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Net-Tech Education Workshops

One Day Workshop – Collaborative Classrooms

Numbers: 12-20 educators, administrators and IT Managers.

Audience : Suitable for Upper Elementary (Primary), High School, College and Vocational Education

Format – BYOL – Bring your own laptop

Location – On Site or Second Life (Distance)

Outline

This workshop is for educators who wish to begin integrating read/write technologies into ICT components of learning. The workshop is hands on. Educators learn how to prepare their curriculum to use online technologies, and move away from Microsoft Office and ‘Seek and find’ internet activities.

Educators learn about :

• Creating effective inquiry-based learning classrooms • Designing and managing engaging Web2.0 projects • Integrating technology to achieve better learning outcomes • The Power of Discourse Communities • Library and eLearning support and integration in learning • Assessing work in the 21st Century classroom: Assessment for learning, Assessment as learning and Assessment of learning.

Attendees will work collaboratively during the day though the ‘student experience’. They will learn how to prepare their classroom for online learning, communicate with parents, and support their learners in a digital context. They will develop a collaborative project during the session using authentic outcomes.

Schools will learn about preparing for curriculum reform using a successful framework for integration over multiple subject areas, with a range of learners. It is is founded on improving literacy outcomes in a digital context, engaging and empowering students as independent, reflective writers. It does not require one to one access to computers, nor constant access to the internet. It is a holistic approach to developing a more relevant pedagogy when using computers, and how to extend learning online, after school.

Case studies and recourses are provided to attendees.


 * 2 Day Workshop – Collaborative Learning

Full day, suitable for 12-20 educators, administrators and IT Managers.

Format – BYOL – Bring your own laptop**

Outline

The second workshop involves attendees learning how to be effective in formative assessment methods using a structured framework. This second day leads teachers though the effective selection of limited Web2.0 tools in collaborative learning.

This specifically shows teachers how to ‘google-proof’ ICT based activities, to draw out deeper understanding of subject content, and how to better understand individual learners – to work towards a ‘digital reputation’ through online publishing of work including ePortfolios, blogs, audio and film.

• Create reflective writing communities though Digital Story Telling frameworks • Embed reflective writing processes in all project and classroom activity • Support students in reflective writing communities using 'new' feedback mechanisms • Enroll students safely • Moderate online communities effectively