Dear aPLaNet ning members, 

Here you are in the ning already and I am announcing the new webquest recommended for self-piloting teachers who will benefit by beginning with this one if they are not familiar with nings. 

You can find it here http://aplanetningquest.pbworks.com/w/page/53291161/Home%20Page 

We have organised it in a pbworks wiki and all the steps (pre and…

I was very happy to discover a research report on the potential of using Facebook as a learning management system.

Facebook popularity and the ease with which most teachers and learners can create an account these days was, after all, one of the reasons our aPLaNet project team decided to include Facebook as one of the three Social Networks which may help teacher with their professional development easily and with complete…

Did you miss us today (Wednesday)? We know some of you turned up for lunchtime chat.  Sorry we’re all at IATEFL enjoying the conference and getting ready for our symposium toDAY!!!!!!.

We’d love you to join us online. We’ll be holding an #eltchat from 15.50 to 18.20 GMT on the topic of social networking and continuous professional development to coincide with our…

Readers of this blog and colleagues I interact with every day on Twitter and Facebook, on Ning and Grou.ps, on LinkedIn and group.ly, on wikis and blogs, will probably feel this is one post too many on the value of creating a Personal Learning Network and maintaining contact through all these social networking sites. 

This is not about preaching to the converted, then, but about converting more teachers and bringing them into a digital family of ELT educators who are…