Techie brekkies, Twitter and TeachMeets

Reforming the face of staff professional development with Techie brekkies,

Twitter and TeachMeets

Year 5 201153 mixed ability students2 classesTeam teachingShared learning

@henriettamihttp://www.classroomchronicles.nethttp://www.classroomchronicles.nethttp://www.techiebrekkie.nethttp://year5rc.edublogs.org

A typical teachers day…

Do your staff connect and learn?

Or are they too busy juggling their daily lives?

So just what are the barriers?

What are you doing to help?

Your schoolTwitter?#edchat#5thgradechat

Blogging?reading and learning

Edmodo?Oz edmodo group

Conferences?Do you send staff on conferences?

Four ways to learn

• Professionals teaching teachers– Traditional staff PD days

• Teachers teaching themselves– Twitter, reading, studying

• Teachers teaching teachers– Techie brekkies and TeachMeets

• Students teaching teachers– The Bloggers’ Café – Tech support groups

http://www.techiebrekkie.net

What is the best part of a conference?

TeachMeets

#TMSydney

TeachMeet Sydneyhttp://tmsydney.wikispaces.com/

http://teachmeetmelbourne.wikispaces.com

Students Teaching Teachershttp://thebloggerscafe.edublogs.org

Henrietta Miller

@henriettami

http://www.classroomchronicles.nethttp://www.techiebrekkie.nethttp://year5rc.edublogs.org