teaching digital natives - education 2.0
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Prof Hiran Amarasekera, Presented at University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Nugegoda, Sri LankaTRANSCRIPT
Prof Hiran Amarasekera, 2012
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Teaching
Digital Natives
Education 2.0
Department of Forestry and Environment Science, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka
staff.sjp.ac.lk/hiran
Empower students to do unique, great things
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World has changed from Vertical system to Horizontal
Individual Content Creation
Eg Encyclopedia Britannica to Wikipedea
Presentation (Teaching) Basics
Teacher centered formal lectures, vs interaction with students, which foster independent thinking
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PowerPoint is not everything
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Knowledge café style
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Don't give talks - hold conversations
Presentation basics
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Prepare Presentations, not Teleprompters
Facilitating Collaborative learning
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Mind Maps on Reducing Global Warming
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What tools can you use to teach students?
1. Google for research2. ?3. ?4. ?5. ?6. ?7. ?8. ?
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• Google• Blogging – blogger, wordpress, tumblr• Wiki – wikipedia, wikispaces • Multimedia sharing – flickr, youtube• Podcasting – itunes• VLE s – moodle, blackboard• Social Bookmarking – delicious, digg• Social Networking – facebook, linkedin• Microblogging – twitter
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Seven Ways to Social Media
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Social Media
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Social media to interact with students
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Life is short, youth is finite, and opportunities endless.
In order to do great things, we must attempt great things.