Connecting+Innovators+Showcase+2009

15 May 2009 - six online sessions
 * Connecting Innovators: 2009 Innovation Showcase Online **

[] The link above will take you to the session I participated in online which was run by Anne Mirtschin. Here is a little about her: ** Anne Mirtschin ** is an award winning, experienced teacher at a small rural school in country Victoria. Her interest in project based learning in virtual classrooms has led to outstanding results for her students and a true understanding of the potential of the global classroom. Hear Anne’s ‘Tell Me’ presentation about how Hawkesdale P12 College works outside the classroom walls through projects like flatclassroom.  Anne’s presentation was truly amazing. I would strongly recommend you listen/watch the live recording (by clicking the link above) to hear about some of her many ideas.
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Anne is a strong believer in the power of collaboration and its ability to engage students. She has collaborated with many overseas schools including the US, Russia and Korea. All of the programs she uses to set up such projects (such as Skype, Wikispace etc) are free online – the only cost being the use of the internet. I would, as I have already said, check her presentation out and try to implement just one (or part of one) of her ideas. It is very relevant to LOTE teaching. I am now in the process of contacting a school in Australia (baby steps!) to assess some of my Year 9 class’s work.

I have had email contact with Anne and she responded immediately. Her email is: mirtschin.anne.a@edumail.vic.gov.au

I am sure she would be happy to answer any questions you have about the many projects she has been involved in.


 * To view this presentation you will need to install elluminate: [] **
 * I am happy to help you with the instillation if you are experiencing difficulties (or see the magical IT boys!) **
 * You can find the links to all of the other showcase sessions by clicking ****[|here] ****. **

Belinda here again!

I told you Anne was quick to respond! I emailed her last night to ask if it was ok to put her email address on our Wiki and she responded with links to her presentation slide show and more! Here is her presentation that I viewed online in Elluminate. It’s not quite as good as the Elluminate session as you don’t get to hear her talking about the slides. But it should still give you an idea of what was discussed. media type="custom" key="3836799" I have put the other links here if you are interested. I would highly recommend checking out her blog too. [] [] [|http://www.classroom20.com]