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TeachMeetMac

Page history last edited by John Lennon 13 years ago

 

The TeachMeetMac is free and open to all - but you must sign in below to gain entry!

 

Please note the the change of date.

 

A Flashmeeting broadcast has been arranged contact Alex for details.

 

Helpers/Organisers:

  1. Alex Isaachsen (Twitter)- Director of ICT at Cheltenham College

 

Contributors:

TeachMeets are about sharing practice, so if you've something interesting or exciting to share, please add your name to one of these lists - either for 7 minutes' or 2 minutes' duration. The rules (such as they are) can be found at the bottom of this page.

 

Micropresentations (7 Minutes - Maximum):

  1. Andy Barnes (Twitter); "Podcast Producer", how hard can it be?
  2. Brendan Enright; Graphing complex equations in 2D and 3D with Grapher (free maths software from Apple Inc.)

 

Nanopresentations (2 Minutes - Maximum):

  1. Waiting for the first volunteer;

  

Enthusiastic Lurkers:

Please add your name to the foot of this list if you plan on being there but don't want to present! 

  1. Philip Schonken (Twitter) Head of ICT at Bloxham School;
  2. Stuart Ridout (Twitter) Head of ICT at Stantonbury Campus
  3. Fons van den Berg (Twitter) organiser of 2nd Dutch TeachMeet the day after. Will probably pop into Flashmeeting.
  4. Laura Walker (About, Twitter)Westfield Community College, Watford
  5. Lisa Pigg, PFS at AFC Telford Football Club
  6. Gillian Penny, Head Teacher, Gavinburn Pirmary
  7. Mieke Hartland, Art Teacher, Bewdley School and Sixth Form.
  8. Jane Moore, Textile Teacher, Bewdley School and Sixth Form
  9. Marco Danieli, PfS, Truro City Football Club. ( Twitter)
  10. Alan Ellis, eMedia Officer, Knowsley City Learning Centres.
  11. Victoria Knox, Head Teacher, Ayloff Primary School
  12. Laura Woods, ICT Domestic Goddess, Ayloff Primary School
  13. Ashlea Stevenson, Office Manager, Ayloff Primary School
  14. Fiona Quilty Headteacher, St Anselms Catholic Comprehensive Canterbury
  15. Sinclair Mackenzie (Twitter), Physics teacher, Thurso High School - via flashmeeting
  16. Adam Stevens (Twitter) Physics Teacher, Wick High, flashmeeting lurker x
  17. Lisa Stevens (Twitter)  PrimaryMFL teacher and eTwinning Ambassador.
  18. Patricia Johnson (Twitter) Application Training Specialist & Webmaster, Mid-Hudson Regional Information Center, NY, USA, Mac Evangelist
  19. Nick Dennis @nickdennis, Assistant Head, Felsted School

What is a TeachMeet Anyway?

It is a meeting of teachers and other teaching professionals who want to share good ideas in a relaxed environment.  I have set up TeachMeetMac to try to open up a dialogue between schools in particular to talk about and share their expertise at using Apple Macs in classroom environments.[1]

 

Where and When

Cheltenham College (in conjunction with the Apple Teacher institute)

Bath Road Cheltenham

 

Venue: Cheltenham College Dining Hall

 

Date: 21:15 on Thursday the 9th of April

 

 

Add your name to the foot of any of the following lists of participants:

For TeachMeetMac there is no need to register for the Apple Teacher Institute, but you will need to get your name down on this list 24 hours before the event (or you may be refused entry). 

If you are usnsure how to put your name on to one of the lists see the instructions below.

 

Unsure of what to do? You could watch the recording of the FlashMeeting broadcast of last year's TeachMeet at BETT to get an idea of what a micropresentation is like. Alternatively you could watch a micropresentation from last year's TeachMeet section of "the best of BETT".

 

Rules:

TeachMeets are about sharing practice, so if you've something interesting or exciting to share, please add your name to one of these lists - either for 7 minutes' or 2 minutes' duration. The rules (such as they are):

  • You can't sell or simply plug anything - this has to be classroom-based practice that's happening right now, not "this is what someone could do in their classroom using product or tool X"
  • No PowerPoint / KeyNote / other presentation software;
  • You will be asked to stop when your time is up - time is short and there will be plenty of people happy to ask you about what you've spoken about when you've finished!
  • Your time includes setup - so if you bring a laptop and need to plug it in to a projector, find the audio I/O connection, etc., that all eats in to the time that you can use to share. A way around this is to make sure what you're showing is online, then use the machine at the front to access it.
  • If you want to use your own machine, it's worth using the Scrapbook extension for Firefox to save offline copies of pages you want to use - just like in the classroom, it's always good to have something to fall back on if your connection to the internet just disappears...
  • It's TeachMeet not SalesMeet - if you sell and don't feature any classroom practice, you'll be asked to stop. Harsh but fair...

 

Important notes for presenters:

  1. as is the way of TeachMeets past and future, there are more presentations listed than there is time to present - so it's quite possible that, even if your name is here, you might not get to present if your name doesn't get  (randomly) chosen.
  2. if you have material you'd like to use, please place it online... YouTube, Flickr, your VLE, it's up to you. This will save you the time of having to plug in your own material - plus in some cases it will allow other people - both those in the room and those beyond - to access / view / download / evaluate what you've done.
  3. finally, for the umpteenth time of saying, your presentation has to be about practice going on now- not a project for the coming year, not a product which could be used in someone's class. If you want to remove your name from the presentations list to the lurkers list, that's fine, or even if you want to decline the opportunity to present if your name is chosen, then that's just as fine. It's much better than being asked to stop because you're not talking about learning that's taking place now... 

 

How to edit this page 

  1. Click the EDIT tab at the top of this page - you'll be prompted to login.
  2. Note that the PBwiki system has changed, so either:
    1. create a PBwiki account, which is quick and simple, and login; or
    2. alternatively you can login using the limited guest account - username guest passwordteemhcaet
  3. Return to this page and click the EDIT tab
  4. Add your name to the bottom of the appropriate list (with a link to your Twitter page or blog so others can follow you, maybe a few words about what you do during the day...)
  5. Click the Save button at the foot of the page...
  6. That's it!

 

 

Footnotes

  1. Thanks to Ian Usher and the other contributors to TeachMeet09 at Bett (from which this page is adapted). This was the first Teachmeet I attended - it was so good - I thought I would try it myself. ▲
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