The DIESOL Podcast | EdTech in ESL

Ever wonder how you can inspire your teaching team to embrace PD, despite their busy schedules or PD resistance? Tune in to this episode to uncover practical solutions that bring professional development into the daily routine without the dread.

• Understanding Resistance: Recognizing some of the common obstacles to PD, from time constraints to skepticism about new methods.
• Building a PD Community: Tips for fostering a culture of shared learning and collaboration within your school or department.
• Redefining Professional Development: Discover alternatives to traditional PD that resonate with busy teachers.
• Brown Bag PD Sessions: Learn how to start informal, peer-led sessions that can transform your team's approach to professional growth.

Listen in to reinvision how you and your colleagues think about professional development in a local and supportive environment!

Show Notes: www.DIESOL.org/101

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Brent and Ixchell discuss some common myths around vocabulary acquisition, including the idea that students should avoid anything in their mother tongue. This episode looks at ideas from Keith Folse and goes on to share ideas for apps and services that can help students become independent vocabulary learners.

Conferences are a great way to build your knowledge, understanding, and contacts in the ESL field, but many people don't know the best way to take advantage of conferences. Brent and Ixchell share best tips for attending TESOL related conferences including how to find useful sessions, and who to talk to when you're there.

Second, if you're ready to step beyond attending and get into presenting, we've provided a number of things to consider as you're getting into giving presentations. Whether you are interested in starting with poster sessions, or getting more advanced with breakouts or even featured presentations, we get you started with things to consider.

If you do end up presenting, send us a message and let us know where you're going to be!

Why are language learners so drawn to learning the curse words so often as they begin playing with their target language? Should we be teaching cursing in class? In what context?

Explicit language has huge cultural implications and is one of the first things ELLs learn, but we almost never teach it. Listen in as we discuss teachers’ responsibilities around bad language.

Show Notes: www.DIESOL.org/84

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Join in on this open conversation with Katie McNamara about Media Literacy, changes in teacher preparedness for working with ELLs, developing a sense of inclusion, and more!

Show Notes: www.DIESOL.org/80

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