This is a presentation for a webinar I did for Innovate My School on how to use online tools for teaching and learning.

1. HOWYOUR SCHOOL CAN
MAXIMISE ITS ONLINE POTENTIAL
Matt Britland

2. Matt Britland
Director of ICT atThe Lady Eleanor Holles School
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Director of Realise Learning
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Twitter
@mattbritland
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3. IT SUPPORT
• Schools need to have cooperative IT
team
• Teaching and learning should drive
technology in schools.
• Be clear about what you want and
how it will supportT/L
• Tell IT support when the software
needs to be installed or when a
website needs to be unfiltered etc
• Look at Internet control and content
filtering solutions

4. WEB BROWSER
• Make sure you are using an
up to date web browsers
• I always insist on Google
Chrome
• Many websites do not work
well or are not 100%
compatible with some
browsers / older browsers
• Use of cloud applications

5. SOCIAL MEDIA
• Schools should embrace social media and not run
away from it
• It can be used for marketing as well as teaching and
learning
• Collaborative
• Twitter accounts and Facebook groups
• It is free
• Embrace tools students are already using
• Show students how to use social media productively
and safely
• Help students to understand the importance of online
reputation

6. GOOGLE APPS / CLASSROOM
• Google Apps are free for education
• Cloud document creation and storage
• Collaborative document editing
• Blogger, sites, forms and more
• Good to show student the advantages
and disadvantages of using the cloud
• Google Classroom coming in
September.Tools for teacher such as
setting work, collecting work, marking
work online etc.

7. EDMODO
• Fantastic feel tool for teachers and
school
• Create a paperless classroom
• Create class groups, set work,
collect work, mark work, keep
track of progress, create quizzes,
tests, online storage, synch with
Google Apps and much more.
• Edmodo App Store
• Mobile apps available

8. WEBSITES / CLOUD APPLICATIONS
• Blogging:Wordpress / Blogger
• Padlet
• Appshed
• Code Avengers
• SoundCloud / Audioboo
• ThingLink
• Pixlr
• Socrative
• YouTube
• Screenr
• Aurasma
• Skype / Hangouts

9. THINGSTOTHINK ABOUT
• Do some research, read blogs and other websites
• Speak to other teachers; are tools being used in
school that you don't know about?
• Check for education discounts
• Come up with a plan for implementing social media
to put minds at rest and cover all bases
• Experiment
• Build relationships