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Blogging for educators Part 2
Contexts abound ...




              http://www.flickr.com/photos/khym54/600539107/
All are challenging ...




                     http://www.parklands.co.za/photo-gallery
Technology's Promise




             http://www.flickr.com/photos/dolescum/2503834924/
Collaboration


                Sharing is fundamental to teaching
Effective Sharing


                                              Open everything ...


       o p e n p r o c e s s e s – iterative, transparent and
                               collaborative
o p e n c o p y r i g h t l i c e n c e s – freedom to distribute, adapt
                               and enhance
      o p e n s t a n d a r d s – formats that enable the
      freedoms
o p e n s o u r c e s o f t w a r e – freedom distribute, adapt and
                               enhance
Cape Town Open Education Declaration




Required
reading ...
Our Work


               Increase the
            library of openly
           shared resources
                  (OERs)
Our Work




           Identify innovative
             and engaging
           ways of delivering
               curriculum
Our Work




             Support
           communities
           and conduct
           professional
           development
A simple introduction to:

Social Media and Blogs
Blogging for educators Part 2
Blogging for educators Part 2
Skills 1 Recap:

            Create a gmail account

            Create a twitter account

        Follow some interesting people

    Siyavula's purpose: help you develop an
appreciation for blogs and the feedback they get.

 Benefit for you: passive consumption of great
               content and ideas.
What you could have missed since the first talk:
                                                              c
                                                          o
                                                    / N
 Dan Meyer on principles for engaging Maths       s
                                            lt ie
                      instruction         a
                                     p en
                                   o
                               / N
   PsyBlog on postures for creative thinking
                            ns
                       t io
                    a
                  gAfrican Robotics Network and
               li
 Tim O'Reillybon
           o
       latest research on risk to sharks
        o
      N
Skills 2 Plan:

           Create a Wordpress blog

               Theme your blog

         Link it to your twitter account

 Siyavula's purpose: help you begin to author
  content and enage with your peers online.

Benefit for you: authoring content distills ideas,
feedback drives enhancement and innovation.
Technology & Community & Openness




                                       Dan Meyer
                         writer, speaker, learner, worker, go-getter
Technology & Community & Openness




                                       Dan Meyer
                         writer, speaker, learner, worker, go-getter
Technology & Community & Openness




                                                     Dan Meyer
                                       writer, speaker, learner, worker, go-getter




But blogging was the cheapest, most risk-free investment I could
have made of my personal time into my job. You start by writing down
things that are interesting to you, practices you don’t want to forget.
And then you start trying new things just so you can blog about them
later, picking them apart, and dialoging over them with strangers.
Periods of stagnancy in your blogging start to correspond to periods
of stagnancy in your teaching. You start to muse on your job when
you’re stuck in traffic, in line for groceries, that sort of thing. That
Our ultimate goal:


   A community of educators confident and
comfortable to author, review and openly share
                content online.
Siyavula Badges
A simple introduction to:

       Blogging
Wordpress.com




1
Wordpress.com
Passwords


   Long – take a phrase and concatenate it

Complicated – mix CaSe, numb3rs, characters!

             Write them DOWN!

Better to write down a hard password than make
                  an easy one ...
Don't (my opinion) ….


Only blog in lists (those posts are done already)

         Clutter the page with widgets

                      Rant
Do ….
Blogging is personal so write sincerely

            Keep it simple

       Develop your own style

       Respond to comments

  Respect others (even if they don't)
The internet is a dangerous place?
Blogging for educators Part 2
Blogging for educators Part 2
Anonymity

       Invisibility

Stop/start communication

  Voices in your head

    Imaginary world

       No police
www.siyavula.com

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Blogging for educators Part 2

  • 2. Contexts abound ... http://www.flickr.com/photos/khym54/600539107/
  • 3. All are challenging ... http://www.parklands.co.za/photo-gallery
  • 4. Technology's Promise http://www.flickr.com/photos/dolescum/2503834924/
  • 5. Collaboration Sharing is fundamental to teaching
  • 6. Effective Sharing Open everything ... o p e n p r o c e s s e s – iterative, transparent and collaborative o p e n c o p y r i g h t l i c e n c e s – freedom to distribute, adapt and enhance o p e n s t a n d a r d s – formats that enable the freedoms o p e n s o u r c e s o f t w a r e – freedom distribute, adapt and enhance
  • 7. Cape Town Open Education Declaration Required reading ...
  • 8. Our Work Increase the library of openly shared resources (OERs)
  • 9. Our Work Identify innovative and engaging ways of delivering curriculum
  • 10. Our Work Support communities and conduct professional development
  • 11. A simple introduction to: Social Media and Blogs
  • 14. Skills 1 Recap: Create a gmail account Create a twitter account Follow some interesting people Siyavula's purpose: help you develop an appreciation for blogs and the feedback they get. Benefit for you: passive consumption of great content and ideas.
  • 15. What you could have missed since the first talk: c o / N Dan Meyer on principles for engaging Maths s lt ie instruction a p en o / N PsyBlog on postures for creative thinking ns t io a gAfrican Robotics Network and li Tim O'Reillybon o latest research on risk to sharks o N
  • 16. Skills 2 Plan: Create a Wordpress blog Theme your blog Link it to your twitter account Siyavula's purpose: help you begin to author content and enage with your peers online. Benefit for you: authoring content distills ideas, feedback drives enhancement and innovation.
  • 17. Technology & Community & Openness Dan Meyer writer, speaker, learner, worker, go-getter
  • 18. Technology & Community & Openness Dan Meyer writer, speaker, learner, worker, go-getter
  • 19. Technology & Community & Openness Dan Meyer writer, speaker, learner, worker, go-getter But blogging was the cheapest, most risk-free investment I could have made of my personal time into my job. You start by writing down things that are interesting to you, practices you don’t want to forget. And then you start trying new things just so you can blog about them later, picking them apart, and dialoging over them with strangers. Periods of stagnancy in your blogging start to correspond to periods of stagnancy in your teaching. You start to muse on your job when you’re stuck in traffic, in line for groceries, that sort of thing. That
  • 20. Our ultimate goal: A community of educators confident and comfortable to author, review and openly share content online.
  • 22. A simple introduction to: Blogging
  • 25. Passwords Long – take a phrase and concatenate it Complicated – mix CaSe, numb3rs, characters! Write them DOWN! Better to write down a hard password than make an easy one ...
  • 26. Don't (my opinion) …. Only blog in lists (those posts are done already) Clutter the page with widgets Rant
  • 27. Do …. Blogging is personal so write sincerely Keep it simple Develop your own style Respond to comments Respect others (even if they don't)
  • 28. The internet is a dangerous place?
  • 31. Anonymity Invisibility Stop/start communication Voices in your head Imaginary world No police