tools of the trade
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Tools of the trade (iThink conference)
September 2012
by Fiona Beal
http://schoolnetsa.blogspot.com
SchoolNet SA
And much more…
SchoolNet's premium membership
programme
What is changing for
teachers?
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
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
Invite specialists into your classroom via Skype http://skypeanauthor.wetpaint.com/
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