This document discusses Geoff Riley's online education company Tutor2u. It shares that Tutor2u materials are used by 3,500 schools in the UK and 85 other countries. It receives 110,000 blog page views daily and has a global Alexa ranking of 24,847. The document also discusses that teachers prefer using a mix of apps for their work rather than being locked into expensive proprietary software. It promotes using free and open source tools like Google Docs for real-time collaborative work between students and teachers.

1. Geoff Riley FRSA – Eton 2nd December 2010Geoff Riley, Tutor2u

2. Creativity favours the connected mind

3. Ideas flow from Slow Hunches & Space to Mingle

4. Eight Years developing Tutor2uGeoff Riley, Tutor2u

5. Tutor2uMaterials are bought by 3,500 schools and colleges in UK and in over 85 other countries110,000 blog page impressions per dayGlobal Alexa traffic rank of 24,847 (4,200 in the UK)75,000 unique web users each day4,500 fans on Facebook since launch in Oct 2010Moodle VLE for over 130 Economics DepartmentsNo standard platform – we use different software to meet different needs – as do many teachers!

6. Publishers and IT people don’t get it!They don’t properly understand school budgetsThey under-utilise social media and don’t harness the creativity and energy within teacher communitiesFew teachers want to be locked into expensive proprietary softwareFewer still have the time to master industry standard kit even though their IT department might prefer it!Most teachers choose a mix of apps for their work and this combination evolves over time

7. A Daily Teaching Toolbox

8. Creativity: The Power of Free

9. Creativity in the Open Source Crowd

10. Taking bigger risks

11. Using Google Docs for Collaborative Work

12. Google DocsReal time collaboration – using some Google Wave technology!Use chat to discuss work through messagingMany options for peer and teacher review of workCollaborative work can be easily exported into other formats e.g. Pdf files and into student / group blogsGreat opportunities forCreative writingPooling data and ideasRevision work ahead of exam papersCollaborative work with teaching colleagues within and between schools

13. Moodle 2.0 has now arrived!

14. Social Constructionism – Lots of Options!

15. Tutor2u