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Vance Stevens talking about PLN in La Plata, Argentina

Vance Stevens visited La Plata, and gave a presentation on PLN. More than 20 teachers came to the School of Languages to listen to him. 
Among them was Susana Canelo who came from Del Valle (400km far form the capital of the province of Buenos Aires). Here is a picture of us:
If you could not attend this event, you can see the slides of the presentation below these lines: PLN
View more presentations from Escuela de Lenguas UNLP.

And here is a link to the recording in PodOmatic: 
PLN: The paradigm shift in teacher and learner autonomy

Comments

Vance Stevens said…
Hi I certainly enjoyed my visit to La Plata and especially the chance to meet the teachers there. They are in a good atmosphere for technology which starts with the director there and permeates throughout the staff. I´ve made a link back to here from http://braz2010vance.pbworks.com/LaPlata
Anonymous said…
Thanks Vance for a charming meeting. We remained with a nice taste of what can be done. Hope you could have stayed a little longer in La Plata.
Betina Miralles- ESL teacher at the School of Languages

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