Social networking with educators:

why is this important? How do I do it?

The emphasis in web 2.0 tools is using communication and collaboration tools to connect with others.

This session will focus on where some of these social networking sites can be found and what participants get out of joining one or more of them.

 What is the potential of social networking for my professional development?

This session will look at some social networking sites such as Ning and the edna example of me.edu.au

Online resources for this session are now on Smik's Learning Space

at http://kerrie-smik.blogspot.com/2008/10/social-networking-with-educators.html

Running an Online Community:

the how and why of it

 Many schools and tertiary institutions are being asked to supplement their face to face teaching with online courses or add online elements to existing courses.

How is running an online community or offering an online course different to managing an "ordinary" classroom.

What makes a good online community? How do you strike the balance between instruction and interaction.

Online resources for this session are now on Smik's Learning Space

at http://kerrie-smik.blogspot.com/2008/10/running-online-commmunity.html

 Keeping Up-to-Date and Informed: 

Using RSS feeds and other sources

Information overload is a spectre that lurks in every cupboard.  So how do you keep up to date and informed at the same time as avoiding drowning?

RSS feeds are the perfect tool to help you do this, but how do you watch RSS feeds (what are they anyway?), and where do you find them?

A very practical hands-on session that will focus on increasing your understanding of RSS feeds, how you use them, how to incorporate them into a website or blog, and how you can generate your own. 

Online resources for this session are now on Smik's Learning Space

at http://kerrie-smik.blogspot.com/2008/11/rss-keeping-up-to-date-and-informed.html

 Audience:  All for all three workshops

Workshop materials:

Presenter:

Kerrie Smith

Executive Officer, Education.au limited

formerly Assistant Manager edna 

ksmith@educationau.edu.au

Kerrie Smith is at the cutting edge of e-learning and social networking and administers several online groups for literacy educators and library staff , providing online training in areas such as digital literacies, learning without borders and finding resources for embedding in multimedia.    She collaborates with teachers, librarians, authors and students to bring literacy into virtual classrooms. See Kerrie's blogs: You are Never Alone: communicate and collaborate in an online world and Smik's Learning Space .

Brief background:

Executive Officer, http://www.educationau.edu.au

Assistant Manager of edna, in Professional Learning and Online Communities

South Australian Computer Educator of the Year 2000

Australian Computer Educator of the Year 2001

South Australian ICT Leader of the Year 2004

Professional Associate ACCE

Computers in Education Group of South Australia

Manager of South Australian Teachers Email List

 Hands-on sessions - computer lab for all three sessions

 Internet access for participants with IE7 or Firefox