colorado Convention Center – DENVER (USA)

INFO: https://www.tesol.org/attend-and-learn/international-convention

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APRIL 2020

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idea2020 Trabzon

EVENT: 14th International IDEA Conference

DATE(S): 01-03 April 2020

THEME: Studies in English

LOCATION: Karadeniz Technical University – TRABZON

INFO: https://bit.ly/2QqzuBl

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Canakkale 02 April ELT2020 (poster)

EVENT: 11th International ELT Research Conference

DATE(S): 02-04 April 2020

THEME: Localising Global Issues in ELT

LOCATION: Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Faculty of Education, ELT Department – ÇANAKKALE

INFO: http://elt2020.ulead.org.tr/

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TED Conf April 2020

EVENT: TED (Turkish Education Association) XII ELT Conference

DATES: 07-08 April 2020

THEME: Full Speed Ahead: The Present is Already Past- 22nd Century Skills

LOCATION: TED Ankara College – ANKARA

INFOhttps://elt.ted.org.tr/.

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IATEFL2020 Conference Poster (Screenshot) (1)

EVENT: 54th International IATEFL Conference & Exhibition

DATE(S): 18-21 April 2020 (Pre-Conference Events: 17 April 2020)

THEME: Generic / Multi-Theme Annual ELT Conference

LOCATION: Manchester Central, Windmill St – MANCHESTER (UK)

INFO: https://conference.iatefl.org/conference

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MAY 2020

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FLEPS Conf Poster (new ver) 140220

EVENT: EMU-FLEPS 7th Workshop Festival

DATE(S): 15 May 2020

THEME: 3Cs to Motivate Collaborate, Communicate, Create

LOCATION: Prep B Building, EMU South Campus – MAGUSA / NORTHERN CYPRUS

INFO: https://flepsworkshop.emu.edu.tr/en

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JUNE 2020

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METU 11 June (poster)

EVENT: 14th METU ELT Convention

DATE(S): 11-12 June 2020

THEME: Reflections

LOCATION: METU Convention Centre – ANKARA

INFO: http://www.dbe.metu.edu.tr/convention2020/

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ULEAD 2020 Çanakkale

EVENT: ICRE 2020 – 12th Int. Congress of Research in Education

DATE(S): 11-14 June 2020

THEME: Redesigning Education for Digital Natives

LOCATION: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University, Fac. of Education – RİZE

INFO: http://ulead2020.ulead.org.tr/

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JULY 2020

Keep Calm and WTS 02 (1)


AUGUST 2020

Closed for HOLIDAYS 02 (1)


SEPTEMBER 2020

Keep Calm and WTS 02 (1)


OCTOBER 2020

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ULEAD Bursa 15 Oct Poster

EVENT: ICRAL 2020 (13th Intenational ULEAD Congress)

DATE(S): 01-03 October 2020

THEME: Applied Linguistics in the 21st Century: Looking Back and Moving Forward

LOCATION: Bursa Uludağ University – BURSA

INFO: Going live soon – http://www.icral2020.ulead.org.tr/

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YıldızTech Oct 2020

EVENT: InnovaPros 2020

DATE(S): 15-16 October 2020

THEME: Innovative Practices & Future Prospects in ELT

LOCATION: Davutpaşa Congress Centre, Yıldız Technical University – İSTANBUL

INFO: http://www.innovapros2020.yildiz.edu.tr/

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NOVEMBER 2020

Keep Calm and WTS 02 (1)


DECEMBER 2020

Keep Calm and WTS 02 (1)

 …in MARCH…for even more events in 2020!

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What can I do for YOU?

In Educational Leadership, ELT and ELL, News & Updates (from the CBO), Our Schools, Our Universities, Uncategorized on 13/07/2018 at 11:35 am

The recent parliamentary and presidential elections here in canım Türkiyem left a lot of the so-called ‘white Turks’ a wee bit unhappy (to say the least). Muharrem İnce put up a brave fight as the CHP candidate…but most of knew it was always going to be a one-horse race!

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The real surprise came, however, when Erdoğan announced his new cabinet. In the line-up, there was a face that many described as ‘totally unexpected’!

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No…not that one…the ‘Son-in-Law’ just sent investors running for the hills and helped the dollar make a bloody great hole in my newly-painted ceiling!

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This one…

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Ziya Selçuk…a well-known Professor from Gazi University…a progressive educational thunker and founder of Maya Okulları (originally in Ankara and now in Manavgat and Diyarbakır)a teacher’s teacher!

A surprise? A surprise?

Shouldn’t every country have a Minster of Education with this type of background… pedigree…sense of humour, even?

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I guess many people thought it was unexpected because ‘Ziya Hoca’ had been the Head of the Instruction and Education Board (Talim Terbiye), a key arm of the Ministry of Education (MEB) when the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) first came to power in the early 2000s…at the time Dark Lord Hüseyin Çelik held the reigns of power.

Ziya Hoca walked away.

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Others might have thought it was a surprise that Ziya Hoca agreed to take the appointment!

The MEB has the reputation for changing its ‘leader’ more often than its underwear (5 times since 2002 and the start of AKP rule). Sadly, all these leaders also demonstrated amazingly low levels of Educational Literacy and Turkish Educational policy, some might think, was produced by this type of discussion…

Talking Ass

…and those very decisions then frequently falling foul of…

Baby U-turn

…’revisions’ that totally confused parents, students, teachers…even God herself!

This is not how Ziya Hoca does busyness and his appointment has, on the whole, been met with a lot of praise and given a lot of educators ‘hope’ (whatever you may think about Erdoğan, stupid he is not…not at all)!

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So, why am I writing this post?

Well…on a lot of the Leadership and Middle Management Training programmes I run, we talk about what ‘new leaders’ have to do in their first 90 days in office (regardless of experience, qualifications and ‘personal vision’)…

Top of the list:

  • SHUT UP!
  • ASK QUESTIONS!
  • LISTEN!

Hence, the title of this post…

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I’ve been chatting to a lot of friends on the phone since the appointment (mostly because I can’t leave the house…after a ‘fight’ with a 6cm step left me with 4 fractures in my foot, a ripped calf on the other leg, bruised ribs…and a shiriously red-faced ego! Size really doesn’t matter!!!) and talking about what Ziya Hoca could do to improve the quality of language learning, teaching and assessment across canım Türkiyem.

A few ideas are:

  • Work closely with the Council for Higher Education (YÖK) and Universities with ELT Departments to ensure teachers-in-training are given more opportunities to actually graduate with higher levels of fluency and accuracy (at least a minimum of CEFR – B2+/C1 or GSE 70-78) – via language support across all 4 years of their courses, 6-month exchange programmes with schools in the UK, US or Canada, etc.
  • Ensure every school has access to a Professional Learning Budget for its language departments and has the authority to use this budget to meet the ‘bottom-up’ needs of teachers.
  • Create training opportunities that tackle the serious issues of ‘content-driven’ or ‘activity-based’ teaching that are the product of schools’ obsessions with ‘covering the textbook’ and develop teacher ability to meet commonly-agreed learning outcomes by creating motivating and engaging learning opportunities – not simply turning pages like a burger-flipper at Macdonalds.
  • Remove the current conventional wisdom that language tests have to be dominated by ‘objective’ multiple-choice questions and prepare the groundwork for a fundamental shift towards ‘formative assessment’ in our language classrooms and the use of valid and reliable ‘communicative tests’ which prioritise the importance of speaking.
  • NEVER, everever…repeat the ‘cock-up’ that was the Fatih Project!

There are many, many more…

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If Ziya Hoca asked YOU, what would you tell HIM?

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HERE’S the graphic on ‘trust’ that I could not add into the comments section (15/07/18):

Workplace Trust (Jacobs 2012)

 

The 2018 EDU, ELT/ELL and EDTECH Conference Calendar for Canım Türkiyem…Ver 5.1

In Conferences, News & Updates (from the CBO), Teacher Learning, Technology on 12/03/2018 at 2:46 am

Sevgili Hocalarim,

I know I said that the last version of the Calendar would be the last – I guess the fat lady just hadn’t finished singing…

So, here we go…with a  couple of updates to details and contact info…and a couple of additions, too!

Tony (logo new) 260316 ACG

Let’s look at our events across canım Turkiyem first:

 


MARCH 2018

EVENT: 5. Eğitim Teknolojileri Zirvesi (ETZ18)

21C LEARNing FIRST

EVENT: 1st ELT, DAF and FLE Conference

EVENT: 13th GKV ELT Conference

  • DATE: 17 March 2018
  • LOCATION: Gaziantep College Foundation Department (GKV) – GAZIANTEP
  • THEME: Effective Classroom Practices in 2018
  • INFO: http://elt.gkv.k12.tr/default.asp

EVENT: 2nd GELTUS Conference

EVENT: 5th International NTELT Conference

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APRIL 2018

EVENT: 4th Cukurova International ELT Conference (CUELT 2018) 

  • DATE: 05-06 April 2018
  • LOCATION: Çukurova University, Faculty of Education – ADANA
  • THEME: Generic ELT Issues
  • INFO: https://www.cueltconferences.org/ (Contact: Ali Ceyhun Müftüoğlu)

EVENT: 10th International ELT Research Conference

EVENT: 2nd International Conference on Education and Learning 

EVENT: X. TED ELT Conference

  • DATE: 28-29 April 2018
  • LOCATION: TED Mersin College – MERSIN
  • THEME: The Wonderful World of Words
  • INFO: http://elt.ted.org.tr/  You can follow the livestream of this conference on YouTube (see http://elt.ted.org.tr/ for details). 

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MAY 2018

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EVENT: V. International Eurasian Educational Research Congress

EVENT: The 13th METU International ELT Convention

EVENT: 32. Ulusal Dilbilim Kurultayı

EVENT: Sabancı School of Languages Conference

EVENT: 4th International Conference: Plagiarism across Europe and Beyond

  • DATE: 9-11 May 2018
  • LOCATION: Palm Wings Hotels & Resorts – EPHESUS / İZMİR
  • THEME: Fostering Academic Integrity Through Consistent and Transparent Approaches
  • INFO: https://plagiarism.pefka.mendelu.cz/

EVENT: 1st Quality Assurance and Accreditation in Foreign Language Education Conference

  • DATE: 11-12 May 2018
  • LOCATION: Bandirma 17 Eylul University – BANDIRMA/BALIKESİR
  • THEME: Trends and Best Practices in Quality and Accreditation
  • INFO: http://qaafl.com and  dstaub@bandirma.edu.tr

EVENT: The 3rd BELL Intl. Graduate Student Conference

  • DATE: 17-18 May 2018
  • LOCATION: Dept. of English Language and Literature, Bülent Ecevit University – ZONGULDAK
  • THEME: Generic EL and Lit. Content
  • INFO: http://www.bellconference.beun.edu.tr

EVENT: 1st ScOLa ELT Conference

8Thinkers wanted (blog ver 02 TG)

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JUNE 2018

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EVENT: The 15th Bilkent University (BUSEL) Conference

  • LOCATION: Bilkent University – ANKARA
  • DATE: 29-30 June 2018
  • THEME: The Future of EAP: Provision, Standards and Practices
  • INFO: buselconf@bilkent.edu.tr

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JULY 2018

Nope (TRUMP)! 2


SEPTEMBER 2018

EVENT: 2nd International Black Sea Conference on Language & Language Education

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Twitter (bird announce)

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Then, we add some ‘sauce’ – for those of you with a half-decent ‘conference fund’ and a School operational plan that covers ‘foreign jollies’:

06 Creativity FQs (balance TG ver)

Please notethe rumours are indeed true – the TESOL Arabia (TACON) event for this year has been ‘postponed’ (though people are being tight-lipped as to ‘why’) the ALLT Event in March (at Zayed University) is NOT a TESOLArabia ‘replacement’ for TACON…so if you were planning a ‘shopping trip’ to Dubai (again), try that one…or consider Doha!

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FEBRUARY 2018

EVENT: ELT Ireland – 4th Annual Conference

 


MARCH 2018

EVENT: Applied Linguistics and Language Teaching (ALLT) Conference

EVENT: The 53rd RELC International Conference

  • DATE: 12-14 March 2018
  • LOCATION: SINGAPORE
  • THEME: 50 Years of ELT and Assessment – Reflections, Insights and Possibilities 
  • INFO: http://www.relc.org.sg/Conference2018/ (Contact: Dr Alvin Pang)

EVENT: TESOL 2018 – International Convention & English Language Expo

 


APRIL 2018

EVENT: The 52nd IATEFL Conference

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MAY 2018

EVENT: 5th International Language in Focus Conference

EVENT: GlobELT 2018: An International Conference on Teaching and Learning English as an Additional Language

 


JUNE 2018

EVENT: The European Conference on Language Learning 2018 

  • DATE: 29June – 01 July 2018
  • LOCATION: BRIGHTON, UK
  • THEME: Surviving and Thriving: Education in Times of Change
  • INFO: http://ecll.iafor.org (Contact: Kiyoshi Mana)

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JULY 2018

EVENT: The 8th Serious Play Conference

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OCTOBER 2018

  • EVENT: 6th CEBS Sprachenforum
  • DATE: 23-25 October 2018
  • LOCATION: Bad Hofgastein – AUSTRIA
  • THEME: (TBC)
  • INFO: https://www.cebs.at/index.php?id=52 (specific website under development)

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NOVEMBER 2018

EVENT: 3rd Practical Pedagogies Training Conference

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The 2018 EDU, ELT/ELL and EDTECH Conference Calendar for Canım Türkiyem…Ver 4.5

In Conferences, ELT and ELL, News & Updates (from the CBO), Uncategorized on 05/02/2018 at 8:19 pm

Sevgili Hocalarim,

I’m guessing this will be the last version of the calendar…for this year! Unless there is a mad rush of last minute calls for papers – but I really doubt if we have the dates.

So, here we go…with a fair few additions…this time around, too!

Tony (logo new) 260316 ACG

Let’s look at our events across canım Turkiyem first:


JANUARY 2018

XVII. Annual Türkiye Özel Olulları Derneği Education Symposium

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FEBRUARY 2018

EVENT: 3rd Defne College ELT Conference

  • DATE: 03 February 2018
  • LOCATION: Defne College Conference Hall – HATAY
  • THEME: New Ideas, New Secrets!
  • INFO: info@defnecollege.com

EVENT: 5th International Conference on Education and Social Sciences (INTCESS 2018)

EVENT: ELT Day 2018

 EVENT: 1st ELT Conference

  • DATE: 09 February 2018
  • LOCATION: Uludağ University – BURSA
  • THEME: Quest for the 21st Century Teacher
  • INFO: ayesilbursa@uludag.edu.tr

EVENT: 2nd Hasan Kalyoncu University ELT Symposium

EVENT: 15th Annual İTK ELT Conference

EVENT: 14th Cevre ELT Conference

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EVENT: The 3rd EIT Conference

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MARCH 2018

EVENT: 5. Eğitim Teknolojileri Zirvesi (ETZ18)

21C LEARNing FIRST

EVENT: 1st ELT, DAF and FLE Conference

EVENT: 13th GKV ELT Conference

  • DATE: 17 March 2018
  • LOCATION: Gaziantep College Foundation Department (GKV) – GAZIANTEP
  • THEME: Effective Classroom Practices in 2018
  • INFO: http://elt.gkv.k12.tr/default.asp

EVENT: 2nd GELTUS Conference

EVENT: 5th International NTELT Conference

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APRIL 2018

EVENT: 4th Cukurova International ELT Conference (CUELT 2018) 

  • DATE: 05-06 April 2018
  • LOCATION: Çukurova University, Faculty of Education – ADANA
  • THEME: Generic ELT Issues
  • INFO: https://www.cueltconferences.org/ (Contact: Ali Ceyhun Müftüoğlu)

EVENT: 10th International ELT Research Conference

EVENT: 2nd International Conference on Education and Learning 

EVENT: X. TED ELT Conference

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MAY 2018

EVENT: V. International Eurasian Educational Research Congress

EVENT: The 13th METU International ELT Convention

EVENT: 32. Ulusal Dilbilim Kurultayı

EVENT: Sabancı School of Languages Conference

EVENT: 4th International Conference: Plagiarism across Europe and Beyond

  • DATE: 9-11 May 2018
  • LOCATION: Palm Wings Hotels & Resorts – EPHESUS / İZMİR
  • THEME: Fostering Academic Integrity Through Consistent and Transparent Approaches
  • INFO: https://plagiarism.pefka.mendelu.cz/

EVENT: 1st Quality Assurance and Accreditation in Foreign Language Education Conference

  • DATE: 11-12 May 2018
  • LOCATION: Bandirma 17 Eylul University – BANDIRMA/BALIKESİR
  • THEME: Trends and Best Practices in Quality and Accreditation
  • INFO: dstaub@bandirma.edu.tr (website in progress)

EVENT: The 3rd BELL Intl. Graduate Student Conference

  • DATE: 17-18 May 2018
  • LOCATION: Dept. of English Language and Literature, Bülent Ecevit University – ZONGULDAK
  • THEME: Generic EL and Lit. Content
  • INFO: http://www.bellconference.beun.edu.tr

EVENT: 1st ScOLa ELT Conference

8Thinkers wanted (blog ver 02 TG)

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JUNE 2018

EVENT: The 15th Bilkent University (BUSEL) Conference

  • LOCATION: Bilkent University – ANKARA
  • DATE: 29-30 June 2018
  • THEME: The Future of EAP: Provision, Standards and Practices
  • INFO: buselconf@bilkent.edu.tr

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JULY 2018

Nope (TRUMP)! 2


SEPTEMBER 2018

EVENT: 2nd International Black Sea Conference on Language & Language Education

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Twitter (bird announce)

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Then, we add some ‘sauce’ – for those of you with a half-decent ‘conference fund’ and a School operational plan that covers ‘foreign jollies’:

06 Creativity FQs (balance TG ver)

Please notethe rumours are indeed true – the TESOL Arabia (TACON) event for this year has been ‘postponed’ (though people are being tight-lipped as to ‘why’) the ALLT Event in March (at Zayed University) is NOT a TESOLArabia ‘replacement’ for TACON…so if you were planning a ‘shopping trip’ to Dubai (again), try that one…or consider Doha!

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FEBRUARY 2018

EVENT: ELT Ireland – 4th Annual Conference

 


MARCH 2018

EVENT: Applied Linguistics and Language Teaching (ALLT) Conference

EVENT: The 53rd RELC International Conference

  • DATE: 12-14 March 2018
  • LOCATION: SINGAPORE
  • THEME: 50 Years of ELT and Assessment – Reflections, Insights and Possibilities 
  • INFO: http://www.relc.org.sg/Conference2018/ (Contact: Dr Alvin Pang)

EVENT: TESOL 2018 – International Convention & English Language Expo

 


APRIL 2018

EVENT: The 52nd IATEFL Conference

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MAY 2018

EVENT: 5th International Language in Focus Conference

EVENT: GlobELT 2018: An International Conference on Teaching and Learning English as an Additional Language

 


JUNE 2018

EVENT: The European Conference on Language Learning 2018 

  • DATE: 29June – 01 July 2018
  • LOCATION: BRIGHTON, UK
  • THEME: Surviving and Thriving: Education in Times of Change
  • INFO: http://ecll.iafor.org (Contact: Kiyoshi Mana)

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JULY 2018

EVENT: The 8th Serious Play Conference

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OCTOBER 2018

  • EVENT: 6th CEBS Sprachenforum
  • DATE: 23-25 October 2018
  • LOCATION: Bad Hofgastein – AUSTRIA
  • THEME: (TBC)
  • INFO: https://www.cebs.at/index.php?id=52 (specific website under development)

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NOVEMBER 2018

EVENT: 3rd Practical Pedagogies Training Conference

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The 2018 EDU, ELT/ELL and EDTECH Conference Calendar for Canım Türkiyem…Ver 2.1

In Conferences, ELT and ELL, News & Updates (from the CBO) on 27/01/2018 at 5:11 pm

Sevgili Hocalarim,

Took a bit longer to update this one…just not enough hours in the bloody day of late!

Neyse, we’ve wrapped up all the events for 2017! Let’s focus on the remaining gigs of 2018…don’t forget to let me know, if you hear before I do…

Tony (logo new) 260316 ACG

Let’s look at our events across canım Turkiyem first:


JANUARY 2018

XVII. Annual Türkiye Özel Olulları Derneği Education Symposium

CPD Blog Post 170717 slide 05 TG

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FEBRUARY 2018

EVENT: 3rd Defne College ELT Conference

  • DATE: 03 February 2018
  • LOCATION: Defne College Conference Hall – HATAY
  • THEME: New Ideas, New Secrets!
  • INFO: info@defnecollege.com

EVENT: 5th International Conference on Education and Social Sciences (INTCESS 2018)

EVENT: 2nd Hasan Kalyoncu University ELT Symposium

EVENT: 15th Annual İTK ELT Conference

EVENT: 14th Cevre ELT Conference

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MARCH 2018

EVENT: 5. Eğitim Teknolojileri Zirvesi (ETZ18)

21C LEARNing FIRST

EVENT: 1st ELT, DAF and FLE Conference

EVENT: 13th GKV ELT Conference

  • DATE: 17 March 2018
  • LOCATION: Gaziantep College Foundation Department (GKV) – GAZIANTEP
  • THEME: Effective Classroom Practices in 2018
  • INFO: http://elt.gkv.k12.tr/default.asp

EVENT: 2nd GELTUS Conference

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APRIL 2018

EVENT: 4th Cukurova International ELT Conference (CUELT 2018) 

  • DATE: 05-06 April 2018
  • LOCATION: Çukurova University, Faculty of Education – ADANA
  • THEME: Generic ELT Issues
  • INFO: https://www.cueltconferences.org/ (Contact: Ali Ceyhun Müftüoğlu)

EVENT: 2nd International Conference on Education and Learning 

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MAY 2018

EVENT: The 13th METU International ELT Convention

EVENT: Sabancı School of Languages Conference

EVENT: 4th International Conference: Plagiarism across Europe and Beyond

  • DATE: 9-11 May 2018
  • LOCATION: Palm Wings Hotels & Resorts – EPHESUS / İZMİR
  • THEME: Fostering Academic Integrity Through Consistent and Transparent Approaches
  • INFO: https://plagiarism.pefka.mendelu.cz/

EVENT: 1st Quality Assurance and Accreditation in Foreign Language Education Conference

  • DATE: 11-12 May 2018
  • LOCATION: Bandirma 17 Eylul University – BANDIRMA/BALIKESİR
  • THEME: Trends and Best Practices in Quality and Accreditation
  • INFO: dstaub@bandirma.edu.tr (website in progress)

EVENT: 1st ScOLa ELT Conference

8Thinkers wanted (blog ver 02 TG)

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SEPTEMBER 2018

EVENT: 2nd International Black Sea Conference on Language & Language Education

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Then, we add some ‘sauce’ – for those of you with a half-decent ‘conference fund’ and a School operational plan that covers ‘foreign jollies’:

06 Creativity FQs (balance TG ver)

Please notethe rumours are indeed true – the TESOL Arabia (TACON) event for this year has been ‘postponed’ (though people are being tight-lipped as to ‘why’) the ALLT Event in March (at Zayed University) is NOT a TESOLArabia ‘replacement’ for TACON…so if you were planning a ‘shopping trip’ to Dubai (again), try that one…or consider Doha!


FEBRUARY 2018

EVENT: ELT Ireland – 4th Annual Conference

 


MARCH 2018

EVENT: Applied Linguistics and Language Teaching (ALLT) Conference

EVENT: The 53rd RELC International Conference

  • DATE: 12-14 March 2018
  • LOCATION: SINGAPORE
  • THEME: 50 Years of ELT and Assessment – Reflections, Insights and Possibilities 
  • INFO: http://www.relc.org.sg/Conference2018/ (Contact: Dr Alvin Pang)

EVENT: TESOL 2018 – International Convention & English Language Expo

 


APRIL 2018

EVENT: The 52nd IATEFL Conference

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MAY 2018

EVENT: 5th International Language in Focus Conference

EVENT: GlobELT 2018: An International Conference on Teaching and Learning English as an Additional Language

 


JUNE 2018

EVENT: The European Conference on Language Learning 2018 

  • DATE: 29June – 01 July 2018
  • LOCATION: BRIGHTON, UK
  • THEME: Surviving and Thriving: Education in Times of Change
  • INFO: http://ecll.iafor.org (Contact: Kiyoshi Mana)

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NOVEMBER 2018

EVENT: 3rd Practical Pedagogies Training Conference

Thats a wrap

Till Ver 3.1…

How to Spot and ‘Nail’ an EDUfraud!

In Conferences, Educational Leadership, News & Updates (from the CBO), Our Schools, Our Universities, Quality & Institutional Effectiveness on 21/10/2017 at 1:23 pm

 

As I was finishing up the 2017-18 Conference Calendar yesterday, I was also glancing at a couple of the more recent conference programmes and biodata of speakers. It dawned on me that so many speakers describe themselves as consultants, trainers, teachers and coaches – all in the same breathe!

Fraud alert (sign)

Oh, and the worst one is when they feel the need to tell you ‘I’m the FOUNDER of so-and-so (insert Company Name here)’ – that’s when you know you have got an egotistical twerp who loves to exaggerate or stretch the truth to breaking point!

I did actually talk about these wonderfully-talented, multi-skilled individuals – who love nothing more than to project the image that they are ‘the smartest and most experienced guys (or gals) in the room’in an earlier post.

Lucky for us…they very rarely are!

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However, I did not really come up with any suggestions or solutions for how we can ‘pop their little bubbles’, expose them for what they are, and protect ourselves from them:

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or

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It’s actually not that difficult to sniff them out:

  • Their biodata just seems too good to be true!
  • Their actual age just does not seem to match the number of years experience they claim to have!
  • Their ‘sessions’ are just not as authentic or passionate as those from ‘real’ teachers who really know their stuff – and smell like they have been ripped off from some blog listicle!

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I know, I know…you just can’t trust anyone these days!

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Questions (Chinese proverb and donkey) Ver 03

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I’ve often found that a good way to sort the wheat from the chaff is to corner one of these EDUfrauds and Snake-Oil Salesmen and ask them a few simple questions:

  1. So, how many actual (full-time) years of experience have you had in the classroom?
  2. What type of teaching qualifications do you have? Where did you get them? Was there a practicum component?
  3. What about your coaching qualifications – where / when did you get those? Did you complete every module?
  4. And, teacher training? What type of experience and training have you had for that? Where they accredited programmes?
  5. So, a consultant? I guess you have an MBA or PhD, then?

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Some of these chaps can be quite entertaining (with their unlikely but well-rehearsed stories) and are often voluble and verbally facile – so put them on the spot:

  1. What type of formal leadership positions have you held in institutions? How long did you hold these positions?
  2. What type of training did you find most useful to help you succeed in these positions?
  3. What successes are you most proud of implementing when you were in these roles?
  4. Tell me about 3 or 4 of your long-term coaching relationships. What areas have you helped clients develop in? How many coachees do you currently have?
  5. What about your consultancy projects? Could you give me a list of 5-6 recent clients that I can approach for references?

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These questions are also great when these people come cold-calling trying to ‘flog their wares’ – and really help you sort out who has the experience and talent to help you…from those who are just ‘faking it till they make it’.

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Take care…sadly, it’s a jungle out there!

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That having been said, it’s always good to know:

Doner

Photo Credit – Elwyn Gabriels (“Keser döner sap döner gün gelir hesap döner.”)

 

The 2018 EDU, ELT/ELL and EDTECH Conference Calendar for Canım Türkiyem…Ver 2.1

In Conferences, ELT and ELL, News & Updates (from the CBO), Teacher Learning on 20/10/2017 at 7:59 pm

Sevgili Hocalarim,

Took a bit longer to update this one…just not enough hours in the bloody day of late!

Neyse, we’ve wrapped up all the events for 2017! Let’s focus on the remaining gigs of 2018…don’t forget to let me know, if you hear before I do…

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Let’s look at our events across canım Turkiyem first:

JANUARY 2018

EVENT: XVII. Annual Education Symposium

 

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FEBRUARY 2018

EVENT: 3rd ELT Conference

  • LOCATION: Defne College Conference Hall – HATAY
  • DATE: 03 February 2018
  • THEME: New Ideas, New Secrets!
  • INFO: info@defnecollege.com

EVENT: 5th International Conference on Education and Social Sciences (INTCESS 2018)

EVENT: 2nd ELT Symposium

EVENT: 15th Annual ELT Conference

EVENT: 14th ELT Conference

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MARCH 2018

EVENT: 5. Eğitim Teknolojileri Zirvesi (ETZ18)

21C LEARNing FIRST

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EVENT: 13th ELT Conference

EVENT: 2nd GELTUS Conference

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APRIL 2018

EVENT: 4th Cukurova International ELT Conference (CUELT 2018) 

  • DATE: 05-06 April 2018
  • LOCATION: Çukurova University, Faculty of Education – ADANA
  • THEME: Generic ELT Issues
  • INFO: https://www.cueltconferences.org/ (Contact: Ali Ceyhun Müftüoğlu)

EVENT: 2nd International Conference on Education and Learning 

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MAY 2018

EVENT: The 13th METU International ELT Convention

EVENT: Sabancı School of Languages Conference

EVENT: 4th International Conference: Plagiarism across Europe and Beyond

  • DATE: 9-11 May 2018
  • LOCATION: Palm Wings Hotels & Resorts – EPHESUS / İZMİR
  • THEME: Fostering Academic Integrity Through Consistent and Transparent Approaches
  • INFO: https://plagiarism.pefka.mendelu.cz/

EVENT: Quality Assurance and Accreditation in Foreign Language Education

  • LOCATION: Bandirma 17 Eylul University – BANDIRMA/BALIKESİR
  • DATE: 11-12 May 2018
  • THEME: Trends and Best Practices in Quality and Accreditation
  • INFO: dstaub@bandirma.edu.tr (website in progress)

EVENT: ScOLa 1st ELT Conference

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SEPTEMBER 2018

EVENT: 2nd International Black Sea Conference on Language & Language Education

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Then, we add some ‘sauce’ – for those of you with a half-decent ‘conference fund’ and a School operational plan that covers ‘foreign jollies’:

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FEBRUARY 2018

EVENT: ELT Ireland – 4th Annual Conference

 

MARCH 2018

EVENT: Applied Linguistics and Language Teaching Conference

EVENT: The 53rd RELC International Conference

  • DATE: 12-14 March 2018
  • LOCATION: SINGAPORE
  • THEME: 50 Years of ELT and Assessment – Reflections, Insights and Possibilities 
  • INFO: http://www.relc.org.sg/Conference2018/ (Contact: Dr Alvin Pang)

EVENT: TESOL 2018 International Convention & English Language Expo

 

APRIL 2018

EVENT: The 52nd IATEFL Conference

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MAY 2018

EVENT: 5th International Language in Focus Conference

EVENT: GlobELT 2018: An International Conference on Teaching and Learning English as an Additional Language

 

JUNE 2018

EVENT: The European Conference on Language Learning 2018 

  • DATE: 29June – 01 July 2018
  • LOCATION: BRIGHTON, UK
  • THEME: Surviving and Thriving: Education in Times of Change
  • INFO: http://ecll.iafor.org (Contact: Kiyoshi Mana)

Thats a wrap

Till Ver 3.1…

Will PokémonGO ‘Save’ Education – and ELT?

In ELT and ELL, News & Updates (from the CBO), Technology on 14/07/2016 at 7:50 am

 

As you might have guessed from my last (tongue-in-cheek) post, I’ve always had a healthy suspicion about blog posts that seem to jump on the latest bandwagon…or the next ‘big’ thing (esp. when that thing is technology-driven).

Sadly, even EDUcators fall for the pull towards the Dark Side:

Self-promotion (cartoon)

…adopting a Kardashian-esque approach to drawing people to their Social Media sites!

 

As I mentioned, Pokémon GO is taking the world by storm – the new Social Media ‘drug’ that has busynesses asking how they can best leverage it (for profit, of course)…and thousands of kids almost getting killed as they cross the road! 

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Those lovely chaps at Nintendo and Niantic are busy pushing the game with the very sexy tagline ‘The Game Is Only As Good As The Community’ – and seeing as though the second and last word of that tagline are currently all the GO with many a digital cheerleader in EDUcation, I thought I’d dig a round the web and blogosphere a wee bit and what we are saying about Pokémon GO in EDUcation!

See if I am right to be such a Doubting Thomas…by throwing a few rocks at the Internet!

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Blogger (crap blog)

It was not long before one of my rocks ‘hit’ a website!

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A ready-to-GO lesson plan (a 26-page lesson plan…with 40 exercises) from BREAKING NEWS ENGLISH.com (a website developed and maintained by Sean Banville).

I’d seen a few of Sean’s lessons before – and his site definitely lives up to it’s name! Pokémon GO is ‘big, breaking news’…

Now, I am not sure if Sean is an EDUmarketing genius or whether he just accidentally tripped over one of the greatest ways to keep his site on everyone’s Social Media lips (Facebook mostly) – all the stuff on his site is going to be driven by every single trending hashtag (as soon as he gets it out there)! Excellent – bloody genius!

I can see how many teachers would love this material…indeed there are loads of personal recommendations on his Facebook page. I found myself admiring the sheer amount of work he has churned out and got up on the web (he has a wide range of other sites) – I just have no bloody idea how he finds the time!

The problem is that… he is an Arsenal supporter!

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No, shiriously – I just have a wee problem with seeing pages and pages of gap fill exercises, multiple choice questions, true / false reading items, and cloze tests…that I know (in my cynical, black, shrivelled heart) will just be printed up, blindly photocopied and used to breathe life the ‘twin sins’ we see all too often in ELL and ELT:

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To be fair, I would be very pushed to brand Sean as the type of Social Media Whore (SMW) we see on so many busyness sites – he is just doing what he says he does (on the lid)…and hands out materials that TEACHers can (and do) use in their classrooms. Further, he does throw in a good range of semi-communicative activities (I just hope these are not the activities that TEACHers ‘skip’ to ‘get through’ all the other more suitable ‘exam prep-esque’ activities) and he clearly knows his ‘ELT stuff’.

but...

Come on…you had to have seen that coming!

I guess I’d just like to see more evidence of sites like this encouraging teachers to ‘thunk’ or ask themselves bigger questions:

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…or helping ELTers get ‘out of the box’ a bit more.

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I threw a few more rocks…

…and found the type of post I had assumed there would be thousands of!

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14 Reasons Why Pokemon GO Is the Future of LEARNing (by David Theriault) drew on just about all my tactics to reach his audience (just gotta find an image of him wearing one of those hats)!

Or, so I though initially (do NOT read the last TWO paragraphs of this post)!

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Come on…what self-respecting EDUdigitalcheerleader is going to ignore this wonderful listicle (OK – a list of ‘14’ is a bit awkward…but you gotta love the way he uses the phrase ‘Future of LEARNing’)!

What? I have done the same…SHUT UP!

Read on…

His post starts with the facts – kids love their Smartphones – and rolls smoothly into a ‘subtle challenge’ (to TEACHers). This he does just before making you feel a wee bit ‘guilty’ (if all you are doing is gap-filling and MCQs) by throwing the cornerstones of modern LEARNing at you: the creativity, sharing, community-building, movement, interactivity and virtual field trips enabled by EDtech Toys!

Many of you will probably cry out…

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…but David’s post has got a lot of praise (and, more importantly, HITS)!

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This is also true of the third post I discovered. Written by Lori Gracey and entitled Pokemon GO: What Education Should Be, I had to have a read of this one, too! After all, Lori got as many HITS as David (I wonder if they compared stats, at all).

Lori does a wonderful job of explaining how much better the Android / iOS app version is over the card game (my 5-year-old daughter used to drag my wife and I to a darkened, underground warehouse to buy these when we were in Dubai…scarier than the drive to Ajman or Ras Al Khaimah for our monthly XXXXX XXX…but that’s another story)!

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She admits that she is not really sure how Pokémon GO will help her meet her ‘vision’ – people coming together to have fun and solve problems – but she has a stab at a few decent suggestions…and it is the start of a pretty good vison!

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The thing is…the ideas both she and David discuss in their posts are really quite ‘nice’ – BUT, even together, just did not convince me that Pokémon GO is the Future of LEARNing:

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It certainly won’t ‘save’ us from many of the EDUwoes we face today!

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That having been said their titles got our attention – and, even though these titles weren’t really the best lid for the tin,  I (for one) LEARNed some new stuff…and they got me THUNKing!

Thats a wrap

I was about to wrap things up when I came across a ‘not-PokemonGO-post’, you know, one of those posts that says it is NOT a XXXXXXXX post – from George Couros.

It was cleverly titled, too – ‘#PokemonGo, Being Observant, and Innovation’ (even had the hashtag embedded in the title…and the ‘gap’ removed – smart move, George)!

George plugged his new book (come on…who ain’t gonna do that?) but (more importantly) ended up making me feel a little guilty, too.

Why…you ask!

Well, I had been ‘bashing’ (albeit a wee bit tongue-in-cheek) people in the draft version of this post – and he reminded me that David (Lori and perhaps even Sean – though he did not mention them specifically) was “paying attention and being observant to our world” (mindful, perhaps)…and that these qualities are critical to innovation.

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He was right, of course!  Isn’t that the very thing I was so nasty about when I had a go at Sean’s site and materials? Sorry, Sean…

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What we are seeing with the mad rush to get Pokemon GO posts into the blogosphere (I hope) by EDUcators is not thinly-veiled attempts at shameless self-promotion (and ‘HITS’…as my initial free advice suggested) – but rather, in George’s words, they are a few initial ‘iterations’ of how we can make Pokemon GO ‘fit’ the vision we have for EDUcation.

In order to do that, we need to be very explicit about what that vision is – and keep asking questions of the latest BIG thing in EDtech

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3 Evidence-Based Tactics To Increase Traffic To Your Social Media Sites…RIGHT NOW!

In News & Updates (from the CBO), Technology on 13/07/2016 at 7:08 pm

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Confused? You will be…

 

Pokémon GO is taking the world by storm (or maybe it’s just the stories that are cropping up about the players’ and their little adventures)!

 

This is a bandwagon you cannot miss out on…an opportunity to be ‘liked’, retweeted, poked, ‘favourited’ and even followed!

 

My FREE ‘marketing guru’ advice to you…exclusively for YOU is:

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OK – perhaps No. 04 should have read “Use a snappy listicle of 3, 5 or 10”! Problem was I could not find my cute little number 4 graphic…

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The hat idea ‘works’ – just see how many ‘likes’ I got in the first hour!

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The 2014-15 EDU, EDTECH and ELT/ELL Conference Calendar for Canım Türkiye Ver 3.2 (…the Çanakkale “Upgrade”)!

In Conferences, News & Updates (from the CBO), Our Schools, Our Universities, Teacher Learning on 16/01/2015 at 8:32 am

I’ve decided to make a few tiny, tweeny-weeny changes to this year’s Conference Calendar!

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Betting against canım Türkiyem (1915)

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Yes, that image is the first one – heck…if Warren Buffett can say something outrageous about the States (and 1776), I thought I’d just borrow his words a wee bit (and apply them to our conferences here in canım Türkiyem)!

“Bizim konferanslar”, here in Turkey, have been getting a pretty good reputation over the last few years…and this year is shaping up to be the same!

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The second change is that I am not kicking off with the International “big boys” this time around. Yani, those conferences that are far too far away (and too expensive for most of us to get to) …unless we work for an EDUorganisation that sends all its TEACHers on an “international jolly” (while all the administrators / managers stay back at home to look after the “shop”)!

You can find all the major international events at the end of this post.

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The third change was not really up to me!

With the events this year (well, the ones that have been confirmed thus far) we are starting to see a bit of a “shift” towards…more and more joint events (this is good…cool even!) and a lot more EdTech Conferences (but not as many online or UNconferences as perhaps we should).

For this reason, ’tis no longer just the ELT/ELL Calendar

…but rather the EDU, EDTECH and ELT/ELL Calendar!

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As usual…big, bad İstanbul dominates the calendar but word has it that a couple more are in the pipeline for “mother Anatolia” (a few schools are still being a bit coy about publishing their dates) – I’ll update this post as and when we get more information on these…I think we got up to Version 6.2 last year!

So, without further ado…here we go:

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  • I. Eğitim Kongresi (1st Education Congress – Turkish) – 21.Yüzyılda Bir Eğitim Felsefesi Oluşturmak Ve Özel Okullar
  • Antalya, Turkey
  • 28 – 30 November 2014
  • INTCESS15 – 2nd International Conference on Education and Social Sciences
  • İstanbul, Turkey
  • 02 – 04 February 2015
  • 11th ELT CONFERENCEA Portrayal of Great Teaching
  • Çevre College – İstanbul, Turkey
  • 28 February 2015
  • LIF2015 (Language in Focus) – Contemporary Perspectives on Theory, Research, and Praxis in ELT and SLA
  • Caddadocia, Turkey
  • 04 – 07 March 2015
  • GlobELT 2015 – Teaching and Learning English as an Additional Language (with Hacettepe University)
  • Antalya, Turkey
  • 16 – 19 April 2015 
  • edtechİST 2015 – International Educational Technology Conference in Istanbul
  • İstanbul, Turkey
  • 18 – 19 April 2015 
  • AGUSL15Blended Learning into Autonomy
  • Abdullah Gul University (AGU) – Kayseri, Turkey
  • 24 – 25 April 2015
  • 5th BİLGİ ELT Conference  – The Post Method Era in ELT
  • İstanbul Bilgi University (Santral Campus) – İstanbul, Turkey
  • 09 May 2015
  • ICEFIC 2015 (International Congress on Education for the Future: Issues and Challenges)
  • Ankara University (Faculty of Educational Sciences) – Ankara, Turkey
  • 13 – 15 May 2015
  •  UDES 2015 (1st International Symposium on Language Education and Teaching)
  • Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli Üniversity – Nevşehir, Turkey
  • 28 – 30 May 2015
  • 6th T-PLUS Event – The Impact of Training and Development
  • TOBB Unıversity of Economıcs & Technology – Ankara, Turkey
  • 12 – 13 June 2015

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As promised – the International (and Regional) “BIG BOYS”…

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  • LeWeb
  • Paris, France
  • 09 – 11 December 2014
  • BETT
  • London, UK
  • 21 – 24 January 2015
  • TACON2015 (21st TESOL Arabia International Conference) – Teaching and Learning in the Digital World
  • Dubai, UAE
  • 12 – 14 March 2015
  • TESOL 2015 – Crossing Borders, Building Bridges
  • Toronto, Canada
  • 25 – 28 March 2015
  • IATEFL 2015 – 49th Annual International IATEFL Conference and Exhibition
  • Manchester, UK
  • 11 – 14 April 2015
  • BALEAP 2015 EAP in a rapidly changing landscape: issues, challenges & solutions
  • Leicester, UK.
  • 17 – 19 April 2015
  • ISTE 2015 – Connected Learning. Connected World.
  • Philadelphia, USA
  • 28 June – 01 July 2015
  • BAAL 2015 – The British Association for Applied Linguistics Annual Conference
  • Aston University – Birmingham, UK
  • 03 – 05 September 2015

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AND, a little bit of “sauce”:

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  • LAL4 4th Language Arts and Linguistics Conference
  • Hong Kong, Hong Kong
  • 25 – 26 October 2014
  • Innovate ELT Conference – Now and into the Future
  • Oxford TEFL – Barcelona, Spain
  • 08 – 09 May 2015

As ever, please forgive me if I have missed any (just let me know and I’ll fix it, promise)…if you are still planning an event at your institution, get your skates on and let us all know (with a comment).

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Take care…sevgili hocalarım!