I had the incredible privilege of being the keynote at the TeachMeet in Newcastle/Gateshead yesterday. I have to thank Steve Bunce (@SteveBunce) and Simon Finch (@SimFin) for their incredible hospitality and invitation. This was my first TeachMeet and I was blown away by the incredible way that educators are working with their students. For example, I saw a presentation by Alasdair Douglas (@hairysporran) about Literacy and Skateboarding through game-based learning and various other technologies! I believe that Newcastle is definitely a mecca for innovative teaching, especially with technology. It was Gateshead that helped Dr. Sugata Mitra with his Hole in the Wall experiments. Simon Finch was really great in getting me to see the way mobile learning and elearning is improving education in Newcastle.
Useful Links
- TeachMeet Gateshead presenters
- Simon Finch’s e-safety and e-learning presentations and more!
- ICT in Education- incredible site by Terry Freedman
- Language Garden- beautiful language mindmaps by David Warr
- VITAL teacher professional development webinars
- Every1Speaks- Great crowdsourcing tool used
- 30 Goals for Educators
Challenge:
Share your story. Choose to be Disraeli and empower your students!
Listened to it all. It is touching, powerful and gives us all pause to think and come up with the goods. A one off good lesson is one thing but to go in a classroom day after day, year after year takes the sort of inspiration and commitment you have demonstrated here. Thank you for sharing this with us.You are so right about making studnets feel powerful and intelligent. That is where the emphasis should lie.
Hi Shelly, great to hear your talk, and to see you’ve had a productive time in the UK. A nice surprise at the end of your video
. Actually, it might be better to say that you heard the quote from me (or not mention me at all) as it was by a lady who’d met them both (but I can’t remember who). If you’d like the plant for this quote, just ask.
David
bravo girl..
learners owning the learning.
What a neat experience. I’ll echo Monika, bravo!
What a great and inspiring talk, dear Shelly!
Very impressive and motivating!
Marisa