Welcome to the first ever E-Mentor initiative!

23rd November 2010

Why?

21st Century teaching and learning!

The fun theory• Piano stairs

Most of us prefer to walk backward into the future, a posture which maybe uncomfortable but which at least allows us to keep on looking at familiar things as long as we can. Charles Handy

..It's no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then. (from Alice in Wonderland)

We need to show reverence for the past, but not live in it. - Deborah Needleman

New technologies• Verbs (Skills) Nouns (Tools)

Present Ppt – Prezi

• Communicate Email – Twitter

• Collaborate Web 2.0 Technologies

• Learn Wikipedia -YouTube

Pragmatic Reasons

• Trainees being encouraged and required to engage with new technologies

• Assignments changed for 2010-11 to reflect future of teaching

Overview of afternoon• 1.15 Arrival, coffee and cakes!

• 1.30 Introduction to afternoon

• Our use of technologies in Secondary ITT

• A practitioner use of podcasting – Warren Kidd

• 2.30 DfE Vital Course

• 3.45 Next steps

Noughts and Crosses

Web 1.0 Web 2.0 Cloud computing

1Podcasting

2MLEs/VLEs/LMS

3Survey software

4RSS

5Social

Bookmarking

6Wikis

7Google docs

8Social

Networking

9Blogs/

Microblogs

Compulsory:

1.MLE/VLE – UEL Plus

2.Wikis

Optional: Many to choose from….

• Podcasting/Blogs/Microblogging/Social Bookmarking

• Survey software – surveymonkey

• Loan of Flip Cameras and MP3 recorders

Podcasting

Warren Kidd

DfE Vital Course

• Need to register on www.vital.ac.uk

• Follow

• Monday 7th March 2010 1.30pm CEOP Half Day Training (if not already completed or school equivalent.

Next Steps• Complete Vital Certificate

• Discuss assessed project with trainee in mentor meeting – log on WTP (BUT Please do not do the assignment for them!)

• Collaborate with your trainee in using your MLE – log on WTP, save any lesson plans trainee may do

• Do E-Safety Training e.g. in school/LA or CEOP Half day training at UEL Monday 7th March 2010 1.30pm

Good Luck to our first cohort of E-Mentors!!!!