(W1) Advanced Internet Applications

Monday 31 May 2010 9:00-12:15
Advanced Internet Applications designed to save teachers time

Do your Students already have Blogs, Podcasts, Wikis, Websites and other online resources .... and you are needing to spend great amounts of time online checking their work.
One of the tools to help with this task is RSS ... Really Simple Syndication ... in this workshop we will clarify what this is and also set up an RSS aggregator so that the work from the Blogs of all of your students can be seen clearly all on one webpage.

We will also look further at what an online "Personal Learning Network" ( PLN) is ... and how it might be visualised and quantified to save you even more time managing your own professional development.

(W6) Advanced Internet Applications designed to save teachers time (inc. RSS)

Thur 10th Sept 9:00-12:15
Advanced Internet Applications designed to save teachers time

Do your Students already have Blogs, Podcasts, Wikis, Websites and other online resources .... and you are needing to spend great amounts of time online checking their work.
One of the tools to help with this task is RSS ... Really Simple Syndication ... in this workshop we will clarify what this is and also set up an RSS aggregator so that the work from the Blogs of all of your students can be seen clearly all on one webpage.

We will also look further at what an online "Personal Learning Network" (PLN) is ... and how it might be visualised and quantified to save you even more time managing your own professional development.

(W1) Internet Survival Skills for Teachers

Internet Survival Skills for Teacher

Monday 16th March 09 ... 9:00 to 12:00

Are you finding it difficult to keep up to date with changes on the internet and concerned that your students might know more about 'surfing' and web 2.0 than you do .... well the good news is that this half day session is designed specifically for you.

You will learn how to create your own powerful website in just minutes without having to learn any technical or programming skills, you'll be pleasantly surprised how easy it is even for beginners and technophobics.  The reason for creating a website is that this will then be tool to help you with the organisation of your own online presence and your own personal learning network.

We will spend time looking at Really Simple Syndication;  RSS is still a well kept secret for many educators (and students) but it has the potential to save you time ... lots of time!.

The final application we will cover is Social Bookmarking .... this is also guaranteed to save time and help you feel more in control of your online life and also benefit from the work of other teachers ... whatever subjects or age level you teach. 

Those attending this session are asked to:

  a) introduce themselves before the session on the Blog at http://singaporeworkshops.blogspot.com

  b) (optional) bring a thumbdrive/flashdrive to save files on ... or bring your own laptop