This SlideShare shows South African teachers what Microsoft's Partners in Learning Network is all about and encourages them to join and participate in all the amazing resources that can be found there.
2. What is the Partners in Learning
Network?
• A global online resource
• A community for educators and school leaders
• A platform to encourage collaboration and the spread of
ideas to improve education worldwide
3. What can teachers do on the
Partners in Learning Network?
access support connect
Learning Suite tools from tutorials and to share
and lesson plans professional resources
development discuss hot topics
4. How do you join the Partners in
Learning Network?
www.pil-network.com
6. Complete your profile
so that others can:
• find you when they
search for a teacher
like you
• see what badges
you have earned
• see what resources
you have
contributed
• see which social
networks you are
part of
• see what technology
you use
This helps build the
community and
promotes collaboration
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8. Search for
learning
activities –
then contribute
your own
• Objectives
• Created for
• Subject
• 21st Century skills
• Featured tools
• Hardware
• Instructional
approach
• Details
• Resources
• Comments 8
9. Join Community Discussions
• Find topics that
interest you or
groups you
want to be part
content uploads
Users can upload an image, Office
of applications, PDFs, or video with a
• Start a new discussion
discussion
• Find out more
about the South
African and
Lesotho
Partners in
Learning Forum
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10. Microsoft Partners in Learning Forum
A competition that recognises teachers
who are using technology in engaging
ways to promote teaching and learning
12. Finalists will attend the South African and Lesotho Partners in
Learning Forum at the SchoolNet ICT in the Classroom Conference –
University of the Free State 2 – 4 July
Winners will be selected
for the Global Partners in
Learning Forum
13. Enter the Partners in Learning Forum
by 3 June 2013
• Go to resources
• Select “Add a Learning Activity”
• Fill in the “Create a learning Activity” info
• Select “I have been asked to present this
Learning Activity in a Partners in Learning
Forum”
• Chose “South Africa” from the drop-down list
• Describe your engaging and creative lesson,
activity or project
Find out more by looking for the
South Africa and Lesotho Partners in
Learning Forum 2013 Discussion 13
15. Sign up for on www.pil-network.com by 3 June
2013 to stand a chance of winning a Windows 8
Slate (South Africa)
Refer others to the Partners in Learning Network
to win a surface
• Go to your profile
• Click "Invite others to join"
• Send the invitation to all your colleagues
• Ask colleagues to click on the Orange “Join
Me” link in the email invite to get the credit
16. Next steps, links and contacts:
hlengiwe@schoolnet.org.za
www.schoolnet.org.za
www.pil-network.com
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Hinweis der Redaktion
Register at www.pil-network.com using your Windows Live ID, Office 365, Facebook, Yahoo, or Gmail accountKeep up to date with global education trends by participating in community discussions on hot topicsEarn achievement badges by contributing resources and collaborating with a global community of teachersLearn from tutorials, professional development courses and innovative teachers’ real classroom examples
The homepage gives a sense of what is availableTutorials on how to use various Microsoft products – here Moviemaker and authoring textbooks with Office 365Popular discussions – are teachers afraid of ICT?Events – join an online TeachMeetStay connected – links to facebook and twitterAccess to freee tools – Learning SuiteAn innovative school in the spotlightAn innovative teacher – or group if teachers in this case – the K team – in the spotlight
From the badges he has earned you can see that Ngaka:Teachers at a Partners in Learning SchoolHe is a teacher trainerHe has participated in an Innovative Educator ForumYou can also see which subjects he teaches, to which age group, for how long and what technology he has access toAs well as which Social Networks he is part of
The Microsoft Learning Suite is jam-packed with free tools and content such as Mouse Mischief, AutoCollage, Movie Maker, Microsoft MathsandSong Smith that will excite your learners and make your lessons more engaging. On the Pil-network you can get the tools + tutorials + you can see how other teachers have used them in their learning activities
Inspire, Showcase Innovation and Amplify the Work of Depth TeachersLearning Activities can be uploaded by anyone, put in a queue, and are then approved for display on the Partners in Learning Network. Through the form, educators describe, tag and upload any files associated with the learning activity. Educators can ask questions, comment, download and share the activity with others. Examples include Forum VCTs, the Digital Literacy Curriculum, lesson plans, etc. Beneath the Network lies a rich meta data tagging architecture that enables the Network to surface these activities in a gallery as well as in other areas of the site. For example, in the Games Based Learning Hot Topic, we can surface a link, “See Games Based Learning Activities” and upon clicking, the member sees a list of learning activities that were tagged with “Kodu” and/or “games based learning.”
The Microsoft Learning Suite is jam-packed with free tools and content such as Mouse Mischief, AutoCollage, Movie Maker, Microsoft MathsandSong Smith that will excite your learners and make your lessons more engaging. On the Pil-network you can get the tools + tutorials + you can see how other teachers have used them in their learning activities