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Innovation Workshop

Session 1: Teaching and Learning in a connected world. Innovation Workshop. Innovation Workshop: Morning Schedule. Innovation Workshop: Afternoon Schedule. Session 1: Teaching in a Connected World. Hands up! Who is on: Facebook; Twitter; LinkedIn? Who has their own blog?

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Innovation Workshop

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  1. Session 1: Teaching and Learning in a connected world Innovation Workshop

  2. Innovation Workshop: Morning Schedule

  3. Innovation Workshop: Afternoon Schedule

  4. Session 1: Teaching in a Connected World • Hands up! Who is on: Facebook; Twitter; LinkedIn? • Who has their own blog? • Who has their own website? • Who looks at other people’s blogs for educational purposes? • Who uses YouTube to look for classroom resources or tutorials? • Who has joined the Partners in Learning Network? • Who has signed up as a SchoolNet SA member? • Who has registered on the Vodacom Digital Classroom? By the end of this session you will: Know about some social media tools that you can include in your classroom Know how to use social media as a professional development tool Know where to find great, free online resources and tools for enhancing your lessons

  5. Activity: Brainstorm: 5 minutes How can social media be used as a professional development tool? What are some of the advantages of using social media for professional development (compared to other forms of professional development)?

  6. Social Media as a professional development tool • Webinars - wide range of topics, free, easy to join • Online TeachMeets – lots of quick, fun ideas • Video or step-by-step tutorials on how to use different tools • Blogs where people share their experiences • Access to a vast range of tools and ideas for using them • Network of supportive, excited, inspired and motivated teachers!

  7. Advantages of Social Media over other forms of professional development • Heaps of free opportunities • Anywhere, anytime, at your own pace learning • Just in time learning • Vast professional network to draw on • You can contribute your ideas, resources and learnings to the big pool • You can do a formal course (earn a certificate, qualification or badge) or you can just look something up – or ask for help – when you need help

  8. Get Tweeting! • To develop this course – we walked the walk! • We consulted our contacts who tweet a lot! @fbeal @maggieV • We looked for resources on a trusted blog and YouTube • We used other people’s resources with acknowledgement If you have a smart phone you can access the tool that many regard as the top professional development tool - TWITTER Go to the SchoolNet SA blog to find out more about Tweeting Watch a YouTube video on Using Twitter for Professional Development And / Or look at Maggie Verster’sSlideshare on “Getting Started with twitter”

  9. Who is worth following? When someone re-tweets someone interesting – follow that person too! Un-follow people who don’t interest you. Look out for people’s handles and follow them.

  10. Which hash-tags are worth following? If you see an interesting # search it! Trending #s change all the time. If you want to create one just start including it in your tweets. Include #s in your tweets so people can see your contribution to the conversation

  11. Twitter gets Fiona Beal’s creativity soaring @ideas_Factory – tweets a link to “How can I webstream an event? Fiona will be attending a TeachMeet so she clicks the link to see how to stream it. That leads to an article about webcasting using different tools by Wesley Fryer. Fiona then sees Wesley has just done a workshop on creative writing. Fiona’s passion! Which links to a Alan Levine’s wiki post on writing using five photos as inspiration. A new tool, a new technique, someone else’s experiences, fresh inspiration for teaching a topic!

  12. Facebook for education – who is worth liking? Tweet about it! Who do you like on Facebook or follow on Twitter that you would recommend for professional development?

  13. As a teaching tool? Teacher set up a Whatsappand Facebook group to encourage independent learning. Learners (and sometimes the teacher) answered questions after hours. Resources and homework available. Helen Robertson: Cornwall Hill College, Gauteng Functions for Technologically Functioning Teens

  14. Charli Wiggill – Eden College DurbanPay it Forward for the Blind Project Used the power of Facebook this teacher and his learners got people around the world to read, record and upload stories for blind children

  15. What is the Partners in Learning Network? • Aglobal online resource • A community for educators and school leaders • A platform to encourage collaboration and the spread of ideas to improve education worldwide

  16. How do you join the Partners in Learning Network? www.pil-network.com

  17. What can teachers do on the Partners in Learning Network? accessLearning Suite tools and lesson plans connectto share resources discuss hot topics supportfrom tutorials and professional development

  18. Register at digitalclassroom.co.za

  19. Become a SchoolNet Member, like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter

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