Us ing the Internet Effective ly: A Technology Teacher's

Pers pective

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Us ing the Internet Effectively:A Technology Teacher's Pers pective

Contents :

AudienceKids love a n a udie nc e .P a re nts love s e e ing wh a t th e ir ch ildre n a re doing .Us e th e inte rne t to le t th is h a ppe n.

P odc a s ts : th e y m a ke a podca s t s h owing h ow to c ut a m ortice ? You m a ke a podc a s t wh e re you ta lk a bout a s pe c ts of de s ig n with a c ouple o f pupils .

B log s – s c h ool b log s , de pt b log s , c la s s b log s , s c ribe b log s , ind ividua l pupil le a rn ing b log s , tra ns ition b log s , trips b log s .

La w P rima ry, N B e rwick, s om e th ing like 500 c om m e nts in 5 we e ks . Hug e inte re s t in th e ir pos ts a bout th e ir trip to Loc h E a rn.

Collaboration

G ive pupil a s pa c e to work tog e th e r in s c h ool or a t h om e , or on a trip.Us e a wiki in your de pa rtm e nt/s c h ool for doc um e nts /le s s on re s ourc e s …

Le t your kids work with kids in oth e r s c h ools , oth e r c ountrie s , work with a dults , ta lk to de s ig ne rs , le t your pupils do s tuff with outs ide rs th a t wouldn’t h a ve be e n pos s ib le be fore .

Us e G low g roups /dis c us s ions tools .

Sharing

Te c h nobuz z or a ny oth e r b log g ing s o ftwa re to s h a re th oug h ts on pra c tice , le s s on p la ns , le s s on re s ourc e s .

Now a b le to be m ore s oc ia l (a nd produc tive ) th a n e ve r.

Us e oth e r m e a ns to s h a re – s lide s h a re , flickr, youTube , twitte r. P odc a s ts .

Ma ke re s ourc e s a va ila b le to your pupils , m a ke note th a t fit onto iP ods . B log your h om e work ta s ks .

S oc ia l bookm a rks . – link to th e de lic ious ne twork th a t Da vid h a s s e t up… Th is c ould be a wh ole s e c tion in its e lf a c tua lly, wh a t s a y you?

Keeping track of it all

F ind a fe e d re a de r s o ftwa re , or pe rs ona lis e d h om e pa g e .

Drop in fe e ds from a ll th e s ite s you wa nt to ke e p in touc h with .

S ubs c ribe to a lm os t a nyth ing – b log pos ts , wiki c h a ng e s , de lic ious links , flickr ta g s , Ne ws we bs ite s , c om m e nts you’ve le ft.

Their world is changing, why is n’t yours ?

Link to th e s h ift h a ppe ns pre s e nta tion

Kids us e a ll th is te ch nolog y a lre a dy, s om e of th e m don’t know h ow to us e it s a fe ly, s om e do but a bus e it, us e it yours e lf a nd unde rs ta nd wh a t on e a rth th e y a re doing wh e n th e y s pe nd 2 h ours a n ig h t on th e ne t

Wh y not s e t up a be bo pa g e for your de pa rtm e nt?

Don’t ba n th ing s , turn th e m to your (a nd th e ir) a dva nta g e .

Us e m ob ile s in c la s s don’t turn th e m off!!! C la s s h om e work – find a b ridg e a nd ta ke a ph oto of it. All ph otos c a n be s e nt to a te a ch e r’s ph one a nd a ll c o lla te d for d is c us s ion on wh a t type th e y a ll a re a nd wh y th e y we re bu ilt th e wa y th e y a re .

Us e th e ir ph one ’s c a le nda r to s e t re m inde rs a bout te s ts !