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

• 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.