Enhancing your professional development using new technology and online resources.
DIGITAL CPD
• Twitter- Micro-blogging• Wordpress - Blogging• Youtube/ video blogs/ TED• ITunes U• Drop Box
PROFESSIONAL WARNING
• If you follow the following rules you will be able to use these sites productively and hassle free.
• Keep your professional accounts professional and your personal account separate – As you would with email.
• Do not post anything or behave in anyway online that would be considered unprofessional.
• Do not communicate with student directly via these sites – Always use your school email.
• Follow the school ICT code of conduct.
• Report and block inappropriate content.
• Twitter is a micro-blogging website. This means people share short chunks of information and links.
• The basic principles of twitter are:
• You search for tags (#) containing key words.
• You follow people who you find interesting.
• People follow you if they find you interesting.
• Twitter has billions of users and many famous thinkers, leaders and celebrities have Twitter accounts allowing you direct access to their posts, thoughts and resources.
• The most common “first follow” on Twitter is Stephen Fry!
COMPOSE A TWEET IN LESS THAN 140 CHARACTERS
ADD SOMEONE IN A POST USING @
SEARCH FOR A TOPIC OR TAG YOUR OWN POSTS USING #
ALL POSTS TAGGED #EDCHAT WILL APPEAR WITH THIS SEARCH
SEARCH FOR OTHER TWITTER USERS
CHECK UPDATES FROM YOUR FAVOURITE TWEETERS IN YOUR NEWSFEED.
WORDPRESS
• Wordpress is a blogging site.
• Blogging is a form of journalism where users write about the topics that interest them.
• You can find millions of blogs on every subject imaginable.
• You can blog/ follow and share with others and search for detailed resources and articles on anything.
BLOGGING
• Blogging is a fantastic way of consolidating your ideas, research or thinking and sharing it with others.
• It is, as with everything in this presentation, completely FREE.
I-TUNES U
APPLE I-PAD/ I-PHONE USERS ONLY.
• ITunes U is an virtual and online university that contains videos, books, course notes, audio recordings and podcasts on university courses from around the world.
• It is completely free and has all of the major universities from around the world offering thousands of courses and learning experiences.
• It allows you to make your own notes, plan your time and check of completion of units.
VIDEO SITES
TED TALKS
DROP BOX
• A simple and free service that allows you to securely save and access files online, on your phone or on your tablet/ computer.
• Sign up for your free account and simply drag and drop files to save and transfer them.
• With video sites you have instant resources for both teaching and learning as well as CPD.
• Look out for ratings on videos – the higher the views, the higher the ratings – the better the content quality.
THE NEXT STEPS
• All of these websites/ apps/ blogs are simple to sign up to (remember to use school email for professional accounts).
• Once you have absorbed the resources provided by others why not submit and contribute your ideas to the global pool of information and resources.
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