TeachMeet at Microsoft, Johannesburg on 4 June – inspiring!

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Submitted by Fiona Beal </i></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">On Monday 4 June 2012 at 15:00 Microsoft hosted its second TeachMeet at its Johannesburg offices. Teachmeets are the new informal type of professional development where teachers share for three minutes by means of a laptop and data projector on something they have done in their classrooms involving technology integration. Approximately 120 teachers, including officials from the Department of Education in Gauteng and North West Province, squeezed into the allocated room to hear what the 13 presenters had to say. Microsoft planned a scintillating programme for the afternoon and, after the presenters had finished sharing, the attendees were also shown Office tips and tricks, demonstrations on Windows 8 and a preview of the new Microsoft slate which will be launched later in 2012. </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Following along using Twitter</b></span> </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />Those of us who couldn’t attend the TeachMeet physically followed on the Twitter hashtag <i>#msedu</i>. Maggie Verster, sometimes called the ‘Twitter Queen’, started off the event on a high note by showing delegates how to join this social networking, microblogging sensation using their phones. Twitter is still the no. 1 web tool on most ‘Best of…’ lists around the world. </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhys84Win_H0OwGerRhU-pyKdOhu_z_euKVZ9JR9yBL_qxl3NwnctPiPUSludlSnP6JXx0MfMBryWF-PstJ8Zm-xCfSKoHpVeMR3BEai8Fyiyk2x0KrLM0ldFhdmZ0tCT2R4qQKCokvDY/s1600-h/image%25255B2%25255D.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfLIrYxg0K8j9n4VrWcbISqqPEIK01oP_aEnCS1ww1ZLeGNdgYw54MERKCBLcQkBiEm0vhm0ZkCr7fEQ85tAjZqHlYdGokZJWF4F59M4DZzgp6jcBBeD0AX0XUe5S2KTpcK18sEPOYpIA/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Maggie Verster getting everybody on to Twitter via their cell phones</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Here’s what the teacher presenters had to say</b></span></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBqRPHinjDKSx50MBHwE1QTNIXv5OFcvs_nYjgUAgpD4Ya_O-mtjz-96nEskzVH6QsP8nwEJoYFTj5cwieQpjxeBo7FmBEC4biXn9Wk2ibnj6e7AFqZXKEv31vzFREBtqkgAK5txmLWEk/s1600-h/image%25255B57%25255D.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj454mEUGNbLvII89Ac3nePlJhLXQ1jdZ0qrmBnLf5HbxDSLLauunZFOsMaGUPb3c2W97RAWd_I2zMUxufX5eJtmkGYH7g0WZG-71q_kAGrDR2AtueJ0xhLrUmV_evlTurhk9LaAKv4Jkw/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">9 of the 13 presenters</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Abdulla Sujee</b> presented on how he uses authentic learning opportunities as a powerful strategy to engage students in real world scenarios. He makes use of social media and online museums. He sees the classroom as a live museum and gets his students to connect with others globally and tell their stories. </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2IQBFDyb39JbpKyxmIPyF2U2N7pRw8WRns4XWXREQTLfgkFHTM7k-cgcCUtTv_njyRqrpBYNtN3Bh6j9xdFm4SI22Z2Mu9z_ayYnySisHlLJYaUtAHwBegRzftFSM7cCHMMVydvMX4Gg/s1600-h/image%25255B32%25255D.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZGKMsoTf8V-dsNqRFfzrBsOoEGiH8bD0YGMMqO5HlJ0db4UewbvYB9oGNrFPxUH7unBgVYmdPsQR-_wiKUSkU-LpBCw7sonS0jeD3IGX2oLoNGcsb4psGfGHt0xCvMmMUWhFo0hOlaw0/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="244" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Sean Hampton-Cole </b>from Crawford College, Lonehill, showed how he uses <i>Edmodo</i>, a free classroom management platform along the lines of Moodle or Obami and several others.  Edmodo helps create a classroom community and encourages interactive learning. It has a similar design to Facebook which makes it very appealing to students. It offers students badges which act as a great incentive.  <a href="http://www.edmodo.com/">http://www.edmodo.com/</a></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu-1in0F_cgU53aK5Kb-0lTlXFAgDn8cuWyIU7WeE1pxQngmmC7zO2PEaYFzdktb2NE1G1sGdEzdXwfwYF79aB_uQkhll6rdTWzXRoYUYJDMy728Ma9eq2G-GxezSYRPYDZcc-8Dq7D_c/s1600-h/image%25255B19%25255D.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrD2bsQ2Xwm-YYBWSXqoidEbZcfipBibaby8F6pCq5xA4szTawLdmjwdWvp75KCSZTKzbILhjQXcoT3QG6E0WJTA_Q6gx-0FLb_sivvoiOxlz9jmwrPufQqFGsaPt-k62aCXFn3lsET2o/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="242" /></a></div><br /><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Tracy Tcshlol</b> from North West Christian College demonstrated <i>Numberwise</i>, a free computer program designed to help primary students to master the 4 basic operations of +, -, x and ÷. It covers basic numeracy, Mental Maths, number facts, tables & bonds. There are 150 lessons that increase in difficulty. <a href="http://www.numberwise.com/">http://www.numberwise.com/</a></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbNXDj-3GajAt3Uw-DIEA1bgOej68OQ_lpPRQF69iYhcEhWVoIH7ryoI016yBBKg14_32PNZWHe_XoqOmskzDmzAFz0cb1SL4rDLNOZhc3IB_KJUayI1fKtk99XEDP_5tbOU24e0ywqR0/s1600-h/image%25255B22%25255D.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0S6Z-aBPvJ-v3OksC78Kakr8zbeyA17z4xymQlmuH2HVx6gmX-fX5hRuByrZu3y1wLWmv28a3y_FCwp-oVM25cD1fvDtJbW2rUQ-2TIAySxalgyjLVh_K2sfBUTGrUgVEk3Wwuxnq3cg/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="244" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Karen Walstra</b> from St Stithians Preparatory School for Boys talked about Google’s online safety programme for students and showed how to set safety filters for students. <a href="http://www.google.com/goodtoknow/familysafety/">http://www.google.com/goodtoknow/familysafety/</a></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgROsusAIzZNjSxj4qvqkqAmxkAMqMT2gV15xXSaqdbOXf8KW5L6eFduRAhtVnNiMYFUph5IaGpkYd1lIVLH6LIpWMvz6jdfYRAL792znzt7Ne2nVT8CN7pTNJGFuk_lhDnV4fX-vqxq5A/s1600-h/image%25255B26%25255D.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="182" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTUedZVZJEEqisc4Ui1hs0-hkdoKbPmXbga6Q-yU-dszq9-PtQTcFIkCJ8fJqZJHbPsFnZ_Cw2bcvAX4LGaTLbOv_vMR5xdLkFFoXNEAd5rNqIRSzBn4C04EEo6aO56fKtWLspGOHpScw/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="242" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Saul Pila</b> from the Gauteng North District Deprtment of Education  showed how blogging can be a very useful tool in an English classroom for encouraging learning about English idioms.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBnJ-0ZRfOs1BozlEcW-uOiumJ7xKtuAS0uec6GgzBRVVntLtovPg5bnO7tlCB4xPAPAksMarnN1EVX7FCRwrC5F7D4VykqGKaDES23E2AH-NWlqmTuB6O2AI_7iihi2D315vdcUciBWY/s1600-h/image%25255B29%25255D.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="182" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibQHBwNqXbr_qaijWcYQVYrTUsuZxzOsE4ClsUiLEeG8RT7WdH84ijSmeqzPaA-5FXmPbVQfv3-q73xdqKuPIcI02z0BoaTFpyc6mObvda-0tUpQczdcswF1Tudd1YL7djN1Cfbyqamag/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="244" /></a></div><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b>Hlengiwe Mfeka</b> spoke about having a positive attitude and using cell phones in the classroom.She encouraged teachers in under-resourced schools to continue in their efforts and keep pushing the limits. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b>Tim Schaerer</b> from St Stithians Girls College spoke about using the autocorrect options in Microsoft Office to quickly create standard front pages for exams.  </span><br /><br /><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Robyn Clark</b> from<i style="font-style: normal; font-weight: bold;"> </i><i style="font-style: normal;">the</i><i style="font-style: normal; font-weight: bold;"> </i><i style="font-style: normal;">Sekolo Sa Borokgo</i><i style="font-style: normal; font-weight: bold;"> </i><i style="font-style: normal;">school</i><i style="font-style: normal; font-weight: bold;"></i><i> </i>spoke about using cell phones as a support for learning Maths in High School. She said that what works in her classroom is: </span></div><ul style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: small;">Twitter: posting homework and links</span></li><li><span style="font-size: small;">Facebook: posting homework and links</span></li><li><span style="font-size: small;">BBM / Mxit / Whatsapp: study buddies</span></li></ul><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Robyn gave tips on how she creates student profiles for these applications. </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoES7UOvSxnlpVl9e8RZ6rWnyeraouo3FlnFtLWvEF8AB8CJ37nqaaO7UqoXJTJfr183k202749jShfngDjmwLsiobOa6w8dU2gYU7QJ3kAkXq8a0IPVm0OoUSR58ryXKZ-joTWU3a2PM/s1600-h/image%25255B39%25255D.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTrzVwFDQnZrky3vLeTYynS22-PKjMuUt18kfEGAM2xsHeuNbzA42GDiPHbiXom-fM2Ng3kqC8HDC4QVWcCpe49kaRCCMu4gkOsth23sj_jhcJRsrRhV9DRMegkjMptplF0DMSiIfnUxM/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="244" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Paul Wilton</b> from the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls spoke on <i>Digital Study Aids.</i> He showed how he gets the OWLA students to create beautiful, colourful mindmap-like study notes.  </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo_1KYVg18yQBGN8MaC38D-aqP5TNZ04YSGHFSQ5S4mPA-8_RteIvNJRZK_FfAu_ULAYcfpEh8SBL8nm11m9d_YJ9di-eZ2MUbJ7OnhedmCYVhC5R_0d1hqvClYFqUHUu62pnKVGMHXOI/s1600-h/image%25255B42%25255D.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggno7ITVNOSXUuUxe76BDzd6PTtd_-UK5ggJbmrrxby3v8HMidEMjUraplYHsIyafhFHZlBznhL4QOdYlyrIsQvzsHugeFd4xrKMKy7J-nnrtW-tp6IO-pBwCDnkmXNRQxAcL3B_jt0vs/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="244" /></a></div><br /><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><br />Ron Naude</b> from the North West University in Potchefstroom was dialled in using the Lync webinar programme to present on <i>My Yesa passport</i>. This programme uses Mxit as it is cheap and social and students love using it for learning. <a href="http://yesa.org.za/">http://yesa.org.za/</a> </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2gNL_IsBPJ4ZrbsQPtEm-ovpm3RQgzNl_fR1KStDfSjMvaXDqCyWyrv0Js8tIz9__8AI3a7jcf5CfkpBElOTp8v6doLsEmP56dvZjPxt36-J1L5SyvzOh7Y05ZUc6_ALA4QAyRjlzFrA/s1600-h/image%25255B45%25255D.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEcrucGYhceMaO9-yt03aHbPDnNmWKCIjHBH7Y7GXYJkAvqFHgmNa46JghrvMH8ru8faMGp5ccRAJkyIYMZAwS-VJZKz1Foc68QF4fOD_59oT78ooGGRp6iXpX7v8NnlkpShSPlghFkIc/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="244" /></a></div><br /><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><br />Lyneth Crighton</b> from Brescia House presented on different ways of creating historical posters using free applications such as BigHugeLabs. <a href="http://bighugelabs.com/">http://bighugelabs.com/</a></span></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1BnPQ7-Of6sQh-XOMs23t5Nh8ObKybPBVHirgD-gN1_ayRFhgIqv1OTlV_AR8K0yJ4Kc2SaZUhe2f_cPh-ZhOXv3PRb0nC1Z7EIGKiF4pT5HlYVRvfjHprVJlg8IyTb7OfZzco843ipk/s1600-h/image%25255B48%25255D.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix-BtqYCmgYXjkZnnRAUNKb_QiEfEhoPvEDElUpKpm5LUTvShQvq3fwx6peYXGsvofXY7Un9yrrfh9orbfUEF5XhQfa1byxAzVhPm9nHMxg-Rd93hCXj9HO_fQDiOsdGuoS99yEW6SGbc/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="244" /></a></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><br />Christopher Seewald</b> from Pecanwood College spoke on <i>Introducing Cloud Computing to Grade 7</i> using Microsoft Skydrive and Office 365 as his cloud base. His students use their Skydrives to access the school’s Sharepoint. The whole office suite is free online. </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEityK-RIU-8Dhy2G-RbK5ku2Zxa5nJK1wVGCNWBoTv4LcK8CvmV2pcHHoC2sCHHSHwoX_3PXyuoPD-0hI3mVAOTiAWEBDw8pCjI44njilt0Z1Qwuh9n_R2dowFutPHuCou0U2oWf82kUjs/s1600-h/image%25255B51%25255D.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDY7p8E5mE1ky7-B7dh6sgm6rAZGXRDEJYV2yPWhEdMXBBG_cFbADadblG_sjTAi8BDvwMjYACRJU3rftD-URXoXoqGhL8_CRQz28v6ZcAu8JhRoofrevawRIyDD57ycaIIxyuqHmVptM/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="244" /></a></div><br /><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><br />Angie Barclay</b> from Cornwall Hill College spoke on <i>The Value of One Note for Preschool Teaching</i>. <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/office/rm/onenotewebapp.aspx">http://www.microsoft.com/office/rm/onenotewebapp.aspx</a></span></div>  <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGymY_bQwM0pQE7SfoSafdtDvSrbsyvvaQ034YJU0Lx5ipJnzq9UK63cu99t7rYvNbK7dAWnQjGdZryDa9xIhRax3Tv0jnzPK533hgS0d3zJYftfmUHi3ESsCR1Ejve-BIByHqW4fo4jo/s1600-h/image%25255B54%25255D.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfERAbtk2BC9QkGvP-Z2-AlyXugKZqKO3Dgj7BIFFdsDSQCuAuqwc89bSyjtP_-XBVS6uewSIYroxuLXEkXYvFBtGNXb5yyXUOXmwQsTaq4QxObtApMG9JryZvQJ8RTCOJc5hCzAN7AlE/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="244" /></a></div><br />  <br /><br /><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">TeachMeets are a way of keeping up with digital trends</span></b></div><br /><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Events like this enable teachers to see what is happening in other schools and find ideas they can implement back at their own school. As Public Sector lead at Microsoft South Africa Kabelo Makwane says: “Keeping up with the trends of a digitalised community, teachers are much more open and willing to share lesson ideas with fellow teachers and try out new ideas in this way. These regular TeachMeet events are a wonderfully visible portion of our Partners in Learning programme, which focuses on building capacity and communities to, in the end, benefit the learners.” </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">More photos of the event can be viewed <a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/114485521154323474375/20120604MicrosoftTeachMeet#">here</a></span>. </div>

teachmeets TeachMeet at Microsoft, Johannesburg on 4 June – inspiring!

Submitted by Fiona Beal On Monday 4 June 2012 at 15:00 Microsoft hosted its second TeachMeet at its Johannesburg offices. Teachmeets are the new informal type of professional development where teachers share for three minutes by means of a laptop and…

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Field Application Engineer (Phoenix, AZ )(Metrology | Optics | Software modeling Elliposometry) (#1082340)

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="WordSection1" style="color: #666666;"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Job Title:</span></b></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;"> Field Application Engineer<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Location:</span></b></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;"> Phoenix, AZ <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Duration:</span></b></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;"> Fulltime<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Job Description:<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">1.Responsible for providing technical applications support for the development and implementation of KLA-Tencor products in customer fabrication facilities.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">2.Makes presentations on all aspects of the products they support.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">3.Supports the installation and qualification of KLA-Tencor systems Provides follow-up support in disseminating technical information on specific applications and helps the customer get maximum value from KT products.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">4.Develops strong working relationship with customer.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Essential Technical Skills:<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">1.Excellent presentation and communication skills<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">2.Project management - Ability to handle multiple projects in parallel<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">3.Have creative thinking approach to deal with customer challenges<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">4.Excellent problem solving skills<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Leadership skills:<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">1.Be a driver, influence situations by facts and data<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">2.Ability to work within a multi-cultural environment<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">3.Successful execution of projects in high pressure environment<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">4.The candidate needs to be a hands-on type person, aggressively interested in learning new things and keen on communicating with both internal divisions and customers. Infrequent (< 20%) domestic/international travel may be required.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Education and/or experience desired:<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">1. 3+ years semiconductor related experience preferably in the field of process metrology, and yield analysis or process control.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">2.Bachelor's in Engineering/Material Science/Physics 3 years of experience.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">OR<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">Master's Level Degree with at least 2 years of experience.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Please send your resumes to vinod.sanker@kla-tencor.com<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"></div></div></div>

Field Application Engineer (Phoenix, AZ )(Metrology | Optics | Software modeling Elliposometry) (#1082340)

Job Title: Field Application EngineerLocation: Phoenix, AZ Duration: FulltimeJob Description:1.Responsible for providing technical applications support for the development and implementation of KLA-Tencor products in customer fabrication facilities.2…

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Customer Support Engineer (Beaverton, OR)(Thin Films Measurement) ( MS | PhD | Troubleshooting | Installation | Optics | Repairing | Semiconductor ) (#108148)

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="WordSection1" style="background-color: white; color: #666666;"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Job Title:</span></b></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;"> Customer Support Engineer(Thin Films Measurement) <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Location:</span></b></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;"> Beaverton, OR<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Duration:</span></b></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;"> Fulltime<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Job Description:<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">1.Primarily responsible for customer service activities associated with modifying, troubleshooting, diagnosing, and repairing of highly complex capital equipment at customer sites and via telephone.  <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">Evaluates equipment to determine type and extent of problem. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">2.Repairs may involve subsystem failures which can be completed using standard procedures as well as system level problems which have multiple causes and for which no standard troubleshooting or repair procedures exist.  <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">3.Works on extremely complex problems with significant and/or unique characteristics where analysis of situations and/or data is required to resolve the problem.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">4.Represents the company to the customer and assumes accountability for customer satisfaction with service.  Assures operational quality of system equipment.  <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">5.Coordinates actions with customers to minimize down time and serves as company liaison with customer on technical and administrative issues.  <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">6.Provides assistance to company Installation Engineers in resolving problems.  <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">7.Instructs customers in the operation and maintenance of the system.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Education and/or experience desired:<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">1.Position typically requires a minimum of 4-5 years of related experience and/or a technical degree. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">2.Optical assembly and integration experience is desired as well as system level integration experience using complex test equipment, lasers, alignment tooling/fixturing, interferometry, and various data and acquisition software packages (Fringe analysis software, Matlab, Excel/Microsoft Suite, etc.). <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">3.Good manual dexterity, experience with mechanical and pneumatics controls, and the ability to work with specifications in tens of thousands scale also desired.  <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">4.Clean room environment experience a plus.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Basic Qualifications:<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">MS or PhD in Optical Engineering, physics or similar technical degree with at least 4 years of experience.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">New College Grad with same credential.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Please send your resumes to vinod.sanker@kla-tencor.com<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"></div></div></div>

Customer Support Engineer (Beaverton, OR)(Thin Films Measurement) ( MS | PhD | Troubleshooting | Installation | Optics | Repairing | Semiconductor ) (#108148)

Job Title: Customer Support Engineer(Thin Films Measurement) Location: Beaverton, ORDuration: FulltimeJob Description:1.Primarily responsible for customer service activities associated with modifying, troubleshooting, diagnosing, and repairing of hig…

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Field Application Engineer (Beaverton, OR)(PhD | Semiconductor | FAB | SEM | E-Beam) (#108235)

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="WordSection1" style="color: #666666;"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Job Title:</span></b></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;"> Field Application Engineer<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Location:</span></b></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;"> Beaverton, OR<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Duration:</span></b></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;"> Fulltime<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Job Description:<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">1.Responsible for providing technical applications support for the development and implementation of KLA-Tencor products in customer fabrication facilities. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">2.Makes presentations on all aspects of products. Assists sales staff in assessing potential application of company products to meet customer needs and preparing detailed product specifications. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">3.Implements detailed customer installation plans. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">4.Provides follow-up support in disseminating technical information on specific applications.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Eng, Field Apps : <o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">1.Works on complex problems where analysis of situations or data requires and in depth evaluation of various factors.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">2.Exercises judgment within broadly defined practices and policies in selecting methods, techniques, and evaluation criterion for obtaining results. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">3.Work leadership may be provided by assigning work and resolving problems.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Education and/or experience desired:<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">1.Physics, Chemical or Electrical Engineering MS Degree, PHD Preferred.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">2.Candidate should preferably have experience in the semiconductor fabrication industry, or equivalent experience and education.   <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">3.Experience with E Beam or scanning electron microscopes is an asset.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">4.Candidates must be well organized and professional exhibiting fast learning skills, strong project management skills, strong analytical problem solving skills and the ability to absorb and transfer knowledge to others. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Basic Qualifications:<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">Master's Level Degree with at least 4 years of experience. OR<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">Bachelor's Level Degree with at least 5 years of experience.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">PhD is preferred.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Please send your resumes to vinod.sanker@kla-tencor.com<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div></div></div>

Field Application Engineer (Beaverton, OR)(PhD | Semiconductor | FAB | SEM | E-Beam) (#108235)

Job Title: Field Application EngineerLocation: Beaverton, ORDuration: FulltimeJob Description:1.Responsible for providing technical applications support for the development and implementation of KLA-Tencor products in customer fabrication facilities.…

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Field Application Engineer (Phoenix, AZ)(Optics | FAB | Customer support | metrology) (#108228)

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="WordSection1" style="color: #666666;"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Job Title:</span></b></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;"> Field Application Engineer<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Location:</span></b></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;"> Phoenix, AZ<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Duration:</span></b></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;"> Fulltime<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Job description:<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">This role will be to support the Intel Business Unit.  The Customer Group (CG) team is our field based, customer facing organization consisting of Sales, Marketing, Applications, Finance, Human Resources, Facilities & IT.  They partner closely with our customers to provide a comprehensive portfolio of products, services, software and expertise, to help them manage yield throughout their fabrication process—from research and development to final volume production.  Responsibilities of this group include maintaining strategic client relationships, identifying and closing sales opportunities, ensuring our products meet performance capabilities & expectations, providing critical solutions for improved yield performance, and collecting requirements for future products by understanding customer processes and technology trends.  Partnering with our service organization and factory divisions, this diverse and dynamic team helps ensure alignment between customer needs and corporate offering to maintain a high level of customer satisfaction.  <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Responsibilities:<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">1.Responsible for providing technical applications support for the development and implementation of KLA-Tencor products in customer fabrication facilities.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">2.Makes presentations on all aspects of the products they support.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">3.Supports the installation and qualification of KLA-Tencor systems Provides follow-up support in disseminating technical information on specific applications and helps the customer get maximum value from KT products.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">4.Develops strong working relationship with customer<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Education and/or experience desired:<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Essential Technical Skills:<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">1.Excellent presentation and communication skills<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">2.Project management - Ability to handle multiple projects in parallel<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">3.Have creative thinking approach to deal with customer challenges<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">4.Excellent problem solving skills<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Leadership skills:<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">1. Be a driver, influence situations by facts and data<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">2.Ability to work within a multi-cultural environment<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">3.Successful execution of projects in high pressure environment<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">4.The candidate needs to be a hands-on type person, aggressively interested in learning new things and keen on communicating with both internal divisions and customers. Infrequent (< 20%) domestic/international travel may be required.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Basic Qualifications:<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">BSC OR MSC in Engineering/Material Science/Physics or other related subject<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">5+ years semiconductor related experience preferably in the field of process metrology, and yield analysis or process control.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Please send your resumes to vinod.sanker@kla-tencor.com<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="MsoNormal"></div></div></div>

Field Application Engineer (Phoenix, AZ)(Optics | FAB | Customer support | metrology) (#108228)

Job Title: Field Application EngineerLocation: Phoenix, AZDuration: FulltimeJob description:This role will be to support the Intel Business Unit.  The Customer Group (CG) team is our field based, customer facing organization consisting of Sales, Mark…

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Optics Customer Support Engineer (Beaverton,OR)(customer interaction | optics | lithography | manufacturing) (#108149)

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="WordSection1" style="color: #666666;"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Job Title:</span></b></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;"> Optics Customer Support Engineer<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Location:</span></b></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;"> Beaverton, OR<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Duration:</span></b></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;"> Fulltime<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Job Description:<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">Evaluates, analyzes, diagnoses and troubleshoots technical equipment problems via telephone or at customer site.  Ensures equipment enhances customer production.  Repairs and modifies equipment at customer facility.  Evaluates equipment to determine type and extend of problem.  Repairs involve board problems which can be performed using standard  procedures as well as  system level problems which have multiple causes and no standard procedures exist.  Repair of system level problems are based on CSE's technical knowledge, education and training.  Board problems vs. system level problems are split 50/50.  In analyzing and diagnosing equipment problems, CSE's may access and determine problem exists in customer process or contamination.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">1.Provides guidance and technical assistance to Installation Engineer on installations at customer sites or on installing/dismantling demonstration machines.  Also provides guidance to less senior CSE's.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">2.Travels by car or airplane to customer facility.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">3.Conducts customer orientation and technical training on all aspects of equipment maintenance support for user applications.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">4.Cross trains and assists other field service engineers as appropriate.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">5.Prepares reports on customer support activity and provides documentation to engineering, marketing and sales on a re-occurring problems.  Makes  recommendations  for improvements.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">6.Independently prepares quotes for customers based on labor, travel expenses incurred and parts needed.  CSE's use discretion in preparing quotes based on reason for equipment failure, time to prepare, etc. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Education and/or experience desired:<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">1.Certification Level 4 - Proficiency in systems level repair of multiple and extremely complex products.  <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">2.Advanced electronics skills.  <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">3.Ability to troubleshoot problems in software and electronic systems. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">4.Strong knowledge of optics and lasers, overlay/litho, computer theory and MS/DOS. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">5.Strong mechanical and analytical skills.  <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">6.Strong interpersonal/communication skills in understanding customer needs.  <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">7.Ability to work under pressure and stringent timelines since failure of company equipment may shut down customer manufacturing area.  <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">8.Must successfully complete ongoing technical training to acquire a thorough knowledge of company equipment, the application of diagnostic techniques and practical application of service aids. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Basic Qualifications:<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">1.AS or BS At least 5 yrs related exp. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">2.Must be proficient in using O-Scope, DVM and other basic test equipment. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">3.Skilled troubleshooting complex mechanical, electronic, and pneumatics systems. Good customer and communication skills. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">4.Ability to work in a team environment. Prior experience with KLA-Tencor or like equipment/tool. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">5.Commitment to task completion with attention to detail. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">6.Computer skills, networking knowledge and fab experience a plus.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Please send your resumes to vinod.sanker@kla-tencor.com<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"></div></div></div>

Optics Customer Support Engineer (Beaverton,OR)(customer interaction | optics | lithography | manufacturing) (#108149)

Job Title: Optics Customer Support EngineerLocation: Beaverton, ORDuration: FulltimeJob Description:Evaluates, analyzes, diagnoses and troubleshoots technical equipment problems via telephone or at customer site.  Ensures equipment enhances customer …

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Library Assistant - Town of Enfield

<strong>Library Assistant - </strong><span style="color: #48286d;"><strong>Town of Enfield</strong></span>. RATE OF PAY: $19.83/hr. CLOSING DATE: Friday, <span style="color: red;">June 22, 2012</span>. EXPERIENCE AND TRAINING: Graduation from High School or equivalent and two (2) years clerical experience, preferably in a library. Passing score of 70 on the mandatory Library Assistant exam (test to be administered at a later date). GENERAL STATEMENT OF DUTIES: The Library Assistant performs many support activities involved in operating a library by assisting the professional librarians following established rules and procedures and policies. May assist in the administration of a branch in the absence of a professional librarian. Library Assistants generally work in both technical and user services. User services work is directly with the public to help them find the information needed. Technical services is acquiring and preparing material for use and dealing less frequently with the public. An employee in this class shall perform routine general library work and may acquire proficiency in only one of the general specialized areas of library work. Library Assistants may work on special projects. For full job description and application, visit <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.enfield-ct.gov/content/91/791/181/default.aspx" href="http://www.enfield-ct.gov/content/91/791/181/default.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.enfield-ct.gov/content/91/791/181/default.aspx</a>.

Library Assistant - Town of Enfield

Library Assistant - Town of Enfield. RATE OF PAY: $19.83/hr. CLOSING DATE: Friday, June 22, 2012. EXPERIENCE AND TRAINING: Graduation from High School or equivalent and two (2) years clerical experience, preferably in a library. Passing score of…

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Systems Service Engineer (Optics | Troubleshoot | Customer Support ) (# 108068)

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="WordSection1"><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Position:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> Systems Service Engineer <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Location:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> Milpitas, CA<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Duration:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> Full time<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Req</span></b><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color: #5e6a71; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></span><b><span style="color: #5e6a71; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">#: </span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">108068 & 107945</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Job Description:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">As a service systems engineer, you will be actively engaged in improving KLA-Tencor's advanced semiconductor optical metrology products, and the service teams which support them.  You will be based in Silicon Valley and work in a globe-spanning team.<o:p><br /></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">-Gain a systems-engineering level knowledge of highly complex, leading edge systems by working with the product development team. The systems include optics, electronics, mechanical components, and custom software and algorithms.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">-</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Assess systems with respect to design for reliability, stability, and serviceability</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">-</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Participate in the development and testing of diagnostics and spec tolerances</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">-</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Act as a two-way conduit for information transfer between the engineers who are responsible for designing our products and field service teams who are responsible for product maintenance and support</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">-</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Gather and analyze data from systems populations at customer sites to identify sources of systematic issues, including technical, process, and people-based issues</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">-</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Help develop and document technical service procedures</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">-</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Train support personnel such as tech support and field service engineers</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">-</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Assist in developing training materials</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">-</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Respond to situations where field service engineers have failed to resolve complex system performance problems, by providing written plans of action by e-mail or hands-on assistance at customer sites in the US, Asia, and Europe</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">-</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Write technical reports to communicate issues, analysis, technical assessments, system status, and engineering recommendations</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">-</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Take a proactive approach to improving service quality and profitability</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">-</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">The person who will thrive in this kind of  job is interested in technology, human factors, and business, is motivated by helping others succeed and by driving improvements, and enjoys communicating, building working relationships, and influencing people.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Result oriented and driven to excel.  Enjoys teaching, troubleshooting, working with groups of people, and explaining complex things as simply as possible.  Strong analytic and data analysis skills.  Experience with analytical software such as Matlab or JMP is desirable. Excellent oral and written communication skills.  Ability to work effectively in multidisciplinary, multicultural teams and to take a leadership role when needed. Quick grasp of challenging, complex technical information. Natural curiosity, inventiveness, and an interest in making things work better.  Multi-lingual proficiency in English plus Japanese, Korean, Mandarin, German, or French is desirable.</span><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></b><br /><br /><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Basic Qualifications:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Recent Ph.D graduate in Physics, Optics, Electrical Engineering or related technical field or equivalent experience.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Kindly send your resume to <a href="mailto:raju.balaji@kla-tencor.com">raju.balaji@kla-tencor.com</a> <o:p></o:p></span></div></div></div>

Systems Service Engineer (Optics | Troubleshoot | Customer Support ) (# 108068)

Position: Systems Service Engineer Location: Milpitas, CADuration: Full timeReq #: 108068 & 107945Job Description:As a service systems engineer, you will be actively engaged in improving KLA-Tencor's advanced semiconductor optical metrology products,…

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Children’s Librarian - Groton Public Library

<strong>Children’s Librarian - </strong><span style="color: #48286d;"><strong>Groton Public Library</strong></span> is seeking qualified applicants for a full-time position serving children and the community. Responsibilities include creating and conducting library programs, story times and book discussions; selection and maintenance of materials; building relationships with schools, homeschoolers and other community partners; and using media and technology to promote reading and learning. Providing reference services to residents of all ages at the library’s unified public service desk is also required. This position reports to the Manager of Library Public Services; full time, 35 hours/week, evenings and Saturdays included. $28.29/hr. Requires MLS; two years’ professional library experience in children’s services desirable. Must have coursework in child development and/or two years of employment experience working with preschool – 5th grade children. Job posting and application are available online at <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.groton-ct.gov/jobs" href="http://www.groton-ct.gov/jobs" target="_blank">www.groton-ct.gov/jobs</a> or Human Resources Office, Town of Groton, 45 Fort Hill Road, Groton, CT 06340. Applications accepted through <span style="color: red;">June 29, 2012</span>.

Children’s Librarian - Groton Public Library

Children’s Librarian - Groton Public Library is seeking qualified applicants for a full-time position serving children and the community. Responsibilities include creating and conducting library programs, story times and book discussions; selectio…

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Library Project Staff (Temporary) - The Donohue Group, Inc. (DGI)

<strong>Library Project Staff (Temporary) - </strong><span style="color: #48286d;"><strong>The Donohue Group, Inc. (DGI)</strong></span> has immediate full-time contract positions available (37.5 hours/week) for a cataloging/barcoding project in a university library (New Haven, CT). Project is already underway, and is anticipated to continue until at least July 2013. Hours of operation are Monday-Friday between 8:30am and 5:00pm. Duties: Searching library databases for bibliographic MARC record to match item in hand; affixing barcodes; adding holdings and item records. DGI will provide some training. Experienced assistants will also create brief MARC records with the use of templates. Qualifications: Candidates must have recent MARC cataloging work experience. Job requires extreme attention to detail, a willingness to ask questions, and the ability to adapt to changing project specifications. Productivity and accuracy will be monitored and must be maintained. Successful candidates will work well in a team environment, be able to get up to speed quickly and be able to navigate smoothly through various software programs. Candidates able to commit to the full project timeline will be given preference. Salary level: $12.00 to $18.00 per hour, depending on experience. Candidates with significant cataloging experience will be considered for the upper end of the salary range. Positions are eligible for some company benefits after 90 days. Note: Successful completion of a background check (including credit check) is a condition of employment. Contact: Please email cover letter and resume to: Pat McCurdy-Crescimanno, The Donohue Group, Inc. Email: <a href="mailto:pmccurdy@dgiinc.com">pmccurdy@dgiinc.com</a>. Address: The Donohue Group, Inc., 41 Mechanic Street, Windsor, CT 06095. Web Site: <a href="http://www.dgiinc.com/" target="_blank">www.dgiinc.com</a>.

Library Project Staff (Temporary) - The Donohue Group, Inc. (DGI)

Library Project Staff (Temporary) - The Donohue Group, Inc. (DGI) has immediate full-time contract positions available (37.5 hours/week) for a cataloging/barcoding project in a university library (New Haven, CT). Project is already underway, and is…

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Senior Electrical Design Engineer (AC/DC , Power Distribution Systems) (#108111)

<!-- Converted from text/rtf format --> <P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT FACE="Arial">Job Title:</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Arial"> Senior Electrical Design Engineer<BR> </FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT FACE="Arial">Location:</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Arial"> Milpitas, CA<BR> </FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT FACE="Arial">Position:</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Arial"> Full time<BR> <BR> </FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT FACE="Arial">Responsibilities:</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><BR> <BR> <FONT FACE="Arial">The Wafer Inspection Division (WIN) of KLA-Tencor is the world leader in design and manufacturing of systems that are used for capturing yield-impacting defects through optical inspection of patterned wafers for semiconductor manufacturers to ramp and maintain yields for their products.<BR> <BR> Responsible for the complete design process of electrical sub-assemblies, including : requirements specification, feasibility studies, cost and scheduling, conducting various analysis, conceptual and detailed design using Creo Schematic/ ProCable, schematics, design review presentations, procurement of prototype parts, prototype testing / design validations and successful handoff to manufacturing.<BR> <BR> Responsible for the conceptual and detail design of AC and DC power distribution and control modules for electromechanical semiconductor equipment.<BR> Prepare and review technical drawings, specifications of electrical systems, schematics and interconnect diagrams, manufacturing procedures, and bill of material.<BR> Design system control architecture using PLC or equivalent.<BR> Design cable harness for system and module.<BR> Support manufacturing/operations for electrical modules, for example, debugging complex electrical circuits.<BR> Support production and field escalations.<BR> Communicate effectively to different engineering teams, customers and suppliers.<BR> <BR> Minimum 5 years in relevant experience, familiar with NEC and SEMI standards including F47<BR> Knowledge of PTC Creo Schematic and Pro Cable is a plus.<BR> Proficient communication skills, verbal and written, specifically technical presentations.<BR> BS in electrical engineering or equivalent. MS in related field is preferred.<BR> <BR>  <BR> </FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT FACE="Arial">Educational Qualifications</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Arial">:</FONT></SPAN></P> <BR> <P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Arial">Bachelor's Level Degree with at least 10 years of applicable experience. OR<BR> Master's Level Degree with at least 5 years of applicable experience. OR<BR> Doctorate (Academic) with at least 3 years of applicable experience.<BR> Relevant industry experience should be within the inspection and metrology equipment space.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><BR> <BR> <FONT FACE="Arial">Kindly send your</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Arial">resumes to</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT FACE="Arial"> abhinav.rajkumar@kla-tencor.com</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>

Senior Electrical Design Engineer (AC/DC , Power Distribution Systems) (#108111)

Job Title: Senior Electrical Design Engineer Location: Milpitas, CA Position: Full time Responsibilities: The Wafer Inspection Division (WIN) of KLA-Tencor is the world leader in design and manufacturing of systems that are used for captu…

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Have you tried creating a project using the new project tab on a Wikispaces wiki? Instructions follow!

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></div><i>Submitted by Fiona Beal</i><br /><br /><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">If you are a teacher that loves project-based teaching and connecting with classes around the world you'll know that Wikispaces is the perfect platform to use.  But did you know this? Wikispaces has added an amazing new feature to their free education version platform called <i>Projects</i>. This new feature allows you to create a special place for your project within your classroom wiki. In other words, you don’t have to create a separate project wiki for your classroom projects.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://wsdpd.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/wikiprojects.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="259" src="http://wsdpd.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/wikiprojects.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Set up a project for your class within your own Wikispaces wiki</span><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">In your normal classroom wiki you can:</span></div><ul style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: small;">Set up a project or even a number of different projects </span></li></ul><ul style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: small;">Assign students to teams if necessary (a team could have just one student)</span></li></ul><ul style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: small;">Control editing and viewing privileges for each team’s space</span></li></ul><ul style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: small;">Use templates created specifically for that project. A project template can be used as a starting point or home page.</span></li></ul><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Each team space will have their own copy of the page which means they can interact with it, instead of just viewing it. Templates can include text, graphics, multimedia, links and any number of embeddable resources. Imagine an interactive, multi-media project rubric students can use to document work and self-evaluate as they go!</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />Teams of students can easily create new pages within their team space that are automatically linked to their home page for easy navigation.<br />Basically, as someone put it, “the Projects feature allows organizers to create a wiki within a wiki!”<br /><br />I think this can best be explained by means of a Slideshare. </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></div><div id="__ss_13117661" style="width: 425px;"><b style="display: block; margin: 12px 0px 4px;"><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/fionabeal/how-to-set-up-a-project-using-wikispaces" target="_blank" title="How to set up a project using Wikispaces">How to set up a project using Wikispaces</a></b> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="355" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/embed_code/13117661" style="border-bottom: #ccc 0px solid; border-left: #ccc 1px solid; border-right: #ccc 1px solid; border-top: #ccc 1px solid;" width="425"></iframe> <br /><div style="padding-bottom: 12px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">View more <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/" target="_blank">presentations</a> from <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/fionabeal" target="_blank">Fiona Beal</a> </div></div><div id="__ss_13247540" style="width: 425px;"><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>How to create a template using for a project using Wikispaces</b></span></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">We are going to take this one step further now to show how you can create a template page (as many as you like) and add it to each project. This could be the project instructions, the rubric or whatever you choose! Here is the Slideshare with all the details:</span></div><b style="display: block; margin: 12px 0px 4px;"></b><b style="display: block; margin: 12px 0px 4px;"><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/fionabeal/set-up-a-project-in-wikispaces-using-a-template" target="_blank" title="Set up a project in Wikispaces using a template">Set up a project in Wikispaces using a template</a></b> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="355" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/embed_code/13247540" style="border-bottom: #ccc 0px solid; border-left: #ccc 1px solid; border-right: #ccc 1px solid; border-top: #ccc 1px solid;" width="425"></iframe><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">I can really recommend that you give this a try. Global projects are on the increase and Wikispaces is an excellent platform to use.  </span><br /><div style="padding-bottom: 12px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">View more <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/" target="_blank">presentations</a> from <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/fionabeal" target="_blank">Fiona Beal</a> </div></div></div>

Wikis Have you tried creating a project using the new project tab on a Wikispaces wiki? Instructions follow!

Submitted by Fiona BealIf you are a teacher that loves project-based teaching and connecting with classes around the world you'll know that Wikispaces is the perfect platform to use.  But did you know this? Wikispaces has added an amazing new feature…

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<ul class="diigo-linkroll"> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.cyberbullying.us">Cyberbullying Research Center - cyber bullying examples, cases, laws, articles, stories, presentations, videos, facts, statistics</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">The cyberbullying research center focuses on collecting information about cyberbullying. If you're studying and sharing information on cyberbullying, you'll want to delve into this website.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/cyberbullying">cyberbullying</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/research">research</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a></p> <ul class="diigo-comments"> </ul> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.tes.co.uk/teaching-resource/TES-collection-Cyberbullying-6090962/">TES collection - Cyberbullying - Resources - TES</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">This is a set of videos, lesson plans, and activities to help you plan ahead about how you'll discuss cyberbullying with your students. Use current events - that is what we do in the Digiteen project - it is the best way to make it relevant. Remember that empowering bystanders is the proven way to help reduce bullying. (Olweus method of dealing with bullying.)</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/cyberbullying">cyberbullying</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/stopcyberbullying">stopcyberbullying</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.tes.co.uk/teaching-resource/Cyber-Bullying-6027895/">Cyber Bullying Assembly</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">As your school discusses cyberbullying, this powerpoint can give you a starting point for planning the assembly.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/cyberbullying">cyberbullying</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/stopcyberbullying">stopcyberbullying</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storyCode=6256308">In the news - UK Government cracks down on internet trolls - Resources - TES</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">I am not sure if this legislation will "end trolls" in the UK but certainly it is taking an aggressive approach against anonymous trolls who harrass people. It sure seems like it would take a lot of manpower to administer this but I do think the free for all anonymity and way that people can harrass is over the top. <br /><br />Interesting approach. (Also a video on the topic.<br /><br />On Friday, the UK High Court ruled that the social networking site Facebook should reveal the IP addresses and any other relevant information about users who conducted an online bullying campaign against a house-bound Brighton resident. Nicola Brookes received a torrent of abuse after posting a message in support of the former X Factor contestant Frankie Cocozza., including a fake profile being set up in her name that claimed she was a paedophile and drug dealer.<br /><br />- This article also includes resources to teach and help children with cyberbulllying including a whole-school assembly.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/cyberbullying">cyberbullying</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/social">social</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/media">media</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/Facebook">Facebook</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/legal">legal</a></p> </li> </ul><p class="diigo-ps">Posted from <a href='http://www.diigo.com'>Diigo</a>. The rest of my favorite links are <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher'>here</a>.</p>

Daily Education and Technology News for Schools 06/14/2012

Cyberbullying Research Center - cyber bullying examples, cases, laws, articles, stories, presentations, videos, facts, statistics The cyberbullying research center focuses on collecting information about cyberbu…

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