May 31 2007
Exploring the 21st Century Classroom
Last Thursday night I presented to Ivanhoe Grammar School about the uses of ICT in my classroom. But this was no ordinary professional development event, Ivanhoe is in Melbourne, Australia.
We conducted the net cast using a free trial on some desktop conferencing software and used Skype for the voice call. It was quite a challenge for me as you don’t have the ability to see the faces of your audience so you don’t know when to go back over things or just shut-up fo a minute! Joseph Papaleo helped organise the event for his school and from his responses it seemed to be a success.
During the presentation I covered a range of topics, giving practical examples of their use in my classroom -
>>Blogs
> Writing for a real audience and purpose
> Visitors and comments
>>Google Earth
> Starting the day with a “Wow!”
> Going beyond geography
> Being an information tourist
>>Using Wikihow for instructional writing
>>Turning Point audience voting system
>>MS Photostory - an alternative presentation tool
I would just like to thank Joseph and the staff at Ivanhoe for inviting me to present and I hope that although the line was a bit poor you all were able to take something that could make an impact in your classroom.
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