Supporting Learning through ICT

Why new technologies?

Pupils need teachers who are up to speedPupils need engagingPGCE students can get new knowledge &

supportTeachers get on-going CPDWe need to use Web 2 tools to our benefit

TraineesHow to keep up to date for the futureHow to communicate with other teachersHow to learn more about teachingHow to find expertise in your field nowHow to get support when you need itHow to read everything!How to engage your pupils effectively

Tweet!!

Phil Beadle – Guardian Education “Following the conversation of intelligent people is like a shot of mental expresso”

http://www.teachersfirst.com/spectopics/twitterforteachers.cfm

Getting started on Twitter

Get someone to introduce youWarning – it’s VERY publicIt’s fabulous for instant rapportDevelop an online presence sensiblyGive, share, be kind!Enjoy daft things that make you laugh!

Why Twitter worksSee #hashtags for your subject#mathchat#ukedchat#scichat#historyteacher#edtech, #engchat, #web20Follow best practitioners and get instant info

More ideasFind people to follow – Doug Belshaw, Tom

Barrett, Danny Nicholson, Dawn HallyboneLook for your subject specialists or “nodes”Follow up conference speakers and trainersSources of instant advice and supportExcellent links to blogsKeep ahead of the game

Online forumsJoin the TES siteSee if people on forums also run blogsLook at what THEY readUse leads from all sources – specialist

magazines, BBC, Channel4, Teachers TVYahoo groups

Presentation & bookmark sharing

Slideshare.net – share your PowerPoints and look for other people’s

Vimeo.net for videoPrezi.com – great way to gather ideasDelicious.com – get good at Tags and share

your bookmarks

Best Tip - use an aggregator!

How can you follow lots of sites easily?Get new posts “delivered” to you – you

don’t need to go to each site! You can keep up with large numbers of

contributions and keep them for reading later or star or share

Google Reader is free and easy to use

How to startOpen an accountGo to top heading Google ReaderFind a site with RSS feed and click on it – ask

to subscribe using Google Reader (or others!)

Benefits are huge – use it to bring websites to you

Web 2.00 tools Digital age – kids are demanding – up your

appealWrite your own blog for

reflection/sharing/learningFind out how to do more exciting Web 2 stuff.Use it if it enhances what you doEdmodo, Animoto, Wordle, Voicethread,

Wallwisher, blogs (posterous), wikis, classtools, Vocaroo, Voki Storybird, Xtranormal

Subject specificsEnglish - Teachit, English resources, TES, NATE websites

for Englishpackage called Interactive Poetry which supports the

current anthology. facebook forum, GCSE Bitesize, TESwww.mrbudge.co.uk example of a teacher’s websitewww.writingfun.com – recent recommendation

PE The website Brian Mac, Sport Coach - many elements that relate to BTEC course involving fitness testing and examples of testing methods

Twitter – follow Edexcel ,Youth Sports trust, Association of Physical Education

Musicmusicalcontexts.com , ultimate guitar.comMusic software programmes to compose and record -

Cubase VST, Sibelius, Fruityloops, Ableton live 8, powertab

All SUBJECTS

Go to the twitter4teachers wiki – look for subject expertshttp://twitter4teachers.pbworks.com

www.slideshare.net – search for keywordsVisit www.teachertrainingvideos.comhttp://www.slideshare.net/vemcintyre and

www.froggyval.com

Finally -You don’t always get the best CPD from

expensive coursesYou need to stay up to dateRead and take in new ideasGive your pupils a world audienceStart your own PLN!

LINKS www.edmodo.com www.vimeo.com www.wallwisher.com Free blog by email – www.posterous.com www.prezi.com www.slideshare.net www.delicious.com bookmarking www.flickr.com for pictures www.radiolingua.com for FL podcasts www.teachertrainingvideos.com http://mfl-storybirds.wikispaces.com/ http://lmhtob.wikispaces.com/MFL+Flashmee

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Blogs I follow http://alexblagona.blogspot.com/ http://www.boxoftricks.net/ http://chilternedgemfl.typepad.com/chi

ltern-edge-mfl/

http://domsmflpage.blogspot.com/ http://frenchteachernet.blogspot.com/ http://joedale.typepad.com/

integrating_ict_into_the_/ http://amandasalt.blogspot.com/ http://chrisharte.typepad.com/

learner_evolution_chris_h/ http://mmeperkins.typepad.com/

my_weblog/ http://isabellejones.blogspot.com

http://languagesresources.wordpress.com/