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Teaching Digital Natives Education 2.0. Department of Forestry and Environment Science, University of Sri Jayewardenepura. Empower students to do unique, great things. World has changed from Vertical system to Horizontal. Individual Content Creation Eg Encyclopedia Britannica to Wikipedea.
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Teaching Digital Natives Education 2.0 Department of Forestry and Environment Science, University of Sri Jayewardenepura Prof Hiran Amarasekera, 2012
Empower students to do unique, great things Hiran Amarasekera | 2012 | www.sjp.ac.lk
World has changed from Vertical system to Horizontal Individual Content Creation Eg Encyclopedia Britannica to Wikipedea
Presentation (Teaching) Basics Teacher centered formal lectures, vs interaction with students, which foster independent thinking
Knowledge café style Don't give talks - hold conversations
Presentation basics Prepare Presentations, not Teleprompters Hiran Amarasekera | 2012 | www.sjp.ac.lk
Facilitating Collaborative learning Hiran Amarasekera | 2012 | www.sjp.ac.lk
Mind Maps on Reducing Global Warming Hiran Amarasekera | 2012 | www.sjp.ac.lk
What tools can you use to teach students? • Google for research • ? • ? • ? • ? • ? • ? • ? Hiran Amarasekera | 2012 | www.sjp.ac.lk
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 Hiran Amarasekera | 2012 | www.sjp.ac.lk
Seven Ways to Social Media Hiran Amarasekera | 2012 | www.sjp.ac.lk
Social Media Hiran Amarasekera | 2012 | www.sjp.ac.lk
Social media to interact with students Hiran Amarasekera | 2012 | www.sjp.ac.lk
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