Abbotsleigh & Redlands - 1 Day In-services

Filed under: Workshop — tom at 8:56 pm on Sunday, December 7, 2008

Bright Ideas - Tom March

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Some Big Questions to address…

1) What’s going on these days!?

2) How will it affect teaching and learning in schools?

3) What can I do about it?

4) What can WE do about it?

5) Cool Tools for Organising Information

AISV - August 2008

Filed under: Workshop — tom at 8:04 am on Wednesday, August 6, 2008

1. Set up a Flexible online platform

2. Gain access to timely resources

  • Add a PageFlakes RSS Feeds Page
  • Subscribe to iTunes podcasts: (See the CALL DVD: KQED Quest Science, Time Magazine Video Reports, New York Times Latest Videos, Washingtonpost Videos, ABC Background Briefing, etc.)

3. Develop & maintain a Hotlist of great sites

4. Establish Routines for teacher use

  • Embedding videos for Looking Tasks and Thinking Routines
  • Prompting discussions
  • Source or develop tutorials for student productions
  • ????

5. Establish Routines for student use

  • The Wristband Experiment
  • Skimming RSS Feeds to pass along
  • Responding to prompts
  • Develop contributions like podcasts, campaigns, series
  • ????

6. Nurture online partnerships and collaborations

  • Find like-minded teachers, classes and mentors.

7. Work the routines

  • Enculturate the analysis of real, rich and relevant resources
  • Encourage personalisation of the topics and authentic action
  • Look for exemplars of “Greek Sculpture” & define criteria

July 14 Session

Filed under: Tutorials, Workshop — tom at 11:44 pm on Sunday, June 22, 2008

Hi! Great to work with you today.

My basic premise is that ICTs can promote Real, Rich and Relevant learning. In addition, newer “web 2.0″ applications can “super-charge” learning even farther. The caveat is that if we don’t take this opportunity, the same applications can be used by students to side-step learning and even threaten their positive experience of life.

Here are some links I think you’ll find helpful:

Basic Platform for a Classportal

Enriching Resources

Managing Resources

Pedagogical Frameworks

Learning Activities

Main Resources

St. Paul’s Catholic College - Day 2

Filed under: Workshop — tom at 10:26 pm on Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Hello again!

Our main focus for today is to integrate cool Web 2.0 resources with powerful pedagogies into activities we can easily create and share. Let’s get to it! (ask about the great multimedia resources available)

Pedagogical Frameworks

Podcasting

Other Cool Things

Web 2.0 Workshop

Filed under: Workshop — tom at 6:13 am on Wednesday, March 5, 2008

Easy Web 2

Examples

Main Resources

CEQALL Teacher Workshop

Filed under: Workshop — tom at 6:33 am on Monday, May 7, 2007

“Web 2.0 Goes to School”

Technologies in the next 10 years will equip students to supercharge or side-step classroom learning. Both will happen. You get to choose which side you’re on.

Open Source Learning

Overview for Hands-on Sessions

In the Spirit of CEQALL and open source learning, you are the best person to determine what’s good for you to learn. Below are some options. Choose what’s most interesting to you. Put Effort into the exercise and look to pursue Quality with ICT-enhanced learning this term.

Introducing C E Q A LL

(pronounced “seek all”)

The 2nd10 Steps

Year 9 - MyPlace.com

Learning with WebQuests

Learn as a Team by Participating in a WebQuest

Background on Web 2.0 & Wikipedia

All About Podcasts

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