Webinar recording from 29/05/2013 - Uploading a Learning Activity to the Partners in Learning Network

Yesterday we had a great webinar presented by Megan Rademeyer of SchoolNet. It showed how to create and upload a Learning Activity to the Microsoft Partners in Learning Network. This webinar is of special relevance to anyone who wishes to enter the Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert competition which has new requirements this year. These requirements require uploading a Learning Activity to the Partners in Learning Network and creating a 2 minute video about that Learning Activity. (A Learning Activity can be anything from one really good lesson, or a series of lessons on a topic, or a project).   If you wish to be one of the 15 teachers selected to be sponsored to the Schoolnet Conference in July as part of the South African and Lesotho Partners in Learning Forum you need to do this by Monday 3rd June. However the competition proper has a closing date of 30 September 2013. 

The webinar summary
"Are you using technology in a creative and engaging way to enhance a lesson? Have you developed a project that makes use of technology to build knowledge or solve a real world problem? If so - share your learning activity on the Partners in Learning Network and you could win a trip to the Global Partners in Learning Forum. In this webinar you will learn about the requirements for the competition and tips for developing an impressive learning activity."

Presenter 
Megan Rademeyer from SchoolNet

Webinar recording (30 mins)
Thank you to those who attended. Here is the link to the recording.
http://meet78641452.adobeconnect.com/p8czjpzksbn/

The presentation used for the webinar
This is the presentation that was used in the webinar. It can be easily downloaded from Slideshare.

Uploading an activity_to_the_pil_network from Schoolnet SA

Webinar recording from 22/05/2013 - Navigating the Partners in Learning Network

The webinar summary
The Partners in Learning Network is a great portal for teachers who are interested in ICT in education who want to find like-minded colleagues, free downloadable tools that they can use to enhance lessons and a place to discuss hot topics. In this webinar you will learn more about how to find free tools, search for learning activities and complete your profile so that other teachers will be able to find you!

Presenter 
Megan Rademeyer from SchoolNet

Webinar recording
Thank you to those who attended. Here is the link to the recording.
http://meet78641452.adobeconnect.com/p3txiivl4d0/

The presentation used for the webinar
This is the presentation that was used in the webinar. It can be easily downloaded from Slideshare.

Navigating the Partners in Learning Network from Schoolnet SA

Why not tune into our two Microsoft Partners in Learning short webinars on Weds 22nd and Weds 29th May

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We invite you to join two Microsoft Partners in Learning webinars to be held on the next two Wednesday afternoons. These will be of special interest to those who are entering Microsoft’s Innovative Educator Expert competition in South Africa where the first closing date is 3 June if you would like to be chosen as one of the 15 finalists who will be completely sponsored to the SchoolNet Conference in Bloemfontein in July 2013. (The final closing date for the Microsoft’s Innovative Educator Expert competition is on 30 September). Find out more here.

Navigating the Partners in Learning Network
Name: Navigating the Partners in Learning Network
Summary: The Partners in Learning Network is a great portal for teachers who are interested in ICT in education who want to find like-minded colleagues, free downloadable tools that they can use to enhance lessons and a place to discuss hot topics. In this webinar you will learn more about how to find free tools, search for learning activities and complete your profile so that other teachers will be able to find you!
Presenter: Megan Rademeyer from SchoolNet
Start Time: 05/22/2013 3:30 PM
Duration: 15 – 30 mins
URL:http://meet78641452.adobeconnect.com/piln1/
Access: Anyone who has the URL for the meeting can enter the room

Sharing a Learning Activity on the Partners in Learning Network
Name: Sharing a Learning Activity on the PIL-Network
Summary: Are you using technology in a creative and engaging way to enhance a lesson? Have you developed a project that makes use of technology to build knowledge or solve a real world problem? If so - share your learning activity on the Partners in Learning Network and you could win a trip to the Global Partners in Learning Forum. In this webinar you will learn about the requirements for the competiton and tips for developing an impressive learning activity.Presenter: Megan Rademeyer from SchoolNet 
Start Time: 05/29/2013 3:30 PM
Duration: 00:15
URL:http://meet78641452.adobeconnect.com/r1do1h6omuo/
Access:Anyone who has the URL for the meeting can enter the room

See you there!

Webinar recording for 'How can I add a free license to my digital writing?'

This webinar entitiled 'How do I add a free  license to my digital writing?' was held on Thursday 18th April at 3:30 pm and again at 6:00 pm. This webinar was part of the course ' Digital Storytelling and the African Storybook project'.  

The webinar summary:
What is the deal when we post information online? Can anybody use it? This webinar looks at free licensing supplied by Creative Commons and shows how to apply it. It will also show the free licensing we will use for our digital stories.

Webinar recording
Here is the 6pm webinar recording:
http://meet78641452.adobeconnect.com/p7woivx7ca8/

The presentation used for the webinar
SlideShare is a useful free tool for sharing PowerPoints, Keynotes or PDFs on the web. I use it constantly. I have put my presentation into Slideshare, and please notice that I have pasted the same license that we will use on to the title page! That’s how easy it is to license something!

How can I add a digital license to my digital creations? from Fiona Beal

SchoolNet's April webinar programme

Microsoft webinars during April
In April we are making a start with two from a series of interesting Microsoft webinars. Keep watching this space for the actual links to the webinars. These will be pasted as soon as our Lync webinar software in in place. 

Partners in Learning Network 1
Microsoft’s Partners in Learning network is a great resource for every teacher. This webinar will show how to navigate the Partners in Learning Network – getting connected and finding material that will work for you

Partners in Learning Network 2
This webinar concentrates on how to contribute to the Partners in Learning Network – tagging resources, setting up a discussion forum, joining communities etc.

Keep watching our webinars blog for more specific details about these webinars every Wednesday afternoon from 3:30 - 4:00pm

Digital Storytelling webinars
These will take place every Tuesday evening in April from 6:00 - 6:30pm. The topics will be confirmed here soon.

SchoolNet's March webinars

Our SchoolNet webinars usually take place from 6:00-6:30 pm on a designated week evening,  and these will mostly link to the free online courses that are being offered which is currently 'Use Google for Professional development'. Here are the details of the two remaining webinars for March 2013. Please join us if you can. 

1. Get to know Google +
Google + is Google's social network designed to let you share up-to-the second updates, ideas, thoughts, links and media with your friends and the public. Google always does things at a slightly different angle and this is true of Google+. Join this 15 minute webinar to find out more...

Meeting Name: Let's explore Google +
Summary: This webinar takes a look at Google plus and its interesting features. It covers
*What is Google +
*Highlights of interesting features
*Circles
*How to write a post
*How to receive a notification
*Benefits to education
When: Thursday 14th March 6:00 PM
Duration: 15 minutes
Presenter: Fiona Beal
To join the meeting: http://meet78641452.adobeconnect.com/exploregoogleplus/ 


Webinar presentation and recording
This is the SlideShare presentation used in the webinar:

Let's explore Google plus! from Fiona Beal

Here is the recording of the webinar ‘Let’s explore Google+’.
http://meet78641452.adobeconnect.com/p9itas0ae70/

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2. So, how does a Google hangout work?
Google hangouts are a free video chat service from Google, connected to Google +, that enables both one-on-one chats and group chats with up to ten people at a time. There are enormous benefits to this for education.

Meeting Name: So how does a Google hangout work?
Summary: Google hangouts are part of Google plus. This video chat feature allows you to invite nine others (total of 10) to video chat, IM chat, watch YouTube videos together, share documents and much much more. These are perfect for professional development or planning sessions
When: Tuesday 26th March 6pm
Duration: 15 minutes
Presenter: Fiona Beal
To join the meeting: http://meet78641452.adobeconnect.com/googlehangouts/

Webinar recording

Google hangouts are a free video chat service from Google, connected to Google +, that enables both one-on-one chats and group chats with up to ten people at a time. There are enormous benefits to this for education. This is the webinar recording entitled 'So, how does a Google hangout work?

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Test your system first
1) (Must do this) Test your connection:
If you have never experienced an Adobe Connect  webinar before all you really need to do for  is test your connection before the time as you might need to add an add-in: http://meet78641452.adobeconnect.com/common/help/en/support/meeting_test.htm. 

2) Click on the link, log in as a guest and write your name
Then on the evening just click on the link, log in as a guest and write your name.

3) (Optional) Get a quick overview:
http://www.adobe.com/go/connectpro_overview

SchoolNet webinar recording 'Let's explore Google Chrome and its extensions'

Google Chrome is definitely a fascinating and very user-friendly browser.  Some of the things I love about using it are:

• You can easily create many different profiles for Chrome so that each email address you have uses its own profile.
• The URL bar is called an Omnibox because you can search from it just as if you were operating in Google Search. 
• One can paste all sorts of bookmarklets in the bookmarks bar. i.e. Pin it for Pinterest, ‘Scoop.it’ for Scoop.it etc.
• There are so many wonderful time-saving extensions to add to the top right portion of the browser.
• There are many applications that one can install on to the Google Search page for quick access.

Webinar recording
Last night SchoolNet hosted a webinar called ‘Let’s explore Google Chrome and its extensions’. Here is the recording link.

Webinar presentationThis is the webinar presentation on SlideShare.

Google chrome from Fiona Beal