tools of the trade

Tools of the trade (iThink conference)

September 2012

by Fiona Beal

fiona@schoolnet.org.za

http://schoolnetsa.blogspot.com

SchoolNet SA

And much more…

SchoolNet's premium membership

programme

What is changing for

teachers?

http://schoolnetsa.blogspot.com

Online courses and webinars http://schoolnetsa.blogspot.com/p/free-short-online-courses.html

SchoolNet runs free short courses for its premium members (a free membership) every month. These are supported by wikis. The current one is ‘Technify your classroom’

Twitter and Tweetchats for teachers http://www.edchatsa.co.za/

@schoolnetsa

Curating the web

Pinterest

TeachMeets http://teachmeet-southafrica.wikispaces.com/

What is changing in

the classroom?

The use of cell-phones in education

Teacher from the Leap School starts publishing house (Fundza) and

includes three mobi stories via Mxit per month to encourage reading

Tablets or BYOD in the classroom

Free classroom learning systems

Free classroom motivational

programmes

http://www.classdojo.com/

A review: http://lachhull.blogspot.com/2012/02/classdojo-school-approach.html

It’s the era of global projects

Reading the Flat Stanley diaries as podcasts

Tons of amazing free tools

Microsoft’s Songsmith Microsoft’s Autocollage

Windows Movie Maker Photostory 3 for Windows

Grade 3 from Elkanah House doing

Maths photostories

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hb7JgWNlEeo

Give a classroom tour using Photosynth http://photosynth.net/view.aspx?cid=fd71f194-6973-42ca-85f2-f6633b18ab26

Songsmith • Choose a style from pop, jazz, reggae etc. and a tempo.

• Sing into the PC microphone and Songsmith will then generate musical accompaniment to match your voice.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oGFogwcx-E

E-books are so easy to create and read

Flipped classrooms

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aGuLuipTwg&feature=related

http://pinelandshighschool.wordpress.com/2012/07/30/when-teachers-become-pupils/

Podcasting

Classrooms blogs are common

Teachers blogs in South Africa

Blogs are very popular – for students

Write a book using a blog

Price list for the various types of books http://www.blurb.com/create/book/blogbook

Wikis can be easily used

http://barnowlstories.wikispaces.com

Invite specialists into your classroom via Skype http://skypeanauthor.wetpaint.com/

Skype chats with scientists http://techblog.stcyprians.net/

Virtual tours

Microsoft Innovative School’s programme http://www.stcyprians.co.za/?m=8&idkey=1333

So now to some more

detail on some of

these ideas

http://micklefieldconference.blogspot.com