1. Digi Teaching What is it? and is it really that effective?

2. How are we as Wellington College English Teachers integrating technology into our teaching?

4. Moodle

5. Ecoll

7. Web 1.0 The White Pages is Web 1.0 because it is an example of information being uploaded to a website. The only intention being to show information and not allow the audience to respond.

8. Web 2.0 Stuff is a Web 2.0 site because it allows their audience to share their views and opinions with one another. This is an example of a discussion forum. Stuff also allows their audience to share the article on their personal Facebook or MySpace page.

9. Why make a change after all these years of effective teaching? New curriculum Learning needs of teenagers are changing Increased opportunity to share with a larger community Increased motivation of students with a wider audience

10. Links to the new curriculum Key competencies: 1. Thinking 2. Relating to others 3. Participating and contributing 4. Using language, symbols and text 5. Managing self

11. So how can you use Web 2.0 products to be a more effective teacher in the implementation of the new curriculum?

13. Slideshare- an online slideshow storage centre. You are able to upload PowerPoint presentations and embed them into your webpage. This is a valuable tool for collating teacher notes. From the webpage, viewers are able to add comments and share with others.

14. Heaps of other things that you can play with when you are feeling more confident. Wordle- text cloud tool

15. But how are we able to do this when we have no time because of everything else? Training days Asking for help Walk before you can run Student support within your own class

16. So how does this change the department ICT goal? The focus for us is to use ICT in a way where it is an effective teaching tool. ICT should not be a hindrance or something that is used once a term. ICT does not replace the teacher in the classroom, but is a more effective way of implementing the key competencies.