Simon Shaw, from St Albans Meadows School in Melbourne outlines the ways his school uses podcasts to engage, motivate and encourage deep thinking. Simon describes the process that takes place before a teacher presses record - the building of associated language, key ideas and understanding of the topic.
Alison Brierley is an early childhood educator and facilitator for an educational leadership project. She believes we have an obligation to leave this world in at least as good a condition as we inherited it. Alison challenges teachers to respond in innovative ways to some of the environmental challenges that our young children face as the 21st century unfolds.
In this EDtalk Amanda Signal, eLearning specialist teacher at Elm Park School, shares her passion for digital photography. Amanda talks about how she and her students use their one camera and the essential elements of photography to incorporate powerful images in their learning. She explains '5 frames storytelling', a particularly powerful learning activity.
Lenva Shearing is deputy principal at Bucklands Beach Intermediate where all 750 students use ePorfolios. Rather than ePortfolios acting simply as a showcase of learning, Lenva describes how students use them for goal setting and reflection, to help articulate their learning, and look for next steps. The focus is on the process of learning.
Chris Betcher (@betchaboy) is ICT Integrator at Presbyterian Ladies College in Sydney. In this EDtalk Chris talks about the ways he has used Twitter over the last few years. He sees Twitter as a powerful way to build a personal network or community, and he describes how to involve students.
Australian educators Colin Warner and Lyn Davie share many of the critical elements to be taken into account when preparing an eLearning plan for your school. Colin and Lyn briefly explain these elements, including having a shared vision, a strong leadership team, and the power of the learning community.
Dorothy Burt is the eLearning Team Leader at Pt England School. She describes how the school has explored ways to engage students in learning. Dorothy talks about how they build on students' familiarity with sight, sound and motion with the use of social networking and ICT to enable them to express their learning.
Sharon Friesen, of the Galileo Network, speaks about the creation of knowledge building environments. Sharon believes teachers need to be guiding learning in exciting and engaging learning environments, where students can work creatively with ideas to create new ideas, and knowledge.
DECS Learning Technologies educator Kym Nadebaum has a passion for digital media. He discusses using digital media in teaching and learning and the strategies that enable students to become more knowledgeable about media and visual texts.
