You will need to use a Google and a Twitter Account. If you have one already then you can begin once you have received the invitation email I am going to send you. Don't worry if you don't know how to do this or you are unsure about the whole process - part of our first session will guide you through it all quickly.
Now for the discussion to begin.
Please consider these questions before we meet:
- Do you or have you used Facebook, Twiter, any Blog or chatroom? What are your personal experiences? Have you used them with students?
- Have you used video or sound clips in your teaching? If so, how and what has been the impact?
- What problems have you had with clips/images?
- Where do you source your resources?
Want to get started straight away? Send an email using the link on the right of the page...and have a go at answering the poll below!
I have used blogs and chatrooms within the safe area of Gatehead VLE at my old school. But it seems to me one of the key issues when using things like twitter and facebook is the safeguarding issue and blurring the lines between what is acceptable contact with students in a "safe" monitored area and then the wider public domain. Many schools are uncomfortable with this and fearful of new media.
ReplyDeleteI've not used any blogs or chatrooms but think students should have an easy informal way to contact teachers, especially during revision periods for exams.
ReplyDeleteI'm enjoying being allowed to use youtube in my lessons, at my previous school it was blocked on all computers
It was quite interesting so see when students posted when I've tried it in the past. Usually very late and gives you an idea of their work patterns and that they are only considering work late on, just before a deadline. They has been irrational debates when a parent complained that a teacher had replied too swiftly at an unsociable hour to their child (TES maybe). It seems a grey area this informal contact that scares people to address it.
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