Are you a language educator?   The aPLaNet Project
      The aPLaNet European Union project will show language
educators how to use social networks to enpower your professional development. Click here to see Why?
Do you know what are personal learning networks?  

 

    
Are you confused how to use them?  
 
 
Autonomous “Personal Learning Networks” for Language Teachers
  
 
  Mentoring starting  
  aPLaNet mentoring is now starting. Join the Ning to take part or see the resources here  
   
  Mentoring Workshop  
  The 1st mentoring workshop presentation, held on the 23rd December, is now available  
   
  aPLaNet Community  
  The aPLanet Ning community is launched. Join our community and find out how to be a aPLaNet mentor or find out how to use Social Networks for professional development.  
   
  aPLaNet 3rd Project Meeting  
 
The 3rd project meeting took place at the Language School Pelikan on the 19th an 20th November, in Brno, Czech Republic.
 
   



 
 

The Autonomous “Personal Learning Networks” for Language Teachers (aPLaNet) project is a European Union education project that will help language educators who are not yet using social networks, to understand:

  • What are social networks for language educators?
  • Why they should use them?
  • How they can get involved and still keep your privacy?

The project will help you join and use Internet Personal Learning Network (PLN) on social networks like Facebook, Twitter, Nings etc. (SNs). About PLNs

Resources
The project will build a set of resources that will answer the three questions. These answers will be in the form of:
1. Technical and teacher guides and videos
2. Resource templates, workshops, training, diaries
3. A mentoring system, provided by existing expert users who are language educators just like yourself, that will offer one-on-one help to educators that want to build their own PLN.

The system will be extensively piloted through volunteer educators and Associate partners, 140 institutions from 33 countries. The mentoring piloting is now starting you will find more on the resources page.

Resources will be available in Bulgarian, Czech, Greek, Spanish, English, Romanian, Turkish, German, French, Italian.

The first Mentoring Workshop presentation is now available online .

Joining the project
Educators can join the project, right now, by joining our Ning community

 
 
The project Autonomous “Personal Learning Networks” for Language Teachers has been funded with support from the European Commission. This document reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein