This is a talk presented at Muizenberg High School

1. ‘Times are changing
for teachers…’
(presented at Muizenberg
High School)
by Fiona Beal
fiona@schoolnet.org.za
http://schoolnetsa.blogspot.com

2. Introducing myself…
• Web 2 ‘fanatic’ love all the free stuff on the
Internet!
• Teacher - have taught High School English, then
Grades 7 – 1 (in that order), and was then
appointed as Computer teacher at Fishhoek
Primary. Now working for SchoolNet since
September last year as a technology integration
facilitator.
• Life was revolutionised in 2009 by blogging and
discovering a whole educational community ‘out
there’.
• Winner of Innovative Teacher 2009 in SA with a
blogging project!
• Textbook writer

3. SchoolNet SA

4. And much
more…

5. So what is changing
for teachers?

8. http://schoolnetsa.blogspot.com

9. Online courses and webinars
http://schoolnetsa.blogspot.com/p/free-short-online-courses.html
SchoolNet runs free short courses for its premium members (a free
membership) every month. These are supported by wikis. The one
about to start is ‘Technify your classroom’

10. Twitter and Tweetchats for teachers
http://www.edchatsa.co.za/
@schoolnetsa

11. Curating the web

12. Pinterest

13. TeachMeets
http://teachmeet-southafrica.wikispaces.com/

14. So what is changing
in the classroom?

15. The use of cell-phones in education
Teacher from the Leap School starts publishing house (Fundza) and
includes three mobi stories via Mxit per month to encourage reading

16. Tablets in the classroom

17. Free classroom learning systems

18. Free classroom motivational
programmes
http://www.classdojo.com/
A review: http://lachhull.blogspot.com/2012/02/classdojo-school-approach.html

19. It’s the era of global projects

21. Tons of amazing free tools
Microsoft’s Songsmith Microsoft’s Autocollage
Windows Movie Maker Photostory 3 for Windows

22. Give a classroom tour using Photosynth
http://photosynth.net/view.aspx?cid=fd71f194-6973-42ca-85f2-f6633b18ab26

23. Songsmith
• Choose a style from pop, jazz, reggae etc. and a tempo.
• Sing into the PC microphone and Songsmith will then generate musical
accompaniment to match your voice.

24. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oGFogwcx-E

25. Teachers are using free tools in lessons
http://prezi.com/vskppld5jufb/teachmeet-cambridge/

26. E-books are so easy to create and read

27. The Tooth Fairy
A collaborative story between three nations
Part 1: Kirdup and Geocro in South Africa
Part 2: Brandon in Canada
Part 3: Alan, Jero and Nico in Argentina

28. Part 1: The Loose Tooth

29. One day a little girl was playing in the garden. Her name was Taylor and
she was playing with her cousin Kirsty. You see, Taylor had a wiggly tooth,
and it was really bothering her, a lot. All of a sudden, POP! Out came the
wiggly tooth!!
"Hooray!" said Kirsty. "At last your tooth has come out. You will have to put
it under your pillow so that the tooth fairy can come and get it and leave
you some money.“
"Oh really?" said Taylor clapping her hands with excitement.

30. Flipped classrooms
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aGuLuipTwg&feature=related
http://pinelandshighschool.wordpress.com/2012/07/30/when-teachers-become-pupils/

31. Podcasting

32. Classrooms blogs are common
Teachers blogs in South Africa

33. Blogs are very popular – for students

34. Write a book using a blog

35. Wikis can be easily used
http://barnowlstories.wikispaces.com

36. Invite specialists into your classroom via Skype
http://skypeanauthor.wetpaint.com/

37. Skype chats with scientists
http://techblog.stcyprians.net/

38. Virtual tours

39. Microsoft Innovative School’s programme
http://www.stcyprians.co.za/?m=8&idkey=1333

40. Schoolnet’s premium membership
programme

41. Conference in October
http://www.conf2012.school.za/

42. Gotta share - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=soAk3F0wX9s