Creative Use of Microsoft's Digital Free Tools by Mabore Lekalalaka
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This is a webinar presentation from one of South Africa's Microsoft MIEExpert's Mabore Lekalalaka. She says, "With the advent of using ICT to enhance learning initiatives in South Africa, innovative minds are already wondering how and where to start? With the resources available at your school whether limited or unlimited, as an innovative teacher you could start with the implementation of ICT to enhance teaching and learning. In this webinar I will be taking you through: 1. Microsoft free tools available on Microsoft Educator Network to bring life to teaching and learning. 2. How to access the tool and creatively use them to support teaching and learning 3. What is “Dock to Desktop”? How to enable and disable it. What it lets a teacher or student do. What are the benefits? "
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- 1. CREATIVE USE OF MICROSOFT'S DIGITAL FREE TOOLS FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING Toronto Primary School Limpopo Province, SA
- 2. HOW TO ACCESS THE FREE TOOLS ON MICROSOFT EDUCATOR NETWORK
- 3. Complete your profile so that others can: • find you when they search for a teacher like you • see what badges you have earned • see what resources you have contributed • see which social networks you are part of • see what technology you use This helps build the community and promotes collaboration 3
- 4. 4 Look under “Resources” tab to find “Free Tools for Teachers”
- 5. FREE TOOLS AVAILABLE ON MICROSOFT EDUCATOR NETWORK www.educatornetwork.com www.educatornetwork.com
- 6. Resources include: Free tools, Downloads, Apps, Plug-ins and Guides Search for tools that will work with your technology Watch the tutorials Get ideas from other Learning Activities Share your own!
- 7. Grade 5 Toronto Primary School Autocollage for the Programming project
- 8. Songsmith Songsmith is a great tool to encourage creativity You can creatively use it to teach any subject more esp. what learners find very difficult
- 9. Maths Worksheet Generator • Allows a teacher to create worksheets in seconds. • Choose a type of question from a sample, create worksheet and answers for as many questions as you want
- 11. • Kodu • Great tool for creativity, concentration and problem solving • Learners create their own worlds from scratch or modify existing ones
- 12. Flashcards Make your own or use those that are already there. Smart, fun assessment!
- 13. Dock to Desktop
- 15. THANK YOU 15
Editor's Notes
- Tools available on Microsoft Educator Network does not prescribe how teachers could use them in their classrooms, innovative teachers could decide how to creatively use them to bring life to their lessons
- Register on Microsoft Educator Network using your Windows Live ID, Office 365, Facebook, Yahoo, or Gmail account, create a profile then sign in sign in .My name circled on the top right corner shows that I have signed in. Keep up to date with global education trends by participating in community discussions on hot topics Earn achievement badges by contributing resources and collaborating with a global community of teachers Learn from tutorials, professional development courses and innovative teachers’ real classroom examples
- The badges I have earned includes TwT, Windows in the classroom and windows courses You could also see that I am a Microsoft Innovative Expert and was a Partners in Learning School in 2013
- Under resources you can access free tools which you can download and use creatively to bring life to your lesson
- The Microsoft Learning Suite is jam-packed with free tools and content such as Mouse Mischief, AutoCollage, Movie Maker, Microsoft Maths and Song Smith that will excite your learners and make your lessons more engaging. On the Microsoft Educator Network you can get the tools + tutorials + you can see how other teachers have used them in their learning activities
- There is a demo of this tool on this slide
- You can create worksheets on different concepts, they come with answers and the questions could be used for different assessment tasks i.e classworks, homeworks, assignments, tests, exams and you have a memo already with thw answers
- GeoGebra is an interactive geometry, algebra, statistics and calculus application, intended for learning and teaching mathematics and science from primary school to university level.
- Build Games. Play Games. Share Games. It encourages creativity, problem solving, storytelling while learners are having fun
- Benefits of Linked Notes • Learners will summarise documents without using plagiarism and without leaving their OneNote page • useful to make notes while you're browsing the web • Teachers can make reference to documents while presenting on OneNote • One could also make reference to emails and social media on OneNote • You can return back to the source content as a thumbnail image of the page is stored • To stop taking notes click Stop Taking Linked Notes in the upper right corner of the docked OneNote. Click a thumbnail to open its associated file • See a list of all documents linked on the chain link icon of the OneNote page
- My name and contacts