Last Thursday Marcelle, Danielle and I presented at a table session for core connected. The three of us shared our experiences and learning with voicetools to share student voice and learning. We covered such tools as fotobabble and voicethread. It was great experience as I had never been to a table session let alone help present one. All our table participants asked questions and also contribute which is the beauty of these sessions. I got some tools/apps out of it as well.
Our second table was Twitter. We set some people up on twitter and shared who we were following. It was great to see the enthusiasm for this social media tool in an educational context. I must admit I was a bit quite on the twitter front for a while there, but after our table session the sparks reignited and I've found so many useful tweets and new people to follow. I have had to email some of the links from twitter as I can't keep up with all the awesomeness and don't want to lose it. Sometimes you just want to do it all but you need to decide on the purpose and if it is best fit for the class you have and if that is what they need.
Our second table was Twitter. We set some people up on twitter and shared who we were following. It was great to see the enthusiasm for this social media tool in an educational context. I must admit I was a bit quite on the twitter front for a while there, but after our table session the sparks reignited and I've found so many useful tweets and new people to follow. I have had to email some of the links from twitter as I can't keep up with all the awesomeness and don't want to lose it. Sometimes you just want to do it all but you need to decide on the purpose and if it is best fit for the class you have and if that is what they need.
I wish I'd been able to go to connected as it sounded like it was a great evening. I agree with you on the keeping up with the awesomeness! I get so many good ideas from people I follow... I have cut down a bit by not following people that you and Marcelle follow as you pass the good stuff on! Thanks for that!
ReplyDeleteHey Asri
ReplyDeleteI didn't get a chance to chat with you about this experience, so I was really pleased to read your post about how you found it! It seems that we get so busy just getting on and doing out own work, that we forget that what we do might be helpful, or inspirational to others! Well done on sharing your ideas/knowledge/trials with your colleagues. I am sure that everyone who attended your 'table' went away with something to spark a new direction in their class.
Myra