Resource Guide

From MOOCs to PLNs: Professional Development for English

Teachers in the 21st Century

1) Twitter (www.twitter.com)
a. Find relevant content via hashtag searches (#tesol, #elt, #esl,
#tefl, #langchat, etc.)
b. Build your network by looking at who like-minded people are
following
c. Interesting Accounts
i. @ thornburyscott (www.twitter.com/thornburyscott)
ii. @researchbites
iii. @teawithbvp
iv. @aaronbroyer
v. @TESOL_Assn
d. Participate in Chats
i. #ellchat (Mondays), #eltchat (Wednesdays), #langchat
(Thursday & Saturday)

2) Medium (www.medium.com)
a. Build your network via keyword searches and by checking
who like-minded people are following

3) Feedly (www.feedly.com)
a. Interesting Feeds
A to Z of ELT (https://scottthornbury.wordpress.com/)
ELT Research Bites (www.eltresearchbites.com)
Path 2 Proficiency (www.path2proficiency)
Musicuentos (www.musicuentos.com)

4) MOOCs
a. Coursera (www.coursera.org)
 i. Various active and archived courses and certificates
related to TESOL, EdTech, and education in general
b. EdX (www.edx.org)
i. Interesting courses and certificates related to EdTech
c. FutureLearn (https://www.futurelearn.com/ )
i. Some interesting courses related to English and ELT
d. American English
(https://americanenglish.state.gov/american-english-moocs)
i. Free MOOCs for English teachers and learners

5) YouTube
a. Interesting Channels
i. Musicuentos Black Box
ii. TELL Project
iii. ACTFL
iv. NFLRChawaii

6) Webinars
a. American English (https://americanenglish.state.gov/ae-
webinars)
i. Live and archived webinars related to English Language
Teaching

7) Internet Radio
a. Tea with BVP (www.teawithbvp.com)
(http://mixlr.com/teawithbvp/)