#ELTchat - great for professional development

A bit sniffy of the value of twitter? That was my opinion until I came across #ELTchat. Every Wednesday ELT tweeters meet up on twitter to discuss a particular topic related to language teaching and learning such as, how do you teach writing, ways to develop learner autonomy, convincing colleagues that online professional development is as effective as face-to-face (recent chats). And the beauty of it all is that someone volunteers to produce a summary of all the tips (as in the previous links) and advice that ELT chatters came up with that week, so that even if you couldn't make the Wednesday chat you can still benefit from the wisdom and experience of ELT teachers from all over the world. You can also follow what everyone actually said by doing a search on twitter for #ELTchat. Up-lifting stuff!