
Panel discussion
Fri 13 November 2009, 7am GMT
This panel is all about Twitter
Panelists (in alphabetical order):
Burcu Akyol, Turkey
Graham Stanley, British Council
Karenne Sylvester, Kalinago English
Shelly Terrell, Teacher Reboot Camp
br>Peter Travis, flo-joe.co.uk
Moderation: Holly Longstroth
![]() Burcu Akyol |
About Burcu Akyol Burcu Akyol has been teaching English for ten years. She is currently the coordinator of the foreign languages department of ISTEK Schools in Istanbul, Turkey, with responsibility for training and development programmes. In the last three years, she has focused on using web technologies in the language classroom. She blogs at burcuakyol.com. |
![]() Graham Stanley |
About Graham Stanley Graham Stanley spends half of his working life as a teacher of English at the British Council Young Learner Centre in Barcelona, Spain and the other half as Project Manager of the British Council’s Learn English Second Life project. This involves managing a 3D self-access centre for 13-17 year-olds for the British Council and working with the other partners of the AVALON project, which aims to develop best practice through language learning scenarios for adults in Second Life. |
![]() Karenne Sylvester |
About Karenne Sylvester Karenne is a certified TESOL trainer of English and currently works as a freelancer in Stuttgart, Germany. She is sole proprietor of Kalinago English. At the moment she is working with students in the financial/banking, energy, engineering and IT sectors. She is the author of SimplyConversations™ and also presents teacher training workshops on using technology in the classroom. Karenne recently completed a course to become an intercultural trainer through LTS. |
![]() Shelly Terrell |
About Shelly Terrell Shelly is an educational technology blogger (Teacher Reboot Camp), technology trainer, and English language teacher living in Germany who enjoys working on global educational projects. She has worked with young language learners for 5 years in the US and in Germany. |
Peter Travis |
About Peter Travis |
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Moderation: Holly Longstroth |