The document discusses using digital tools for teaching, including blogs, wikis, and social media. It provides tips for setting up blogs and using them effectively for student work. RSS feeds and email folders are recommended for managing digital content and communication. While digital tools allow for new ways to monitor student work, teachers should also maintain work-life balance and get support from colleagues when adopting new technologies.
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The digital teacher - ETAQ presentation
1. The Digital Teacher:
Managing the workload and
choosing effective tools
Kelli McGraw
Queensland University of Technology
ETAQ Beginning Teachersâ Day 2012
2. Digital Digital
Teaching Learning
⢠Blogs ⢠Twitter
Homework blogs @kmcg2375
Class publishing blogs @ETAQld
âCharacterâ blogs @englishteachers
⢠Wikis #ozengchat
(Tuesday nights)
⢠Social media
Share bookmarks ⢠TED Talks
YouTube sharing ⢠Facebook
Twitter/Facebook (?)
http://www.facebook.com/ETAQLD
3. Making your class a
blog is easyâŚ
Getting your class to
use a blog is hard.
6. TOP TIPS:
⢠Be realistic about how long
students take to make a profile
⢠Donât âdouble upâ â REPLACE
written homework with blog tasks
⢠Be a responsive moderator
⢠edublogs.org a good alternative
to school-based services
13. TOP TIPS:
⢠Ask students to use their first
name only in online profiles
⢠Get students to make an âavatarâ
that isnât a photo of them
⢠Promote student use/knowledge of
school email addresses
⢠Set boundaries for when you will
be responding online.
14. BONUS SLIDE!
âHow do I convince my HoD to let me use online
sites when school policy discourages this?â
1. Find evidence that a teacher at another school has
been allowed to do it.
2. Explain how your schoolâs public profile will benefit
from demonstrating innovative pedagogy.
3. Create the blog/wiki before you ask them â it will be
harder for them to refuse you if youâve already put the
work in ;)
4. Present a plan for sending information and/or
permission notes home to parents.
15. Love your technology
âŚand your Learning Networks
⢠Embrace social media
Other English teachers are sharing;
YOU are in control of how much time you spend online!
@ETAQld
http://www.facebook.com/ETAQLD
⢠Be patient at school
Your teaching colleagues may not be as enthusiastic as
youâŚalways try to see things from their point of view and lead by
example.
⢠Your digital footprint
Digital teaching = greater public visibility. Be aware, not alarmed.
16. Love your technology
âŚand your sanity!
⢠One class at a time
Trial new ideas e.g. homework blog with one
class first.
⢠Talk to your family
Donât underestimate how much âhome timeâ
you might be surrendering.
⢠Ask for help!
You can contact me too!
e.g. HoD, librarian, ETAQ
@kmcg2375
kelli.mcgraw@gmail.com
kellimcgraw.com