sharing ideas in economics teaching
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Encouraging a Sharing Culture in Economics TeachingGeoff Riley FRSA, Eton College and Tutor2u
Models of pedagogy are changing… I hope!
Do we risk drowning in a sea of information?
What do you use to draw information and ideas in your teaching?
The new web is a global collaborative platform … are we making best use
of it as teachers?
Networks of businesses in Silicon Valley
Building a new network takes minutes!
Colleagues who use the hash tag #ecbusteach
This is the era of shared learning
In the 21st century – sharing and collaborating should be part of the DNA of every teacher
Sharing ideas, resources, passion for this great subject
PLN
School Team
Social Media
News Media
Teacher Contacts
Economics Experts
Internal & Outside CPD
Facebook Twitter
LinkedIn Google Apps
Tutor2u Team
Royal Economic
Society
Overseas Contacts
Wider Teaching
Community
Building a personal learning network
Moodle 2.0 (and other VLE systems)• Global community of >1 million teachers
Google Docs• Flexible tool for collaborative work, peer assessment and
editing
Twitter• Dynamic flow of ideas, links, communities for help and support
Drop Box• Online sharing of presentations and many other documents
Slide Share• Quick and easy way to share teaching resources
Making great use of Twitter
Connect direct with experts
Fresh insights into a changing world
Let the news come to you!
Get alerts for free enrichment events
Slide Share – simple to publish resources for students and colleagues
Much content migrating to social media
Facebook Groups as a channel and filter of great content and activity
Google Docs – sharing good practice
For inspiring uses of social media tools and digital technology I recommend you follow Tom Barrett
Using Google Docs
• Collaboration is the key!– Online at any time and in real time e.g. group work during a lesson– Chat facility
• Collaborate on – Essays and other written assignments– Group presentations– Shareable notes from external presentations and other events– Past paper questions– Revision press conferences!– Revision exercises and routine notes– Brainstorming of ideas for presentations and magazines– Preparatory work for university applications
• All revisions are saved and recoverable• Files might be synched using Drop Box and embedded into VLE
Student Blogs and Study Journals
Collaborative Google Docs
Practicals and Simulations
Student Generated Glossaries
Forums and Discussions
Student Generated Quiz
Activities
Student Presentations /
Debates
Problem Based Learning
Conditional activities
Building collaboration into teaching
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Please contact to share ideas and resources!