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Ec&i831 Social Media and Open Education

Ec&i831 Social Media and Open Education. Al Lowrie, Principal, Hardisty School EPSB Edmonton, AB. OPEN. "Be open to new things" thus quoted our very own Raven, Dr. Alec Couros!. New Things. A Twitter account! Me with a Twitter account—really?.

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Ec&i831 Social Media and Open Education

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  1. Ec&i831 Social Media and Open Education • Al Lowrie, • Principal, Hardisty School EPSB • Edmonton, AB

  2. OPEN • "Be open to new things" thus quoted our very • own • Raven, • Dr. Alec • Couros!

  3. New Things • A Twitter account! Me with a Twitter account—really?

  4. Twitter/Tweetdeck/Twitterfall/ #Digistaff@qzlbash • OK, I get • this, I • think,,,,

  5. BLOG • www.wordpress.com • allandlowrie • Recent Posts • We need more technology, but we have no extra funds, what to do, what to do! • Collaboration and Technology-a dual edged sword. • “Computers are not simply an Option Choice, they should be used as tools!” • Toe tapping and pedagogical controversy. • Sharing how much is too much, how much is not enough?

  6. Learn to Share • You can either view the internet as a place where 2 billion bad people reside, or 2 billion good people, willing to lend a hand.

  7. Khan Academy • Algebra • Topics covered from very basic algebra all the way through algebra II. This is the best algebra playlist to start at if you've never seen algebra before. Once you get your feet wet, you may want to try some of the videos in the "Algebra I Worked Examples" playlist. • Simple Equations • Equations 2 • Equations 3 • Algebra: Linear Equations 4 • Algebra: Solving Inequalities • Algebra: graphing lines 1

  8. Virtual Communities (Schwier) • How many • virtual • communities • are • available?

  9. PLN (personal learning networks)

  10. Google Reader/Google Plus/ Docs/Tweetdeck/Connected Principal/&More • So much to do, so little time to manage my PLN

  11. Sense Making/Way Finding(Siemens)

  12. Rhyzomatic Learning (Cormier)

  13. Fragmented connections leading to deeper meaning

  14. Workers, Soldiers or Nomads why we teach. (Cormier) • wo The worker The Soldier The Digital Nomad

  15. Digital Collaboration • Essential • Useful • Inter • dependent • synchronist • synergistic • unlimited • potential for • Educational Reform

  16. 50 ways to tell a digital story (Levine) • What mean ye Storytelling? • View more presentations

  17. Future role of Teachers (Downes) • This Approach:-emphasizes open learning and learner autonomy-argues that course content is merely a tool employed to support learning,rather than the object of learning; -promotes a pedagogy of learning by engagement and activity within an authentic learning community; -fosters a wider and often undefined set of competencies; -exercises in activities requiring those competencies; -grows knowledge rather than to transfer or construct knowledgethrough cognitive processes

  18. The Role of Educator in a Networked World • Is The: • Learner • Collector • Curator • Alchemist • Programmer • Salesperson • Convenor • Coordinator • Designer • Coach • Agitator • Facilitator • Tech Support

  19. Dean Shareski • <div style="width:425px" id="__ss_9865911"> <strong style="display:block;margin:12px 0 4px"><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/shareski/whos-your-teacher-why-sharing-matters" title="Who&#39;s your teacher? why sharing matters" target="_blank">Who&#39;s your teacher? why sharing matters</a></strong> <iframe src="http://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/embed_code/9865911" width="425" height="355" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no"></iframe> <div style="padding:5px 0 12px"> View more <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/" target="_blank">presentations</a> from <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/shareski" target="_blank">Dean Shareski</a> </div> </div>

  20. Open to forge ahead... #eci831 • A proper mindset, an • attitude of I can! Remain • open to new ideas, • look for new paradigms of new • skills and connections. • The road ahead is not • always straight. We can • use Social Media to • further Open Education.

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