1. Teacher Networking Mokhamad Syaifudin ELTIS Mentor
BALI, March 2010

2. TSGs GOOD ELT (ELTIS MAIN GOAL) ICT Literacy
UPGRADING LANGUAGE and TEACHING SKILLS
SUPPLEMENTA-RY MATERIALS DEVELOPMENT
STRENGTHENI-NG INTER-INSTITUTION RELATIONSHIP
TSGs
ICT Literacy

3. Why networking? Not knowing what activities to do in the classroom
Not knowing where to find resources
No friend to talk to or to discuss teaching problem with?
………. ?

4. Teacher Networking = Collaborative Work Collaborative work/study
Cooperative experiences
= more personal social support 3
Group learning results in “significantly higher achievement and retention than does competitive and individualistic learning”3
When one teaches two learn2
Collaborative works promote synergistic problem solving1
Sharing knowledge and resources
1. Brown et..al, 1989
2. Heinlein, N/D
3 Johnson & Johnson ,1996

5. Collaborative work
Learning from each other’s contribution >> ( One’s success is also others’)
Sharing the same fate >> ( if one fail others will also) – Joint responsibility

6. How to start the network
MGMP (Teacher Support Groups)
E-GROUPS (Google Groups, Yahoo Groups)
Social Networking Sites

7. Things to share Problem Solution Resources Lesson Plan
Activities/Warmer
Other things …?

8. What ELTIS has done?
ELTIS is very much interested in Integrating Technology into education
CALL training
&
Promoting ICT based network

9. What ELTIS has done? Authoring tools Audio-video materials hunting
Teaching using video
Introduction to CALL
E-groups
Among master trainers
Among ELTIS- BIG Family
ELTIS Website
Ready to use ELT materials
Website links
TSGs

10. What ELTIS will do
Stimulating the local teachers network through TSGs and ICT based networking
Bridging local teachers with the ELT ‘Think tank” (Master trainers and LPTK (teacher training institution) through the use of ICT – preferably the use of E-groups and the ubiquitous social networking services such as facebook and twitter

11. What other people can do for ELT in INDONESIA together with ELTIS?
Let’s start by joining your network to ours ( to build a new wider network) –internet-based is preferred – WHY?
Help us find resources that support our goal:
To improve the quality of language teaching through the upgrading of teachers’ knowledge and skills

12. Balai DIKLATs Aliyahs RELO Kopertais ELTIS Kopertis
No teacher left behind

13. THANK YOU

14. ELTIS Website