Thoughts about finding, curating, sharing and syndicating in higher education.

1. Digital Literacy
and Professional Development
A CREATIVE MULTIMEDIA PERSPECTIVE IN #HEIE
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2. 2Observations for Ireland’s Teaching & Learning Forum

3. Please Tweet Your Thoughts #heie
@topgold on Twitter +BernieGoldbach on G+
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5. Manage Your Info
 Vet Trusted sources.
 Follow clever influencers.
 Establish a routine.
 Try Evernote.
 Synch across devices.
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Asking Evernote.

6. Manage Events
 #edchatie on Mondays
 #ictedu in early May
 #ilta14 in late May
 #excited2014 in late May
 #elss2014 in late June
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Mindmap in Evernote.

7. Literacy as Process
 Continuous Professional
Development
 Lifelong Learning
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8. You need to manage screens
One foot away Three feet away Ten feet away
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10. One Foot Away
Your closest digital touchpoint is
handheld.
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11. Three Feet Away
Refine your collaboration as you
prepare and improve classroom
presentations.
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12. Ten Feet Away
You grab content from big screens.
Sometimes the bottom third of those
screens have contextual value.
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13. Digital Divide Separates Educators
PROFESSIONAL LEARNING NETWORKS BRIDGE DIVIDES.
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14. The Lifelong Learning
Imperative
 Learn to share.
 Sharing is a social skill.
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15. Literacy is more
than reading and writing.
YOU MUST HUNT, GATHER, CURATE AND SHARE.
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16. “New Literacy”
IT IS NOT A TRUE IMPERATIVE IN MANY PLANNING DOCUMENTS.
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17. New Literacy in Classrooms
• Research skills
• Publishing skills
• ePortfolios
• Rich Media Production
• Responsive Content
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18. New Literacy Workflows
• Productive processes
• Scrumwise
• Collaboration
• Mobile conferences
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19. Learning to Learn
• Teach students how to stay relevant.
• Flexible learning through routines.
• Collabortive dimension.
• Self-directed process.
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20. Life in the BYOD World
• Embraces mainstream technology that was not
available five years ago.
• “Please stop blocking” our smart screens.
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21. To be truly
educated
CONNECT AND COLLABORATE
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22. Promising Digital Landscape Ahead
Pew Research, March 2014, Digital Life in 2025
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23. Connect and Collaborate
 Monday evenings using #edchatie on Twitter
 10 May at #ictedu in LIT-Thurles
 29 May at #ilta in UCD
 30 May at #excited2014 in Dublin Castle
 23-27 June at #elss14 in DIT
 Online by sharing your curated content
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24. +Bernie Goldbach
Google.com/+BernieGoldbach
@topgold on good social networks
InsideView.ie
+353 86 174 3369
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