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down the road………..

A warm welcome back to all from what I hope was a restful and relaxing summer. If you are like many of us who actually have been back for a little while at our respective schools, summer might be feeling like a distant memory. So here we are in the beginnings of a new academic year, a world that keeps changing at increasing speeds, and each one of us juggling new ideas, concepts, systems, and outlooks. A resource which frames some of the trends and areas to look out for is the Horizon Report. Here you will find links to the key areas of the document which looks at what is coming down the pipeline in Education Technology, this year, in three years and 5 or more years. This report and areas of focus are excellent conversation starters and also provide a clear framework of what we can expect to have an impact on our own learning and our respective schools learning. Sharing this with your administrators and faculty informally or formally is a good way to generate conversations, and highlight things you might be already doing, or areas you might like to focus on for the upcoming year.

Key Trends
http://wp.nmc.org/horizon2011/sections/trends/
Critical Challenges
http://wp.nmc.org/horizon2011/sections/challenges/
Technologies to Watch
http://wp.nmc.org/horizon2011/sections/technologies/

Look forward to hearing how people might be currently integrating some of these trends in your schools and areas you are looking to move on. Please drop us a note here at the ECIS ICT Committee and we will post some of these on our blog.

A couple weeks ago a faculty member shared this compelling and moving video with an interesting title ” The Internet is My Religion “. A fascinating story and reflection.

 

IMPORTANT: Please make a point of reading Warren Apel’s  (IT Director at the International School of Amsterdam and Committee member)  Post on our ECIS ICT Blog about a scam hitting international school teachers recruiting, he has shared excellent advice and tips.
https://ecisitcommittee.edublogs.org/2011/09/02/protecting-your-school-website-from-internet-pirates/

Professional Development:

ECIS Conference in Lisbon (Nov 16-20)
This year we have a dedicated IT full day pre-conference facilitated by the ICT Committee, Special Guests, Keynote: John Davitt and Finalsite.
We would love to get your support in spreading the word to your respective schools and social networks.
This is a unique opportunity to have your faculty and administrators participoate in a rich selection of hands on workshops with a focus on IT.
For full details: http://moodle.ecis.org/mod/resource/view.php?inpopup=true&id=1377
To register for the Pre-Conference go to this link: http://edmundo.ecis.org/new/logon/logon.asp
http://www.ecis.org/page.cfm?p=359

Google Educators Workshop
by CloudSourceSolutions at the International School of Prague
There are still a few seats available if interested please find the information and  contact person to register
Google Workshop for Educators at the International School of Prague on Saturday September 24th .
For questions or more information please contact: “Daniel Taylor” <dan@cloudsourcesolutions.com>,
Register: https://cueweb.cue.org/cueweb/PDW/PDWWebStore.aspx?pagecode=prague
What: Google Workshop for Educators
When: Saturday, September 24th, 2011, 8:30am-3:30PM
Where: International School of Prague

ASB Un-Plugged 2012 Registration
https://sites.google.com/a/asbindia.org/asbunplugged/
February 23 to 25, 2012 There will be Pre-conference Institutes on February 22, 2012 –
Demystifying the 21st Century School – Teaching the iGeneration

Bytes of the month

Facebook settings have changed/updated here you will find a few tutorials and links
explaining the changes to be mindful of.

– https://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=366944610483
– http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYfLRTjpXzM
– http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWHvKEII-qY

Personal Learning Network for Educators
http://www.edupln.com/

YouTube introduces Creative Commons option for uploaders, remixers
http://boingboing.net/2011/06/01/youtube-introduces-c.html

Your words, your input…..
Please remember your links, your thoughts, your resources are important to this blog if you have something you wish to have featured drop into our wiki area on iSkoodle and add it there, I will make sure it is featured in our October edition.
John@ISPrague  -Chair of the ECIS ICT Committee


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