The document provides information and links for building a personal learning network (PLN) for languages teachers, including Twitter accounts and lists, blogs, NING groups, Facebook pages, Slideshare, Diigo, Edmodo, Flickr, YouTube, TES profile, Pinterest, and Wikispaces on various language-related topics. Resources are listed for MFL, Spanish, French, and primary languages teaching.
1. Build up your PLN!
Friday 8th June, University of York
Isabelle Jones, Head of Languages, The Radclyffe School, Oldham
@icpjones http://twitter.com/icpjones
A downloadable copy of the presentation for this training session will be available from:
My Languages Blog http://isabellejones.blogspot.com
MFL resources http://www.mflresources.org.uk/
Language NINGs http://horslesmurs.ning.com/
Jo Rhys-Jones’ fantastic NING group to support Primary MFL http://primarymfl.ning.com/
Twitter lists to follow for languages teachers: http://twitter.com/#!/joedale/mfl-twitterers
http://twitter.com/#!/icpjones/worldlanguagesteachers
Slideshare, sharing presentations and documents http://www.slideshare.net
My Slideshare page http://www.slideshare.net/icpj
Diigo, social bookmarking site http://www.diigo.com
My Diigo profile http://www.diigo.com/user/isabellejones
Examples of Facebook pages: Mis cositas http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/MisCositascom/
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Franc-Parler.org http://www.facebook.com/pages/Franc-parlerorg/154479707914279
ALL http://www.facebook.com/alllanguages.org.uk
Languages in Primary Schools http://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/103253749750151/
Edmodo http://www.edmodo.com/home
2. Flickr-sharing photographs http://www.flickr.com/
http://www.flickr.com/groups/imagestoteachlanguages
http://www.youtube.com (build your own playlists and follow other language teachers
isabellejones)
My TES Profile http://www.tes.co.uk/MyPublicProfile.aspx?uc=694292&event=21
Collect and share visuals and infographics with Pinterest http://pinterest.com icpjones
Wikispace: free wikis for educators http://www.wikispaces.com/content/for/teachers
Primary Languages http://talkaboutprimarymfl.wikispaces.com/
Food from Spanish-speaking countries http://wms-spanish.wikispaces.com/
Teaching with Flickr http://teachingwithflickr.wikispaces.com/
Phonics and MFL http://doonceandshare.wikispaces.com/
Activities for the European Day of Languages http://edl2011ideas.wikispaces.com/
Resources for French http://french-resources.wikispaces.com/
Mis Cositas: Resources and Ideas for Spanish http://miscositas.wikispaces.com/ (US)
International Valentines Day project (US) http://globalvalentines.wikispaces.com/
PLTS in MFL http://pltsinmfl.wikispaces.com/
Madame Thomas (US) http://ah-bon-french.wikispaces.com/
Storybird http://mfl-storybirds.wikispaces.com/French+Storybirds
Mrs Birch’s Spanish Resources (US) http://elmundodebirch.wikispaces.com/
Scoop It! http://www.scoop.it/t/languages-in-the-uk