twitter, techie brekkie and teachmeets
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My presentation at The Ninth National Interactive Teaching and Learning ConferenceTRANSCRIPT
Twitter, Techie brekkies and TeachMeets
Break down the barriers to tech integration and 21st century thinking
among staff at your school and reinvigorate your own and your school
staff development program
Who am I?
1. Henrietta Miller – Year 6 teacher Roseville College
1. http://www.classroomchronicles.net2. http://www.techiebrekkie.net3. http://year6rc.edublogs.org
A typical teachers day…
Why you should connect?
Who do you connect with?
1. Your grade buddies?2. Your department colleagues?
– TechieBrekkies3. Other local schools?
– Teachmeets4. The world
– Twitter– Edmodo– Facebook– Blogs and wikis
How can I connect?
Using social media
Using traditional PD
Image thanks to Dean Groom
Four ways to learn1. Professionals teaching teachers
– Traditional staff PD days– Conferences– workshops
2. Teachers teaching themselves– Twitter, reading, studying
3. Teachers teaching teachers– Techie brekkies and TeachMeets
4. Students teaching teachers and each other– The Bloggers’ Café – Tech support groups
Image thanks to Alex Couros
Don’t be scared
PLN
Your content
Oz Edmodo group code 53d8dq
What is the best part of a conference?
What happens next?
1. Do you share with colleagues and your school?– Techie Brekkies
2. Do you share with other local schools?– Teachmeets
3. Do you share with the world?– Twitter– Edmodo– Blogging– Facebook
So just what are the barriers?
What are you doing to help?
How can you change?1. Can you teach other teachers at your school?
– Hold Techie Brekkie2. Can you teach yourself?
– Connect on Twitter?– Read some blogs?
3. Can you teach other teachers at other schools– Hold a TeachMeet
4. Can your students teach other teachers and each other?– Visit The Bloggers’ Café – Create a Tech support group
http://www.techiebrekkie.net
TeachMeets
#TMSydney
TeachMeet Sydneyhttp://tmsydney.wikispaces.com/
Students learning with each otherhttp://thebloggerscafe.edublogs.org
Henrietta Miller
@henriettami
http://www.classroomchronicles.nethttp://www.techiebrekkie.nethttp://year5rc.edublogs.org
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