My presentation at The Ninth National Interactive Teaching and Learning Conference

1. Twitter, Techie brekkies and
TeachMeets
Break down the barriers to tech integration
and 21st century thinking among staff at your
school and reinvigorate your own and your
school staff development program

2. Who am I?
1. Henrietta Miller
– Year 6 teacher Roseville College
1. http://www.classroomchronicles.net
2. http://www.techiebrekkie.net
3. http://year6rc.edublogs.org

4. A typical teachers day…

6. Why you should connect?

7. Who do you connect with?
1. Your grade buddies?
2. Your department colleagues?
– TechieBrekkies
1. Other local schools?
– Teachmeets
1. The world
– Twitter
– Edmodo
– Facebook
– Blogs and wikis

8. How can I connect?
Using
Using social
traditional PD
media
Image thanks to
Dean Groom

9. Four ways to learn
1. Professionals teaching teachers
– Traditional staff PD days
– Conferences
– workshops
1. Teachers teaching themselves
– Twitter, reading, studying
1. Teachers teaching teachers
– Techie brekkies and TeachMeets
1. Students teaching teachers and each other
– The Bloggers’ Café
– Tech support groups

11. Image thanks to
Alex Couros

12. Don’t be scared

13. PLN

15. Your content

16. Oz Edmodo group code 53d8dq

17. What is the best part of a conference?

18. What happens next?
1. Do you share with colleagues and your school?
– Techie Brekkies
1. Do you share with other local schools?
– Teachmeets
1. Do you share with the world?
– Twitter
– Edmodo
– Blogging
– Facebook

19. So just what are the barriers?
What are you doing to
help?

20. How can you change?
1. Can you teach other teachers at your school?
– Hold Techie Brekkie
1. Can you teach yourself?
– Connect on Twitter?
– Read some blogs?
1. Can you teach other teachers at other schools
– Hold a TeachMeet
1. Can your students teach other teachers and each
other?
– Visit The Bloggers’ Café
– Create a Tech support group

21. http://www.techiebrekkie.net

22. TeachMeets

23. #TMSydney

24. TeachMeet Sydney
http://tmsydney.wikispaces.com/

27. Students learning with each other
http://thebloggerscafe.edublogs.org

29. Henrietta Miller
@henriettami
http://www.classroomchronicles.
net
http://www.techiebrekkie.net
http://year5rc.edublogs.org

30. Contact Information