Qatar Academy 2008-2009

Julie LindsayHead of Information Technology and E-

LearningAugust 2008

Rather be…..On the beach?

http://animoto.com

http://animoto.com/play/DCkJQz9qwHaPL22a0A2X6g

Remembering the Summer Holiday

Everyone on the same page…..http://flickr.com/photos/7647121@N07/

Footsteps on the Sands of Time…….

Lives of great men all remind usWe can make our lives sublime,And, departing, leave behind usFootsteps on the sands of time

Henry LongfellowA Psalm of Life

http://www.potw.org/archive/potw232.html

What A Teacher Makes (Taylor Mali)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxsOVK4syxU

E-Learning for Life Strategic Plan

Whole School Approach

A Shared Vision – Bridge to Success

Infrastructure Overhaul

Hardware changeover

Some statistics (2008 changeover)

Supported by Qatar Foundation

Blended platform approach

Over 150 teacher laptops

IT Support Team

Mahmoud

Systems Software Specialist

Rami

Curriculum and Pedagogy

Supported by Information and Communication Technologies

Digital Natives

Skills for 21st Century Learning

http://www.flickr.com/photos/courosa/

Use technology to help manage information effectively

http://www.flickr.com/photos/courosa/

Personal Learning Network

Digital Citizenship

http://digiteen.ning.com/

What will I do with a laptop?

Inquiry-Based Pedagogy

Student-Centered Learning

21st Century Learning Objectives

Blooms Revised Taxonomy

Create powerful and worthwhile learning

experiences that ‘flatten’ the walls of your classroom

David Warlick - http://davidwarlick.com/2cents/

Online Learning

http://flickr.com/photos/girloblivious/

Be the change you want to see in education……

http://flickr.com/photos/wonderlane/

http://flickr.com/photos/dcmetroblogger/

http://flickr.com/photos/elycefeliz/

Educating children in Pakistan and Afghanistan

http://www.threecupsoftea.com/

Web 2.0 - A whole new adventure in teaching

Web 2.0 Tools

Magnify your potential

E-Learning Professional Development Opportunitieshttp://flickr.com/photos/patrickwilken/

October 20-31

FreeOnline

http://k12onlineconference.org/

K-12 Online ConferenceK-12 Online Conference

Dr Gary Stager

Laptop pioneerConstructivist Consortium21st Century learning

November 16-20Whole school opportunity

http://stager.org

Flat Classroom ConferenceLeadership Workshop

Student Summit

January 24-26

http://flatclassroomconference.com

Wiki-centric Global Collaboration using Web 2.0 Tools

Authentic Problem Solving using Real-World Topics

‘Flat’ learning – teacher to student, student to student

What is a Flat Classroom?

What is a Flat Classroom?

Global Collaboration 3.0

Cultural Understanding

Digital Citizenship

Online Learning Environments

Senior School February 18 and 19

Whole School February 20

21st Century Literacy SpecialistInternational School Bangkok

http://mscofino.edublogs.org

Ongoing PD for E-Learning

Qatar Academy Ninghttp://elearning4life.ning.com/

Join 21st Century Learners

See Julie if interested – Starts after Eid

Be part of an E-Learning TeamShare the discussion about change

Orientation Week PDWednesday 1-2pmThursday 1-2pm

Information on Qatar Academy wikispacehttp://elearning.qataracademy.wikispaces.net/

E-Learning PD MenuWikis – 3 sessions to choose fromBlogs and bloggingRSSSocial BookmarkingGoogle and educationEducational networking using a NingOnline ResourcesMultimedia

2 sessions (digital cameras & laptops, digital storytelling)