SchoolNet Webinar on Thursday 7 November at 3:30pm ‘Using Mind Mapping Software in all subjects (Dr Ron Beyers)

We are pleased to announce that we will be holding a SchoolNet free webinar this week on Thursday afternoon 7 November at 3.30pm with Dr Ron Beyers, Managing Director of Young Engineers and Scientists of Africa,  as our guest speaker. Here are the details:

Webinar details

Meeting Name:  Using Mind Mapping software in all subjects
Presenter: Dr Ron Beyers
Invited by: Fiona Beal (fiona@schoolnet.org.za)
When: Thursday 7th November 2013 at 3:30pm
Time Zone:  (GMT+02:00) Harare, Pretoria
To join the meeting: http://meet78641452.adobeconnect.com/mindmapping-ron/
Description sent by Dr Beyers: “If your brain is like mine you will understand how some of your learners feel when it comes to making sense of the work. A good educator has the ability to make sense out of subject information and provide a framework for learners to understand the interrelationship of concepts. Take the educator away and the weaker learners are unable to continue by themselves. Learning has to continue outside the walls of the classroom. Mind maps is a teaching and learning tool which provides the user with the opportunity to do a brain dump of all possible ideas without any structure. Once this phase is complete they can then rearrange their ideas to look for interrelationships for themselves and construct their own meaning. This is in stark contrast to having to cram information into their heads and simply recall it based on key stimuli in tests/exams. Change the stimuli and the learners are lost. Sound familiar? What is teaching all about?
This presentation will introduce users to the idea of making use of any type of mind mapping software for virtually any subject from writing essays, to creating summaries of chapters, planning activities, etc. The process is to empower learners to move from information receivers to knowledge generators which our country desperately needs – people who can think for themselves.
'Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school'. (Einstein)

P.S.
1) This presentation will be based on the use of FreeMind and FreePlane Software which is freeware.
http://freeplane.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page
2) It is also available as portable software and can be run directly off a memory stick without installing onto the host machine. This means that it can be downloaded for free and your learners can take it home as well.
http://freemind-portable.en.softonic.com/ “

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SchoolNet webinar recording from Thursday 31st October 3:30pm ‘7 more unexpected (and GREAT!) ways to use PowerPoint in your classroom’

On Thursday afternoon (31st October) at 3.30pm we held a SchoolNet webinar entitled ‘7 more unexpected (and GREAT!) ways to use PowerPoint in your classroom’’ presented by Fiona Beal. Thank you to all who attended the webinar.

Summary of the webinarIn this webinar we will look at the very versatile application – PowerPoint – for at least five more great ways on how to use it effectively in your lessons – especially the animation part of PowerPoint. The Internet is a great resource of wonderful ideas. Some of the ideas in this webinar have been shared freely elsewhere and I have just adapted them for my own use in class. How do you use PowerPoint in your lessons?
Presenter: Fiona Beal of SchoolNet

Presentation
Fiona’s presentation is given below via SlideShare and you can download it should you wish to.

Seven more unexpected (and great!) ways to use PowerPoint in your classroom from Fiona Beal

Webinar recordingIf you wish to listen to the presentation the recording link can be found at
http://meet78641452.adobeconnect.com/p2h0lbqkny5/

SchoolNet Webinar on Thursday 31October at 3:30pm ‘Five more unexpected (and GREAT!) ways to use PowerPoint in your classroom

We are pleased to announce that we will be holding a webinar this week on Thursday afternoon 31st October at 3.30pm. Here are the details:

Name: Five more unexpected (and GREAT!) ways to use PowerPoint in lessons
Summary: In this webinar we will look at the very versatile application – PowerPoint – for at least five more great ways on how to use it effectively in your lessons – especially the animation part of PowerPoint. The Internet is a great resource of wonderful ideas. Some of the ideas in this webinar have been shared freely elsewhere and I have just adapted them for my own use in class. How do you use PowerPoint in your lessons?
Presenter: Fiona Beal
Starting Time: Thursday 31 October 2013: 3:30 PM
Duration:15 – 20 mins
URL: http://meet78641452.adobeconnect.com/morepowerpoint/
Access: Anyone who has the URL for the meeting can enter the room as a guest.
Sign in using your name.
Time Zone: (GMT+02:00)  Pretoria

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SchoolNet webinar recording from Thursday 24th October 3:30pm 'Take note of Videonot.es’

On Thursday afternoon (24th October) at 3.30pm we held a SchoolNet webinar entitled ‘Take note of Videonot.es’ presented by Fiona Beal. Thank you to all who attended the webinar.

Summary of the webinar

Meeting Name: Take note of Videonot.es
Summary: Videonot.es is a fantastic free tool to use with students (or personally) when summarising an online video. VideoNotes allows you to load any YouTube video on the left side of your screen and on the right side of the screen VideoNotes gives you a notepad to type on. This application works in conjunction with Google Drive so that when the video has been summarised the notes are saved automatically in your online Google Drive. (If you have a gmail address or a Google ID you have Google Drive as well). So join the paperless journey and discover the benefits of using Videonot.es with your students.

Presentation
Fiona’s presentation is given below via Slideshare and you can download it should you wish to.

Take note of videonot.es from Fiona Beal

Webinar recordingIf you wish to listen to the presentation the recording link can be found athttp://meet78641452.adobeconnect.com/p6e3fu9a3no/

Lesson ideaSee the next post for a lesson idea for using Videonot.es.

SchoolNet webinar on Thursday 24th 3:30pm 'Take note of Videonot.es

We are pleased to announce that we will be holding a SchoolNet webinar this week on Thursday afternoon (24th October) at 3.30pm. Here are the details:

Meeting Name: Take note of Videonot.es
Summary: Videonot.es is a fantastic free tool to use with students (or personally) when summarising an online video. VideoNotes allows you to load any YouTube video on the left side of your screen and on the right side of the screen VideoNotes gives you a notepad to type on. This application works in conjunction with Google Drive so that when the video has been summarised the notes are saved automatically in your online Google Drive. (If you have a gmail address or a Google ID you have Google Drive as well). So join the paperless journey and discover the benefits of using Videonot.es with your students.
Presenter: Fiona Beal (fiona@schoolnet.org.za)
When: Thursday 24 October 2013
Time: 3:30pm - 3:45 PM
To join the meeting: http://meet78641452.adobeconnect.com/videonotes/

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SchoolNet Webinar Recording from Tues 15th Oct at 3:30pm ‘Use Padlet and Linoit for collecting student responses’

On Tuesday afternoon (15th October) at 3.30pm we held a webinar entitled ‘Use Padlet and Linoit for collecting student responses’ presented by Fiona Beal. Thank you to all who attended the webinar.


Presentation
Fiona’s presentation is given below via Slideshare and you can download it should you wish to.

Use Padlet and Linoit to collect student responses from Fiona Beal

Summary of the webinar
Name: Use Padlet and Linoit for collecting student responses
Summary: This webinar takes a look at two very useful, free webtools for recording student responses with no sign-in required by the students, namely Padlet and Linoit. The responses appear on the created board like online sticky notes. We will look at ways of using this tool in the classroom.

Webinar recording
If you wish to listen to the presentation the recording link can be found at http://meet78641452.adobeconnect.com/p9nfax473z4/

SchoolNet Webinar on Tuesday 15th October at 3:30pm ‘Use Padlet and Linoit for collecting student responses’

We are pleased to announce that we will be holding a webinar this week on Tuesday afternoon (15th October) at 3.30pm. Here are the details:

Name: Use Padlet and Linoit for collecting student responses
Summary: This webinar takes a look at two very useful, free webtools for recording student responses with no sign-in required by the students, namely Padlet and Linoit. The responses appear on the created board like online sticky notes. We will look at ways of using this tool in the classroom.
Presenter: Fiona Beal
Starting Time: Tuesday 15 September 2013: 3:30 PM
Duration:15 – 20 mins
URL: http://meet78641452.adobeconnect.com/padletandlinoit/
Access: Anyone who has the URL for the meeting can enter the room as a guest. Sign in using your name.

Please feel free to join us.