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DEVELOPOD - The IATEFL TDSIG Podcast

37 Episodes

52 minutes | Apr 27, 2022
Episode 37: Web Carnival Reflections
Join Christian, Tania and James as they discuss the Web Carnival that took place earlier this year. Find out more about the theme, critical pedagogy, and three of the talks from the event. Antoine Marcq: https://youtu.be/AqGLYCl0akcLinda Ruas: https://youtu.be/Jy2VYvHY9F4Panel discussion: https://youtu.be/VjThS2H1Y1MWatch all the talks from the conference here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTAlJgv7A4Nyi-THincCnX4i7-S0I0yvRBonus: Bjork dismantles a TV https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDvi-GlKdngPlus, this is Tania's final episode as a presenter, so a big thank you to her from everyone at TDSIG! 
31 minutes | Mar 21, 2022
Episode 36: Episode 36: Classroom-Based Inquiry
Christian talks to Petra and Eliška, two primary school teachers of English in the Czech Republic.  Their classroom-based inquiry projects centre around the topics of differentiation and motivation in the classroom, and their findings reveal how relatively small changes can have a very profound impact.
39 minutes | Jan 21, 2022
Episode 35: Episode 35: TDAJ Review
In this episode of TDSIG’s Developod, James, Christian and Tania discuss Race and Queerness in ELT, via their review of three articles from the recently published second volume of the TDAJ (Teacher Development Academic Journal).  TDSIG held a web carnival in December 2020 on the theme of 'Race and Queerness' and speakers contributed to this edition of TDAJ, a publication which is available to TDSIG members and non-members alike.  TDAJ Vol. 2 (Oct. 2021):  https://tdsig.org/tdaj-v2n1/ TDSIG Web Carnival on Race and Queerness in ELT (Dec. 2020): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTAlJgv7A4NwfZqw_OSoLjKK9-OxOYxsy  Hello ESI group:https://www.facebook.com/hello.esi.argentina https://www.instagram.com/hello.esi/
23 minutes | Nov 3, 2021
Episode 34: 2021 Scholarship Winner, PCE & Online Conference
Tania talks to our 2021 Scholarship Winner winner Victoria, and to co-collaborator on TDISG, Irene. They chew the cud on a range of diverse issues such as equity, diversity, inclusivity, racism, sexism, emotional education, action research and English as a Medium of Instruction (EMI). They also review their highlights from the 2021 TDSDIG Pre-Conference Event (PCE) and the 2021 IATEFL online conference.  TDSIG PCE: https://www.iatefl.org/sites/default/files/TDSIG%20PCE%20Program%20-%20links%20to%20recordings.pdf TDAJ: https://tdsig.org/tdaj-v2n1/ 
45 minutes | Aug 24, 2021
Episode 33: ELT influencers round up
In the latest episode of Developod, James, Christian and Tania reflect back on our interviews with ELT influencers. With contributions from Thais, Jo and Oleg, they look back on what we learnt from speaking to these experts. If you want to participate in future interviews, let us know by emailing us at tdsig.podcast@iatefl.org - we’d love to hear from you! Be sure to mention who you would like to interview. Useful link: https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/10125/44630/1/21_03_baraltmorcillogomez.pdf 
19 minutes | Jun 30, 2021
Episode 32: Focus on PCE 2021
In this episode we hear from the speakers at our upcoming TDSIG PCE. Uniquely, this year the event will be held after the main IATEFL conference, and it promises to be a great day with Divya Madhavan, Michael Stout, Elena Ončevska Ager and Nermine Abd Elkader providing the talks.  Listen to learn more about their presentations, and we’ll see you on the 31st of July! Register at https://tdsig.org/pce/
34 minutes | Jun 2, 2021
Episode 31: Online conferences
In this episode, James is joined by TDSIG coordinator Tyson Seburn and Katherine Bilsborough from MAWSIG to discuss online conferences. They talk about what they’ve missed about face-to-face events, the advantages of going online and how they think it will be in the future when we return to normality. Plus Tyson and Kath tell us all about their PCEs. https://tdsig.org/pce/ https://mawsig.iatefl.org/news-and-events/upcoming-events/
38 minutes | Apr 13, 2021
Episode 30: Episode 30: Interview with Chia Suan Chong
This episode is the last in a series of interviews with ELT influencers, chosen by our TDSIG competition winners. The Developod host Christian brings together influencer, blogger, and teacher-trainer Chia Suan Chong, with teacher-trainer Başak. They speak about topics including ‘the imposter syndrome’, native speaker - non-native speaker communication, as well as motherhood and how it may change the way one sees oneself as a teacher. For show notes, including blogposts mentioned: http://bit.ly/developod30
29 minutes | Mar 6, 2021
Episode 29: Episode 29: Interview with Jim Scrivener
This episode is the latest in a series of interviews with ELT influencers, chosen by our TDSIG competition winners. This time Tania speaks to Jim Scrivener, who was chosen by Oleg Lesechko. They speak about demand high teaching and how to apply it in the classroom.
41 minutes | Jan 26, 2021
Episode 28: Episode 28: Review of Web Carnival (Part B: Race in ELT)
This episode is the second part of our look at our web conference with GISIG at the end of 2020. The event centred around Race and Queerness in ELT, and this time we’ll be speaking to two of our presenters, Taylor Veigga and Akemi Iwasa, who spoke about issues related to race. Taylor’s Presentation at the Web Carnival: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ANcnsEWV8s&feature=youtu.be Useful Links Taylor mentioned: www.elllo.org/ www.dialectsarchive.com/ www.nappy.co/ Akemi’s Presentation at the Web Carnival: youtu.be/konTrYqxxCA
38 minutes | Jan 4, 2021
Episode 27: Episode 27 - Review of Web Carnival (Part A: Queerness in ELT) including interview with Adam Scott
James and Christian reflect on aspects of the recent TDSIG/GISIG web carnival on 'Race and Queerness in ELT'. In this episode the focus is on inclusion from the point of view of queerness. Christian interviews Adam Scott, who expands on his talk "Making ELT Resources More LGBTQI+ Inclusive". Adam is a teacher, teacher trainer and materials writer and is also involved in a collaborative teacher development project Brighton Language Teachers @BLTeachers. He may be contacted on social media @teachadam Adam Scott's talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiBNRlawIpM&feature=youtu.be Helen Slee's talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MzvvLIt5Zk&feature=youtu.be David Valente's talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLsWQZuYuX0&feature=youtu.be The ABCs of L.G.B.T.Q.I.A.+ https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/21/style/lgbtq-gender-language.html
28 minutes | Dec 1, 2020
Episode 26: Episode 26 - Interview with Nik Peachey
This episode is the third in a series of interviews with 'ELT influencers' chosen by our TDSIG competition winners. Nik Peachey talks about his early involvement in technology and the likely forthcoming evolutions in language learning technology including artificial intelligence, virtual reality and augmented reality. Nik is interviewed by Christian and answers questions conceived by teacher, trainer and EdTech enthusiast Tamara Parsons, who was one of the TDSIG competition winners. Nik Peachey is Director of Pedagogy at Peachey Publications, an independent digital publishing company that specialises in the design of digital learning materials. He has been involved in Education since 1990 and has more than 20 years experience of working specifically with online and blended learning environments. He has worked all over the world training teachers and developing innovative and creative products and is a two-time British Council Innovations award winner. His customers include British Council, Eton College, Open University, Google Creative Labs and International House. His more recent projects have included two years as pedagogical manager for a 100% online school owned by Macmillan ELT, Head of Content development for EtonX a 100% online school owned by Eton College and content developer for an English and Interfaith Dialogue course designed for the British Council and Al-Azhar University in Cairo. His books include: Hacking Creativity (Shortlisted for the 2020 British Council award for Innovation in Teacher resources) https://payhip.com/b/HDeb Digital Tools for Teachers - Trainer's edition (Shortlisted for the 2018 British Council award for Innovation in Teacher resources) https://payhip.com/b/B34N Thinking Critically through Digital Media https://payhip.com/b/CjXN Digital Video - A Manual for Language Teachers (Winner of the 2016 British Council award for Innovation in Teacher resources) https://payhip.com/b/5n90 Conversation & Listening - A series of lesson for the digital classroom https://payhip.com/b/7fru He also co-edited Creativity in the ELT Classroom and Creativity and the Sustainable Development Goals for the British Council He is editor of the Edtech & ELT Newsletter: https://tinyletter.com/technogogy/ Company Website: https://peacheypublications.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/NikPeachey LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nikpeachey Tamara Parsons is a teacher, trainer, EdTech enthusiast, conference speaker and founder of ELT.Training, a collaborative organisation with the aim of sharing teacher development ideas. https://elt.training/
22 minutes | Nov 13, 2020
REPOST Episode 12: IATEFL 2019 Special
*We're reposting this episode from last year because it has disappeared from our feed - enjoy!* This 12th episode brings Christian together with Tania Iveson and James Taylor, forming the new improved version of the Developod team! They introduce a thought-provoking PCE (pre-conference event), from IATEFL April 2019, which was co-hosted by the TD (Teacher Development) and GI (Global Issues) SIGs (Special Interest Groups). The central focus is the somewhat controversial question ‘Are you a social justice warrior?’ The team explores what this might mean, and we hear from a range of speakers and participants from the PCE, as well as the coordinators of the two respective SIGs. Finally, the Developod team mention how they were inspired by other talks at IATEFL and signpost us towards future episodes.
44 minutes | Oct 28, 2020
Episode 25 - Reflecting on our teaching careers
In this, the 25th episode of Developod, we look back on our careers as teachers with the help of the TDSIG committee. Plus we have a chat with our coordinator Tyson Seburn on the history of TDSIG and our upcoming Web Carnival (tdsig.org/webcarnival)
36 minutes | Sep 19, 2020
Episode 24 - Interview with Jane Willis
This episode is the second in a series of interviews with ELT influencers, chosen by our TDSIG competition winners. We hear from Jane Willis, who clarifies aspects of Task-Based Learning, for Jo, who is a teacher in Colombia and one of the competition winners. Show notes including Jane's bio. and useful links are available at: http://bit.ly/developod24 PLUS! We'd like to know more about how you listen to Developod, so to help us, please complete the survey at the link below - We'd appreciate it! http://bit.ly/developodsurvey
21 minutes | Aug 28, 2020
Episode 23 - Interview With David Farmer
This episode is the first in a series of interviews with ELT influencers, chosen by our TDSIG competition winners. We kick things off with an interview with drama specialist David Farmer, who was chosen by Thais Olivieri. Tania asks him about introverted learners and how drama can be used for more than just getting students speaking. Links: David Farmer’s website: https://dramaresource.com/ To access his free online course: https://dramaresource.com/teaching-drama-online/ Other useful links to drama related materials https://dramaresource.com/useful-links/ PLUS! We'd like to know more about how you listen to Developod, so to help us, please complete the survey at the link below - we'd appreciate it! http://bit.ly/developodsurvey
30 minutes | Jul 16, 2020
Episode 22 - Reflections on 2020
In this episode, Christian, Tania and James look back on the past three episodes and reflect on the themes of teaching online, mental health and the impact of Black Lives Matter on ELT. Links: Emergency Remote Teaching Playbook https://mailchi.mp/078478802be2/free-playbook-emergency-remote-teaching Episodes of Developod discussed: Episode 19 - Teaching Online https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/developod/episodes/2020-04-15T15_59_04-07_00 Episode 20 - Mental Health With Phil Longwell https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/developod/episodes/2020-05-22T07_39_44-07_00 Episode 21 - Avoiding Burnout With Rachael Roberts https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/developod/episodes/2020-06-18T13_07_30-07_00
24 minutes | Jun 18, 2020
Episode 21 - Avoiding Burnout With Rachael Roberts
Continuing on with the theme of Mental Health, in this episode Tania interviews Rachel Roberts, a teacher, teacher trainer, materials writer, avid blogger, and life coach. Using their own personal experiences as examples, they discuss the causes of teacher burnout, key symptoms and warning signs, and ideas and resources to help avoid and deal with unhealthy stress levels. https://elt-resourceful.com/ https://life-resourceful.com/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/2309506592706916
42 minutes | May 22, 2020
Episode 20 - Mental Health With Phil Longwell
To mark Mental Health Week in the UK, in this episode Christian interviews Phil Longwell, a teacher, teacher trainer and mental health advocate. They discuss Phil's personal experiences with mental health issues, what ELT employers can do to help their employees, and what teachers can do to manage their own well being. Phil's blog: https://teacherphili.com/ IATEFL Q&A on Phil Longwell’s Webinar on Mental Health in ELT: https://www.iatefl.org/news-views/q%26-phil-longwell%E2%80%99s-webinar-mental-health-elt Screencast Recording from Phil Longwell on Improving the Mental Health of English Language Teachers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijFMplEgKWs Blog from Phil Longwell on Covid-19 Mental Health and Wellbeing: https://teacherphili.com/2020/03/21/covid-19-mental-health-and-wellbeing/ Mental Health First Aid Training Courses e.g.: https://www.sja.org.uk/courses/workplace-mental-health-first-aid/ Free courses: Understand the Physiological impact of lockdown on our Wellbeing and Mental Health on Maudsley Learning and Tavistock & Portman NHS Foundation Trust’s course (the UK's premier mental health training organisation): https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/psychological-impact-of-covid-19 Help Young People Manage Low Mood and Depression with the University of Reading: https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/low-mood-during-covid-19 Manage Mental Health and Stress on Coventry University's course: https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/managing-mental-health
28 minutes | Apr 15, 2020
Episode 19 - Teaching Online
In this episode, the Developod team talk teaching online. In the last couple of months, teachers the world over have suddenly had to move from their face-to-face classrooms to virtual spaces, so Christian, Tania and James go through some basic tips for teachers and share their thoughts about what this could mean for the future. To see the forthcoming video version of this podcast, check our social media platforms. The platform James used was zoom.us. He also mentioned Google Docs and Jamboard. To read his blog posts on teaching online, go to theteacherjames.com/category/teaching-online, and for further reading, check the post "Getting Ready For Our Digital Future" for an extensive bibliography of articles and webinars.
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