Stop burning books and start twittering

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Stop burning books and start twittering! Maggie Verster Ict4Champions

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“Every primary school learner and secondary school learner in school this year has lived his or her entire life in the presence of computers, wireless connectivity, television, the world wide web, cell phones, and computer games. They are a hooked up, wired, connected, multi-tasking, parallel processing generation of learners. Isn't it time the education process catered for these characteristics?” Laurie Butgereit (@lbutgereit) Why Web 2.0?

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Teacher 1.0 Source: Courosa.

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Adapted from Courosa. Teacher 2.0

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Cone of learning (Dale/Hyland)) Web 2.0

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Skype Mxit G-talk iGoogle Netvibes Pageflakes Free Easy to use Anywhere anytime ??????? Access? Banned? Blocked? Burnt? Read & write Share & Collaborate Tag clouds Chat RSS & Widgets Multimedia Web 2.0 ???? Social Networking File-sharing sites Wiki’s Delicious Diigo Wordle Podcasts Videocasts Screencast Blogs Twitter Forums Firewalls

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How do we become lifelong learners? How do we share resources painlessly “on the fly”? How do we prepare our learners for life in the 21st Century? How do we spice up our classroom activities to get our learners to think deeply? How do we become reflective teachers?

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Learning networks The tools according to case studies Twitter (Microblogging) Ning / Facebook (Social networks) Edublogs /Wordpress (blogs) Diigo / Delicious (Social bookmarking Wetpaint (wiki) Google Reader (RSS)

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www.twitter.com maggiev Mathslitteacher Edweek09 Schoollibrary Join #edweek09 Start Twitterring!

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Sms 0833886201 with questions and comments Please add #edweek09 and your name to your sms 140 characters please Any questions? Send @edweek09 a tweet!!!

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How can I use twitter as a teacher? Learners can ask /answer questions using twitter I can connect with other teachers I can share…… Resource links Files (www.filesocial.com) Photos (www.twitpic.com) Events/notices… Have discussions Build learning networks …….. More……..

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www.mathsliteracy.co.za What can you all do inside a social network? Share and discuss resources Reflect on your teaching practice Help one another Information , videos, photos, podcasts Events, Notices & newsletters Curriculum notices Jobs, Professional development Tool: www.ning.com Ning-ing it! How do I create a teacher social network?

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More SN tools: Facebook (www.facebook.com) Linkedin (www.linkedin.com ) Plaxo (www.plaxo.com ) Maths online communities: www.mathsliteracy.co.za Stephen’s FET and AP e-mail group www.thutong.org.za Mathematics 24x7

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Blog –your own space What is a blog? Reflection Homework Parent info Videos + photos Resources Conversations Advocacy Jokes/Fun stuff Games Newsletters

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Blog examples Mathsliteracy blog My School 2.0 blog Librarians blog Local Teacher blogs

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Wordpress (www.wordpress.com ) Blogger(www.blogger.com ) Edublogs(www.edublogs.org) Blogging learning pathway: How 2 Blog

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The most effective way to share resources!!!!!! Social bookmarking Social bookmarking = Sharing resources + database My bookmarks Mathematics links South African teacher resource group Delicious tutorial

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Cloud creator:www.wordle.com Visualise bookmarked resources Easy to share - everywhere Tag clouds/lists

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Wiki-wiki Collaborative Can be edited by anyone /who has permission / members Examples: Wikipedia Wiki e-book http://tr.im/uyqh SAschools wiki Tools: Wetpaint, Wikispaces, PBworks

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How on earth do I keep track of everything!!!!!! RSS Readers Google Reader Explorer build in reader RSS Widgets Management

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More learning tools Photo sharing: Flickr , Picasa E-mail: G-mail Document sharing: Google docs, Mind-mapping: Bubbl.us Videos: Youtube, Teachertube Story telling: Voicethreads Voice over IP: Skype , Google talk How to tutorials

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Access Banned Blocked Burnt Firewalls Let’s open up learning and talk about… Policies Strategies Change yourself Change your classroom Start the conversation…. www.twitter.com SaSchool wiki Learn with me Let’s take action!!!

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Photo credits http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:1933-may-10-berlin-book-burning.JPG http://www.flickr.com/photos/courosa/3118644319/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/courosa/344832659/in/set-72157615129270288/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/32530713@N08/3322829633/ http://www.public-health.uiowa.edu/icphp/ed_training/ttt/archive/2002/2002_course_materials/Cone_of_Learning.pdf http://www.flickr.com/photos/trashd/2049658020/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/luc/1824234195/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Yad_Vashem_Books_burned_by_Nazis_by_David_Shankbone.jpg http://www.flickr.com/photos/ryanr/142455033/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/one-500th/683430806/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/stuartpilbrow/3345896050/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/meanestindian/3248185596/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/adcuz/3536735043/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/bombardier/15371858/

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See you online!!!! Maggie Verster: maggie@maggie.co.za www.twitter.com/maggiev Blogs: www.school2.co.za http://mathsliteracy.wordpress.com http://saschoollibraries.wordpress.com www.maggie.co.za Networks: www.mathsliteracy.co.za http://learnwithmaggie.ning.com Wiki’s: http://Saschools.wetpaint.com