Education Services Australia

Jurisdiction(s) Briefing and Consultation March 2013

A Information and Ideas Exchange for all Australian Teachers

Tony BrandenburgProgram Director, Teacher Support

Social Media

Key messages• Time and information are precious commodities when you are a teacher.

• That’s why the Australian Government has created Scootle Community, a new information hub, where you can share ideas with peers around the country and quickly access high quality teaching and learning resources.

• Scootle Community is fully searchable, and can be personalised to alert you to discussions about the year level, learning area or topics that inspire and interest you.

• Developed in collaboration with the Australian teaching profession, Scootle Community is a private space for teachers to give and receive advice and information online.

• Whether it is lesson plans, resources and research relevant to the Australian Curriculum or just a helpful peer perspective on a classroom challenge, Scootle Community puts a world of ideas and information at your fingertips.

Live Demo …..

What’s in this for Australian Teachers?

A response to a national consultation

Access to social media tools

Protected environment

National sharing and dialogue

Powerful and sophisticated search tool

A national mobile platform

A component of the educational ecosystem

Easy to use

Teacher Voice

With the advent of a new Australian Curriculum there are many opportunities ….

Teacher CollaborationWith the advent of a new Australian Curriculum there are many opportunities ….

SACOL

Supporting the Australian Curriculum Online ($30m)

• sourcing and acquiring digital learning resources to fill resource gaps;

• facilitating effective partnerships to support teachers to implement the Australian Curriculum; and

• enhancing the national delivery infrastructure.

Supporting teachers to integrate digital resources into classroom programs

•quality teacher support materials though partnerships that address teacher requirements

•align to the Australian Curriculum

•Align to the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers

The brief – Teachers Information and Ideas exchange

An information and ideas exchange will be developed and released to support regular, dynamic, national digital exchange of information and ideas which will assist teachers to implement the Australian Curriculum, enable them to stay abreast of innovative technologies and methodologies and improve their practice.

Information is not to be restricted to text and images but should also include audio and video.

Interaction with experts and peers would also be an important element of the service.

The Research

 Consultation processes

•Environmental scan

•Interviews with key stakeholders and decision makers

•Features of popular online exchanges

•Leveraging from existing exchanges

•Report

Recommended features, functions and tools

Teacher ‘champions’

National trial

Focus on Teacher voice and discussion

Linkage to an educational ecosystem

Social Media Platform, what teachers said:

• Social network for teachers to enable regular, dynamic, national exchange of information and ideas to assist teachers to implement the Australian

• Focus on Curriculum

• Key to success will be the engagement of the teacher community as active participants in the web experience

• Teachers will create individual profiles, can message and chat with friends

• Teachers join networks and will be uploading content to networks via discussions, wikis, blogs and media library

• Continuous and new content will keep the social network running

What do we know!

• Time and information are precious commodities when you are a teacher.

• Sharing ideas with peers is important

• Quick access to high quality teaching and learning resources is desirable

• Australian

• An Australian Teacher, private space

• Resources at your fingertips

• Mobile

• Free and open to Australian Educators

National Ecosystem -

• Scootle

• Language learning Space

• Improve

• Single sign on

• ACARA website

• AITSL website

• Information and Ideas Exchange.

Agenda

This document contains projections, plans, estimates and other information with respect to future results, activities and events (collectively, “Projections”). The Projections are subject to significant business, economic and competitive factors, and contingencies, many of which are beyond our control, and, therefore, are not necessarily indicative of current values or future performance, which may be significantly less favorable than as set forth in such Projections, and should not be regarded as representations or a guaranty that they will be achieved CONFIDENTIAL AND

PROPRIETARY

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CONFIDENTIAL AND PROPRIETARY

This document contains projections, plans, estimates and other information with respect to future results, activities and events (collectively, “Projections”). The Projections are subject to significant business, economic and competitive factors, and contingencies, many of which are beyond our control, and, therefore, are not necessarily indicative of current values or future performance, which may be significantly less favorable than as set forth in such Projections, and should not be regarded as representations or a guaranty that they will be achieved

CONFIDENTIAL AND PROPRIETARY

So what does it look like?

Step One:Type in your username or email and password.

Step Two:Check the ‘remember me’ box.

Step Three:If you forget your password, click on the ‘forget password’ field and we will email you your password.

Step Four:Once you have signed in, click on the ‘log in’ button.

Step Five:If you do not have an account, you must request and account by filling out the information form. Once your request has been approved, you will be emailed a confirmation to join the network.

Sign Up / Log InSign Up / Log In

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Access your feed by selecting “feed” from the main navigation menu.

Note:You may select either the ‘grid view’ or ‘list view’ icon to view your feed.

The feed includes media, comments and content posted by other people in your network.

FeedFeed

Viewing a PostViewing a Post

When you click on an item in the feed, an info pop-up will appear giving you more details about the item as well as all the comments that have been made on that post.

Note:If the feed is set to ‘grid view’ then an info pop-up will appear in the middle of the page.

If the feed is set to ‘list view’ then the info pop-up will appear to the right of the list of items in the feed.

Click on your photo at any time to view your profile and access the tools to edit the information that others see when they view your profile.

Click on the ‘edit button’ at the top right hand corner to edit your profile.

Note:Click on the photos or names of other members on the network to view their profile.

Viewing Your ProfileViewing Your Profile

Through the editing tools you can change or remove what other users will be able to see when they look at your profile. Here you can adjust privacy settings and add details like interests, areas of expertise and contact details.

Notes:Make sure to click ‘save changes’ at the bottom of the page.

You can set preferences and manage permissions from this page as well.

Editing Your ProfileEditing Your Profile

Click on the ‘friends’ linkon the left-hand side of the navigation menu to view your friends. You can search for people, organize friends into groups and view some basic details about the people you’ve already become friends with.

Notes:Use the “Invite” button (when active) to invite friends outside of the platform.

You can set preferences and manage permissions from this page as well.

Find Your FriendsFind Your Friends

A network is an interactive group of people with similar interests, goals, fields of study, etc. Anyone can create a network. The network page can be accessed through the left-hand navigation menu.

You can create and edit networks from this screen also.

Note:You can use the search tools to find networks, topics and contributors quickly.

You can also view recommended networks, based on your interest and activity, on the right hand feed.

NetworksNetworks

Viewing, Adding and Removing MembersThe tool icon (settings menu) in the upper right corner of a network’s page gives you the option to view or edit the members of your network.

Note:Click the settings icon and then click the members button to see who is a member of that network. If your are the owner of the network, you can use the settings to add or remove members from your network.

Edit NetworkEdit Network

Visiting the Network’s Page:

The network feed displays activity from within the network and the members of that network. A network’s feed can be accessed by visiting that network’s page.

Not all networks will have a feed, since the feed can be disabled by the owner of that network. The feed for a network can be viewed as a grid or a list, just like the general feed.

Network FeedNetwork Feed

The events tab helps track awesome events from your friends and networks. You can view, create and invite people to attend events

The calendar tools on the right hand side can be used to quickly view what events are occurring in your network or with your friends by clicking on a day and viewing the results that are displayed.

EventsEvents

The media library stores all of your photos, videos, content and other media and can be accessed through the left-hand navigation menu. It contains all of the media you have uploaded to the site.

Notes:Clicking the “add media” button near the top of the page allows you to add photos, video clips, documents, and other media you wish to share with members on the site.

You will be taken to an “add media” page, where you can give the medium a title and description, add tags, and determine who can access your content.

Media LibraryMedia Library

Comments and questions?