James and Christian reflect on aspects of the recent TDSIG/GISIG web carnival on 'Race and Queerness in ELT'.

In this episode the focus is on inclusion from the point of view of queerness. Christian interviews Adam Scott, who expands on his talk "Making ELT Resources More LGBTQI+ Inclusive".

Adam is a teacher, teacher trainer and materials writer and is also involved in a collaborative teacher development project Brighton Language Teachers
@BLTeachers. He may be contacted on social media @teachadam

Adam Scott's talk:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiBNRlawIpM&feature=youtu.be

Helen Slee's talk:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MzvvLIt5Zk&feature=youtu.be

David Valente's talk:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLsWQZuYuX0&feature=youtu.be

The ABCs of L.G.B.T.Q.I.A.+
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/21/style/lgbtq-gender-language.html

This episode is the third in a series of interviews with 'ELT influencers' chosen by our TDSIG competition winners.

Nik Peachey talks about his early involvement in technology and the likely forthcoming evolutions in language learning technology including artificial intelligence, virtual reality and augmented reality.

Nik is interviewed by Christian and answers questions conceived by teacher, trainer and EdTech enthusiast Tamara Parsons, who was one of the TDSIG competition winners.

Nik Peachey is Director of Pedagogy at Peachey Publications, an independent digital publishing company that specialises in the design of digital learning materials. He has been involved in Education since 1990 and has more than 20 years experience of working specifically with online and blended learning environments.
He has worked all over the world training teachers and developing innovative and creative products and is a two-time British Council Innovations award winner.
His customers include British Council, Eton College, Open University, Google Creative Labs and International House.

His more recent projects have included two years as pedagogical manager for a 100% online school owned by Macmillan ELT, Head of Content development for EtonX a 100% online school owned by Eton College and content developer for an English and Interfaith Dialogue course designed for the British Council and Al-Azhar University in Cairo.

His books include:
Hacking Creativity (Shortlisted for the 2020 British Council award for Innovation in Teacher resources) https://payhip.com/b/HDeb
Digital Tools for Teachers - Trainer's edition (Shortlisted for the 2018 British Council award for Innovation in Teacher resources) https://payhip.com/b/B34N
Thinking Critically through Digital Media https://payhip.com/b/CjXN
Digital Video - A Manual for Language Teachers (Winner of the 2016 British Council award for Innovation in Teacher resources) https://payhip.com/b/5n90
Conversation & Listening - A series of lesson for the digital classroom https://payhip.com/b/7fru

He also co-edited Creativity in the ELT Classroom and Creativity and the Sustainable Development Goals for the British Council
He is editor of the Edtech & ELT Newsletter: https://tinyletter.com/technogogy/

Company Website: https://peacheypublications.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/NikPeachey
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nikpeachey

Tamara Parsons is a teacher, trainer, EdTech enthusiast, conference speaker and founder of ELT.Training, a collaborative organisation with the aim of sharing teacher development ideas.

https://elt.training/

*We're reposting this episode from last year because it has disappeared from our feed - enjoy!*

This 12th episode brings Christian together with Tania Iveson and James Taylor, forming the new improved version of the Developod team! They introduce a thought-provoking PCE (pre-conference event), from IATEFL April 2019, which was co-hosted by the TD (Teacher Development) and GI (Global Issues) SIGs (Special Interest Groups). The central focus is the somewhat controversial question ‘Are you a social justice warrior?’ The team explores what this might mean, and we hear from a range of speakers and participants from the PCE, as well as the coordinators of the two respective SIGs. Finally, the Developod team mention how they were inspired by other talks at IATEFL and signpost us towards future episodes.

In this, the 25th episode of Developod, we look back on our careers as teachers with the help of the TDSIG committee. Plus we have a chat with our coordinator Tyson Seburn on the history of TDSIG and our upcoming Web Carnival (tdsig.org/webcarnival)

This episode is the second in a series of interviews with ELT influencers, chosen by our TDSIG competition winners. We hear from Jane Willis, who clarifies aspects of Task-Based Learning, for Jo, who is a teacher in Colombia and one of the competition winners.

Show notes including Jane's bio. and useful links are available at: http://bit.ly/developod24

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This episode is the first in a series of interviews with ELT influencers, chosen by our TDSIG competition winners. We kick things off with an interview with drama specialist David Farmer, who was chosen by Thais Olivieri. Tania asks him about introverted learners and how drama can be used for more than just getting students speaking.

Links:
David Farmer’s website:
https://dramaresource.com/

To access his free online course:
https://dramaresource.com/teaching-drama-online/

Other useful links to drama related materials
https://dramaresource.com/useful-links/

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In this episode, Christian, Tania and James look back on the past three episodes and reflect on the themes of teaching online, mental health and the impact of Black Lives Matter on ELT.

Links:

Emergency Remote Teaching Playbook https://mailchi.mp/078478802be2/free-playbook-emergency-remote-teaching

Episodes of Developod discussed:

Episode 19 - Teaching Online https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/developod/episodes/2020-04-15T15_59_04-07_00

Episode 20 - Mental Health With Phil Longwell
https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/developod/episodes/2020-05-22T07_39_44-07_00

Episode 21 - Avoiding Burnout With Rachael Roberts
https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/developod/episodes/2020-06-18T13_07_30-07_00

Continuing on with the theme of Mental Health, in this episode Tania interviews Rachel Roberts, a teacher, teacher trainer, materials writer, avid blogger, and life coach. Using their own personal experiences as examples, they discuss the causes of teacher burnout, key symptoms and warning signs, and ideas and resources to help avoid and deal with unhealthy stress levels.

https://elt-resourceful.com/

https://life-resourceful.com/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2309506592706916

To mark Mental Health Week in the UK, in this episode Christian interviews Phil Longwell, a teacher, teacher trainer and mental health advocate. They discuss Phil's personal experiences with mental health issues, what ELT employers can do to help their employees, and what teachers can do to manage their own well being.

Phil's blog: https://teacherphili.com/

IATEFL Q&A on Phil Longwell’s Webinar on Mental Health in ELT:
https://www.iatefl.org/news-views/q%26-phil-longwell%E2%80%99s-webinar-mental-health-elt

Screencast Recording from Phil Longwell on Improving the Mental Health of English Language Teachers:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijFMplEgKWs

Blog from Phil Longwell on Covid-19 Mental Health and Wellbeing:
https://teacherphili.com/2020/03/21/covid-19-mental-health-and-wellbeing/

Mental Health First Aid Training Courses e.g.:
https://www.sja.org.uk/courses/workplace-mental-health-first-aid/

Free courses:

Understand the Physiological impact of lockdown on our Wellbeing and Mental Health on Maudsley Learning and Tavistock & Portman NHS Foundation Trust’s course (the UK's premier mental health training organisation): https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/psychological-impact-of-covid-19

Help Young People Manage Low Mood and Depression with the University of Reading: https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/low-mood-during-covid-19

Manage Mental Health and Stress on Coventry University's course: https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/managing-mental-health

In this episode, the Developod team talk teaching online. In the last couple of months, teachers the world over have suddenly had to move from their face-to-face classrooms to virtual spaces, so Christian, Tania and James go through some basic tips for teachers and share their thoughts about what this could mean for the future.

To see the forthcoming video version of this podcast, check our social media platforms.

The platform James used was zoom.us. He also mentioned Google Docs and Jamboard. To read his blog posts on teaching online, go to theteacherjames.com/category/teaching-online, and for further reading, check the post "Getting Ready For Our Digital Future" for an extensive bibliography of articles and webinars.