Business+English

=Business English & PLEs=


 * Social networking and PPLNs (Personal Professional Learning Networks) for Business English teachers**

**IATEFL BESIG Summer Symposium**, University of Central Lancashire @http://www.besig.org/events/Lancaster2011/index.htm //25th June 2011 12.15-12.45 (30 min talk)//

**Abstract:**

Social networking should now be a necessary part of any Business English teacher's toolkit, but there is still reluctance on the part of many teachers. 'I'm too busy!' some say. 'I don't know how to begin' say others. In this talk, I will be looking at the value to teacher development that can be obtained from actively engaging in social networks such as Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook and showing participants how best to go about building their own Personal Professional Learning Network (PPLN).

Graham Stanley works as an English teacher in Barcelona, Spain and as a social media consultant for the British Council, working on projects such as aPLaNet (helping teachers build PLNs). He is also coordinator of the IATEFL Learning Technologies SIG.

**Details:**


 * Ideas: **


 * http://www.flickr.com/photos/grahamstanley/5700896041/in/photostream/ - experts (Henry Jenkins) **
 * - connections (people will do it anyway)**