Digital Education Revolution online tutorials.

Received all those laptops and students are keen to use them  but .......

Not sure where to start?

 

From the Sydney Region ICT Forum....

There is an enterprising Year 9 student in a DET school 

publishing online tutorials related to the notebooks 

and the new software (Adobe mainly I think)...

might be useful to those of you in high schools @

http://dernsw.wordpress.com/

Digital Literacy for Educators.

These are the details of the course I am running for A.S.L.A. in Coffs Harbour on 11 September. Would you be able to let your staff know about it?  It is credited with the N.S.W. Institute of Teachers for 20 hours PD.  Places are limited.

Sharon Brennan

 

Digital Literacy for Educators

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This project was funded by the Australian Government Department of Education, Science and Training as a quality teacher initiative under the Australian Government Quality Teacher Programme.

This course is a 20 hour course for teachers and teacher librarians in primary and secondary schools throughout NSW.

The course comprises 1 full day face to face workshop in a location across NSW followed by an online program to be completed by Term 4, 2009. Participants will learn about:

• Digital literacy and associated learning and skills for teachers to use in the classroom
• Web 2.0 tools and other digital tools for learning....see below for overviews of the workshop and online course

 Download and register today - workshops will only be available in Term 3

Other Workshop venues:

28th Aug   Dubbo

31st Aug   Goulburn

2nd Sept  Bowral

3rd Sept  Campbelltown

4th Sept  Newcastle

8th Sept  Port Macquarie

15th Sept Wollongong

18th Sept  Fairfield

25th Sept Lower North Shore

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Overview of 1 day workshop

8.00am - Registration
8.30am - Welcome 
Tagging – using Delicious / Digg
10.45 am Morning Tea
11.00am - Wikis / Voicethread
Using tools for learning – Embedding digital tools in the curriculum
12.30pm - Lunch
1.00pm - Podcasts
3.00pm - Next steps in online course
3.15pm - close of day

Overview of Online course - 12 hours
Modules
i.        New Media I 
ii.       New Media II 
iii.      New Media III 
iv.      Critical thinking IV 
v.       Critical thinking V 
vi.       Information Literacy VI 
vii.      Information Literacy VII 
viii.     Inquiry Learning VIII 
ix.      Inquiry Learning IX 
x.      Collaborative Learning X  
xi.     Collaborative Learning XI 
xii.     Integrating skills and curriculum XII 
xiii.    Integrating skills and curriculum XIII 

Final assessment to be submitted - a teaching and learning unit with a focus of digital learning