8/2/2019 Dissertation Interview Mindmap

http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/dissertation-interview-mindmap 1/1

WhatroledoesTwitterplay in teachers'professional lives?

Howdo theteachersuse

Twitter andhasthis

changedover time?

Frequency

S am e ev er y d ay ? W ha t dr aw s yo u i n?

Whatputsyou of ?

H owd o you mon i tor T wi t te r ? Ar e you a l wa ysconn e ct e d? P e rh a ps

devices?

Do you only tunein when you w ant

When -duringday?

Interaction

R e gu l ar n e wp eop le /r a nd oms? Do you wel come p

Twitterers,or do yo

familiar group?

Do you adve

workshops,S

W ha t ab ou t in ho li da y ti me ? D o yo u sw it ch of ?

Haveyou tweetedfrom conferences?

Why (not)?

Method Hardware Mobile?

Haveyou boughtsomethingbecauseit would

help you useTwitter?

S of tw ar e W ha t ha ve y ou t ri ed ?

Whatdecisionshave you made

Whatproblems haveyou solved?

Beginning

Scaf olding

Purpose/ reasoning

Influences

Motivation

Whatwere you doingonlinebefore Twitter?

Anything?

Howhas

tools/en

Has

med

Outsideo

media?

Ingener

personal

Comparewhen you startedto now

Howisi tdi f erent?

Wha

chan

Why isi tdif e re nt ? W ha t ha s in flu en ce d y

How isyour professio

becauseof Twitter?

Location

Home

Anywhere

Work

Usage

Whatis Twitter to you?

W ha t is i nt er ac ti on ? L ur ki ng

Sourcinginfo

Chatting

RTing

TweetingarticRSS

Chatfacilitator

Forum to askfor help

PartofPLE

Networkingplatform

CommunityDo you believethatthere issuch a thingas'The

ELTOnlineCom munity?

To whatextentto you seeTwitter ascentral to

theonlineELT community?

Isthis community exclusive/inclusive?

Do you seethiscommunity asa whole,or an

amalgamation ofmany other smaller groups?

Whatrole do

V ie win gm et ho ds M en ti on s

Hashtags

Self-createdgroups

Groupscreatedby others

Linkto software- Tweetdeck- multi-co

In whatwaysdo theteachers

believeTwitter contributes

to their professional

development?

Whatdo you gain from Twitter?

In whatwayshasi taf ectedyou classroom

practice?

Hasit improvedyour self-esteem/confidencein

anyway?

Do you feel thatyou aremorea partofa

profession becauseof Twitter?

Do you feel moreimportantin thewider ELT

community becauseof Twitter?

To whatextentisTwitter important,in

comparison to other platformsyou use e.g.a

blog?

To whatextentis your professional lifebetter

becauseyou useTwitter?

Doesi taf ectyour motivation?Atspecific times

Ingeneral

Hasusing Twitter helpedyour personal

developmentin any way?

Haveyou becomea better person?

Areyou better atliving?

Howdoes Twitter fitin with your useof other

onlineplatforms/tools?

Areyou awareoftheconceptofa PLE?Do you seeTwitter playinga rolein a personal

learningenvironment?

Howdoesi tconnectwith other areasofyour

professional life?

Couldyou say thatyou havegainedany work

becauseof beingactiveof Twitter?

Hasthis broughtfinancial gain?

I fyouwereapplyingfora job/orengagingin

any other professional correspondance,would

you includeyou Twitter username?

Whataboutyo ur blog?

Do you thinkthatusingTwitter makesyou in any

way better than colleagueswho don't useit?Ifan ELTis noton Twitter doesit mean thatthey

aren'tatthe cuttingedgeof theprofession?

Hasyour useof Twitter impactednegatively on

you professional life?

I fyou stoppedusingTwit ter,howwouldi taf ect

your professional life?

Hasyour useof Twitter impactedon your

personal lifein anyway?

• F a mi l y is sue s

• Changein faceto faceprofessional

relationships

• H ow a r e you dif erent,as a person and

a teacher becauseof Twitter?

Aremany colleaguesfrom your immediate

environmentusingTwitter?

Haveyou triedto persuadethem to useit?

Whathas their reaction been?

Informally or in somekindof trainingworkshop?

Whatdo they thinkof Twitter

Whatdo they thinkof your useofTwitter?

Do your colleaguesusetheweb at all for their

PD?

Areyour colleaguesusingother typesof social

media?

Howdo you seethe useof Twitter asconsidered

by colleagueswho don'tuseit?