Twitter, Techie brekkies and TeachMeets

Break down the barriers to tech integration and 21st century thinking

among staff at your school and reinvigorate your own and your school

staff development program

Who am I?

1. Henrietta Miller – Year 6 teacher Roseville College

1. http://www.classroomchronicles.net2. http://www.techiebrekkie.net3. http://year6rc.edublogs.org

A typical teachers day…

Why you should connect?

Who do you connect with?

1. Your grade buddies?2. Your department colleagues?

– TechieBrekkies3. Other local schools?

– Teachmeets4. The world

– Twitter– Edmodo– Facebook– Blogs and wikis

How can I connect?

Using social media

Using traditional PD

Image thanks to Dean Groom

Four ways to learn1. Professionals teaching teachers

– Traditional staff PD days– Conferences– workshops

2. Teachers teaching themselves– Twitter, reading, studying

3. Teachers teaching teachers– Techie brekkies and TeachMeets

4. Students teaching teachers and each other– The Bloggers’ Café – Tech support groups

Image thanks to Alex Couros

Don’t be scared

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Your content

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What is the best part of a conference?

What happens next?

1. Do you share with colleagues and your school?– Techie Brekkies

2. Do you share with other local schools?– Teachmeets

3. Do you share with the world?– Twitter– Edmodo– Blogging– Facebook

So just what are the barriers?

What are you doing to help?

How can you change?1. Can you teach other teachers at your school?

– Hold Techie Brekkie2. Can you teach yourself?

– Connect on Twitter?– Read some blogs?

3. Can you teach other teachers at other schools– Hold a TeachMeet

4. Can your students teach other teachers and each other?– Visit The Bloggers’ Café – Create a Tech support group

http://www.techiebrekkie.net

TeachMeets

#TMSydney

TeachMeet Sydneyhttp://tmsydney.wikispaces.com/

Students learning with each otherhttp://thebloggerscafe.edublogs.org

Henrietta Miller

@henriettami

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

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