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Prof Hiran Amarasekera, 2012 1 Teaching Digital Natives Education 2.0 Department of Forestry and Environment Science, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka staff.sjp.ac.lk/hiran

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Prof Hiran Amarasekera, Presented at University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka

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Page 1: Teaching  Digital Natives - Education 2.0

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

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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

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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

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Presentation basics

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Prepare Presentations, not Teleprompters

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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.