Technology Tuesdays

What can you accomplish when integrating technology

into the classroom or daily work process?

Within my school division this year I am offering Tech Tuesdays which will attempt to answer the above question. These aim to be individual workshops open to any PSD employee who is interested in learning about a specific technology integration topic. The session topics have come in from various sources over the past school year. The sessions will run every two weeks from afterschool.

Examples of topics: Be Semantically Aware, Audio Roundup, The Benefits of Polls and Surveys,

Expanding your PLN with Twitter, Playing with Images, Online Research Exploration, Presentation Reform, Backchannel and Chat Features, Integrating Feeds and Aggregators to Collect Info, and so much more!

I am really excited to work with people, and expand on our technological knowledge and skill level within the division.

 

The 23 Things Project

In education, we all understand that the face of education is changing. The 23 Things Web 2.0 Project is designed to introduce school division personnel to the tools that can transform learning in their classroom or school.

Activities can be completed independently, as a small learning community or as a large staff.

The project goes through 23 activities to introduce some of the tools of the Internet. Web 2.0 tools are bringing  students in touch with the entire world through social networking, wikis, video, podcasting, and gaming sites.

The entire project should take between 8-10 weeks. Each week there are a new set of tools to

learn about, experiment and use. Progress can be tracked and recorded  in a blog.

Check it out at http://23thingsproject.wikispaces.com.

I am looking forward to the learning, fun and discussions!