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ACEC2010: digital diversity
April 9
Keynote: Chris Betcher
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ACEC2010: Digital Diversity

April 9 Keynote: Gary Stager
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100 incredibly inspiring blogposts for educators

on teaching
working with students
ideas, tips and resources for the classroom
educational issues and the future of education
classroom management
using technology
preparing students for life after secondary school
links to resources

The most popular blogs that might be useful to educators

 History, Art, Economics, Maths, Science, Technology, gadgets, leadership

Engaging education using Web 2.0 tools

Covers 41 Web 2.0 [...]

Teaching for the 21st century involves the use of a range of new digital tools.  There are wikis, blogs, podcasts,  web 2.0, social bookmarking, video sharing, collaboration, online virtual teams and interactive whiteboards.  Our students use digital tools daily and have fully embraced them as social tools; not necessarily how to learn using these tools. [...]

There are so many tools on the internet to help you  become more productive and innovative as a teacher. Here are ten tools you should know how to use, not only for your own professional teaching development, but which could also assist you in the classroom. Each tutorial has a video that can be downloaded for viewing [...]

Tips to get started with SMARTBOARD IWB

For those who have not yet taken the first steps in using the interactive whiteboard, here are some steps to get you started.
I have some links to interactive whiteboard resources here. Bookmark it and revisit as the list grows.
Let’s Get Connected
Hooking up Smartboard

Connect the power to the SMARTBoard [...]

Today I attended a Web 2.0 professional development workshop with Will Richardson. It was held at Koonung Secondary College for Eastern Metropolitan Region teachers.
Will demonstrated Twitter, RSS feeds, screencasting, podcasting, blogs, wikis and discussed the need for education to shift along with the students and prepare them for the world of tomorrow.
I had my Pulse [...]

Microsoft Office and VISTA training for all DEECD staff
If you have a new laptop, you have Office 2007 and you have the Vista operating system. The familiar Office 2003 interface has gone to be replaced with a ribbon interface.  This year,  all PC’s in all labs will be upgraded to Office 2007; those staff with [...]

ePotential ICT Capabilities Survey
To be completed during the PD&C meeting – March 16 – 19
The Teacher ICT Capabilities Survey is a key component of the ePotential: ICT Capabilities Resources for Teachers. The Survey facilitates self-assessment of your current ICT capabilities in the teaching and learning context.
The following eLearning key areas are covered in the survey:

Learning [...]

John Cleese does it, Barack Obama does it, I do it, Kevin Rudd does it, Britney Spears does it ( or one of her handlers), Mark Parker does it.
What am I talking about? Twitter.
What is Twitter?

I use Twitter as part of my professional learning network. I follow people with similar interests – those in ICT, [...]