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A Connected Teacher. ...uses technology to revolutionise their classroom, their students and themselves. Forget the tools. ...what’s the vision & culture . Jabiz Raisdana: It's About Acculturation. What is my vision ?. Becoming the best I can be. What is my culture?.
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A Connected Teacher... ...uses technology to revolutionise their classroom, their students and themselves.
Forget the tools... ...what’s the vision & culture. Jabiz Raisdana: It's About Acculturation
What is my vision? Becoming the best I can be.
What is my culture? Opening up to the world around me, embracing change, challenge, innovation & creativity. Is there a connection between these two?There needs to be... What is student culture? They are the “Web Kids”, a new and evolving culture. Piotr Czerski: We, The Web Kids
Why connect? ...learn to understand your students. ...receive a stream of amazing ideas. ...create constant opportunities for change. ...be inspired by your profession. ...it is the best way to become a better teacher. In short...
Are you connected? • ...to the outside world? • ... to digital resources? • ... to your students? • ... to youth culture? • ... to other teachers? • ... to education trends? • ... to technology trends? ...you need to be.
This is my process... ...students hopefully get caught up in this too.
1. Listen, Explore & Find twitter.com delicious.com digg.com stumbleupon.com
2. Catalogue & Curate wordpress.com delicious.com evernote.com twitter.com
3. Think & Create Pages flyingmeat.com/acorn iMovie comiclife.com
4. Publish & Share twitter.com wordpress.com youtube.com creativecommons.org
5. Converse & Interact skype.com twitter.com #edchat PLNs for Educators: 10 Tips by Dr. Mark Wagner Smartphones + 3G wordpress.com
Our colleagues... • Martin: tweeting resources. • Amanda: building online textbooks. • Nicolas: blog based assignments. • Jen: building a resource library. • Alan: tweeting philosophy.
Personal highlights... • Fresh ideas daily from Twitter • Filming & sharing my lessons • Global classroom collaboration • Great resources to inspire lesson plans • Thinking & blogging about education • #comments4kids • Sharing as incentive to create rossparker.org
In summary? ...get connected, create and use your creativity to help others. ...become a proactive, innovative, changing teacher. ...join the online faculty of connected teachers.
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