Have you been to a TeachMeet or iPadMeet in South Africa yet?

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi49iXLpBW-ioYm6jrVs8W_IAm187883hppHhFoM2vRkIVEiF8_yhyEsiAaNk1fX4H0yPVjVsk7-UtUZWC2PtexJZGWmgs5vOU8w99yEKxUD7r9ElMqtcLniFaGojw_OGXNLXkSVdi90RY/s1600-h/image%25255B4%25255D.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="92" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk469MrqOFbHHEBnAkzmVlza0f8S2VFj2li49t43ic14qZoKugp35FpQetEdRvFEywoteq3Q6RWrYINuLHzM8Veu7SRttLSH-GEuOp-OorpNaZ-7_2cRVfB43aFWNWTrEuF4csdAwauto/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="200" /></a></div><h4><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow'; font-weight: normal;"><i>Recently I attended another of Elkanah House's TeachMeets (Elkanah House is a school in Tableview, Cape Town), and I asked Linda Foulkes if I could use her blog post as a guest post. Linda is responsible for the training and testing of Grade 8 to 10 students on the Microsoft Office Specialist Certification. She is a Microsoft Office Expert and ICDL Advanced Trainer. In addition to her role as Staff Trainer and High School ICT Integration support (ICT Department), she also belongs to the Academic Department as Grade 8 Tutor Teacher. Linda absolutely loves spending her time researching social media and relevant technologies with connections on Twitter (@folklind) and Facebook, as well as her blog at </i></span><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow'; font-weight: normal;"><i><a href="http://folklind.wordpress.com/">http://folklind.wordpress.com</a>;</i></span><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow';"><i><span style="font-weight: normal;"> and she enjoys imparting this knowledge as professional development, enhancing teaching experience for teachers/students or simply just to boost efficiency in the workplace. Apart from that Linda is the person who is running with the TeachMeet idea at Elkanah House. </span></i></span></span></h4><h4><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow'; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><i><br /></i></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">On Saturday 25 February 2012, Elkanah House hosted its </span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">third</span> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">TeachMeet</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">, as well as its </span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">second</span> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">iPadMeet</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">. The response and attendance to both meets were extremely rewarding. Forty six dedicated people interested in sharing, presenting and soaking in ways to use ICT in the classroom joined the TeachMeet. During second session, fifty four participants, passionate about using the iPad as a classroom device, attended the iPadMeet. The events were run one after the other to allow participants to enjoy both meets or collaborate with others during the short break between events</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">.</span></span></h4><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://folklind.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/img_1310.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="IMG_1310" border="0" height="244" src="http://folklind.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/img_1310_thumb.jpg?w=312&h=238" title="IMG_1310" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://folklind.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/img_1308.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="IMG_1308" border="0" height="243" src="http://folklind.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/img_1308_thumb.jpg?w=310&h=236" title="IMG_1308" width="320" /></a></div><br /><b><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;">Here is what happened at the Meets?</span></b><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The meet kicked off with a “welcome housekeeping” presentation, which can be viewed <a href="http://%3Cdiv%20style%3D%22width:425px%22%20id%3D%22__ss_11742723%22%3E%20%3Cstrong%20style%3D%22display:block%3Bmargin:12px%200%204px%22%3E%3Ca%20href%3D%22http//www.slideshare.net/folklind/teachmeet-welcome%22%20title=%22TeachMeet%20Welcome%22%20target=%22_blank%22%3ETeachMeet%20Welcome%3C/a%3E%3C/strong%3E%20%3Cobject%20id=%22__sse11742723%22%20width=%22425%22%20height=%22355%22%3E%20%3Cparam%20name=%22movie%22%20value=%22http://static.slidesharecdn.com/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=teachmeetwelcome-120225002315-phpapp02&stripped_title=teachmeet-welcome&userName=folklind%22%20/%3E%20%3Cparam%20name=%22allowFullScreen%22%20value=%22true%22/%3E%20%3Cparam%20name=%22allowScriptAccess%22%20value=%22always%22/%3E%20%3Cparam%20name=%22wmode%22%20value=%22transparent%22/%3E%20%3Cembed%20name=%22__sse11742723%22%20src=%22http://static.slidesharecdn.com/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=teachmeetwelcome-120225002315-phpapp02&stripped_title=teachmeet-welcome&userName=folklind%22%20type=%22application/x-shockwave-flash%22%20allowscriptaccess=%22always%22%20allowfullscreen=%22true%22%20wmode=%22transparent%22%20width=%22425%22%20height=%22355%22%3E%3C/embed%3E%20%3C/object%3E%20%3Cdiv%20style=%22padding:5px%200%2012px%22%3E%20View%20more%20%3Ca%20href=%22http://www.slideshare.net/%22%20target=%22_blank%22%3Epresentations%3C/a%3E%20from%20%3Ca%20href=%22http://www.slideshare.net/folklind%22%20target=%22_blank%22%3ETeachMeets%20@%20Elkanah%3C/a%3E%20%3C/div%3E%20%3C/div%3E">here</a> for those who are not sure how a TeachMeet event is run. </span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Essentially, on signup one would choose one of the following options:</span><br /><ul><li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Keen Bean</b> – a presenter who shares an idea, lesson, a tool in a timesl<a href="http://folklind.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/img_1314.jpg"><img align="right" alt="IMG_1314" border="0" height="96" src="http://folklind.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/img_1314_thumb.jpg?w=192&h=96" title="IMG_1314" width="192" /></a>ot of 3-5 minutes – presenters receive a gift of jelly beans<br /></span></li><li> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Enthusiastic Lurker</b> – just there to soak up the environment and enjoy the day!</span></li></ul><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Di de Villiers from Somerset House seemed to have managed to get a reserved seat! She has attended every Meet we have had so far and always sits on the couch in the same spot…so I decided to reserve it for her!</span> <br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://folklind.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/img_0664.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="IMG_0664" border="0" height="240" src="http://folklind.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/img_0664_thumb.jpg?w=244&h=184" title="IMG_0664" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://folklind.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/img_1302.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="IMG_1302" border="0" height="252" src="http://folklind.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/img_1302_thumb.jpg?w=231&h=183" title="IMG_1302" width="320" /></a></div><img alt="Open-mouthed smile" src="http://folklind.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/wlemoticon-openmouthedsmile.png?w=645" /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Keen Beans shared a huge range of resources and the number of presenters doubled since the last meet! A huge thank you to Nicole Masureik of Pinelands High as well as Mnr Maree of Bishops who were unable to attend but contributed by sending a virtual presentation for me to share with the audience. So if you are unable to attend a meet…you are always able to contribute and share with others…video yourself or a presentation and send to me. </span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Well done to those who presented on the day – more information about these presentations, as well as photographs, videos and resources can be found on the TeachMeet wiki – </span><a href="http://elkteachmeet.pbworks.com/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://elkteachmeet.pbworks.com</a><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> – continue reading this post to see what was presented!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Presentations</b></span><br /><ol><li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Carolynn Bruton [ex Springfield] – presented twice, once on Organising you iPad and iPhone and then Transferring your Pics between Devices.<br /><a href="http://elkteachmeet.pbworks.com/w/file/51355740/Organising%20iPad%20TeachMeet.pdf">Organising iPad TeachMeet.pdf</a>; <a href="http://elkteachmeet.pbworks.com/w/file/51356547/Transferring%20pics.pdf">Transferring pics.pdf</a><br /><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Fiona Beal [SchoolNet] presented on Google Forms – So Easy to Use: <br />See this post on the <a href="http://e-blogschool.blogspot.com/2012/02/experimenting-with-slideshare-playlist.html">SchoolNet blog</a><br />See this as a Slideshare - <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/fionabeal/google-forms-so-easy-to-use">http://www.slideshare.net/fionabeal/google-forms-so-easy-to-use</a><br /><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Jenny Martin [Somerset House] on Using Triptico in the Primary School Maths Class <a href="http://elkteachmeet.pbworks.com/w/file/51294489/Word%20Magnets.pptx">Word Magnets.pptx</a>;<a href="http://www.triptico.co.uk/">http://www.triptico.co.uk</a><br /><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Karen Stadler [Elkanah House] took us on a wonderful tour through Epic Citadel during the iPadMeet–<a href="http://elkteachmeet.pbworks.com/w/file/51294589/KStadler_epic.pps">KStadler_epic.pps</a> – visit Karen’s blog at <a href="http://karenstadler.wordpress.com/">http://karenstadler.wordpress.com</a> or ipad wiki: <a href="http://just-ipadding-along.posterous.com/">http://just-ipadding-along.posterous.com</a><br /><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Nicole Masureik [Pinelands] – presented on Using Screencast-o-matic<br /><a href="http://www.screencast-o-matic.com/">www.screencast-o-matic.com</a>. This video demonstrated the recording of on screen annotations in PowerPoint for Teacher Professional Development.<br /><a href="http://elkteachmeet.pbworks.com/w/file/51281158/Screencasting.mp4">Screencasting.mp4</a><br /><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Mnr Maree [Bishops] – took audience through Using Tumblr in the Afrikaans Classroom<br /><a href="http://bishopsafrikaans.tumblr.com/">http://bishopsafrikaans.tumblr.com</a><br /><a href="http://elkteachmeet.pbworks.com/w/file/51281213/tumblr%20in%20afrikaans.mp4">tumblr in afrikaans.mp4</a><br /><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Siobhan Louw [Somersert House] – presented her Term Long ICT Project – Planning a Virtual International Holiday<br /><a href="http://elkteachmeet.pbworks.com/w/file/51313475/S%20Louw%20TeachMeetFeb2012.pptx">S Louw TeachMeetFeb2012.pptx</a><br /><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Siobhan Louw [Somersert House] – Shared an App called Boxee during the iPadMeet session<br /><a href="http://elkteachmeet.pbworks.com/w/file/51357461/S%20Louw%20boxee.ppsx">S Louw boxee.ppsx</a><br /><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Cheryl Douglas [Bishops] – presented on Using OneNote to produce Biology Notes on the Endocrine System<br /><a href="http://elkteachmeet.pbworks.com/w/file/51281150/Endocrine%20system.one">Endocrine system.one</a><br /><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Fiona Beal – [SchoolNet] – showed us How to make a Protopage<br /><a href="http://e-blogschool.blogspot.com/2012/02/wondering-what-internet-start-page-is.html" target="_blank">How to make a protopage</a><br /><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Louise Leigh [Herzlia] – shared her Integrated ICT Tasks in Mathematics – Google Docs Grade 9 Data Handling Research Project<br />The Environment – Research Topic and Introduction; Design of a Survey/Questionnaire, Administering a Survey, Organizing Data by making tally tables, Double bar graph, calculating averages, writing a report on results and report features of graphs, writing a conclusion with informed opinion and findings, a Bibliography, and finally to present. <a href="http://elkteachmeet.pbworks.com/w/file/51281124/ICT%20Integrated%20Tasks.pptx">ICT Integrated Tasks.pptx</a>; <a href="http://elkteachmeet.pbworks.com/w/file/51281120/9-Recycling%20Herzlia%202009-2012.pdf">ycling Herzlia 2009-2012.pdf;</a><a href="http://elkteachmeet.pbworks.com/w/file/51281119/9-Recycling%20Double%20Bar%20Graph%202012.xlsx">9-Recycling Double Bar Graph 2012.xlsx</a>; <a href="http://elkteachmeet.pbworks.com/w/file/51281114/9-Graph%20Project%202012.pdf">9-Graph Project 2012.pdf</a><br /><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Peter Schutte [Wynberg Girls] – presented on using Edmodo in the Maths Class<br /><a href="http://elkteachmeet.pbworks.com/w/file/51280761/Edmodo_Teacher_Training_Presentation.pptx">Edmodo_Teacher_Training_Presentation.pptx</a>; <a href="http://elkteachmeet.pbworks.com/w/file/51280754/Edmodo__a_student_quick_start_guide.pdf">Edmodo__a_student_quick_start_guide.pdf</a>; <a href="http://elkteachmeet.pbworks.com/w/file/51280762/UsesforEdmodoAllgradelevels.pdf">UsesforEdmodoAllgradelevels.pdf</a><br /><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Gilmour Gordon [Elkanah House] – shared his Music with Audacity, Movies with Sound project with the audience<br />[email <a href="mailto:teachmeet@elkanah.co.za">teachmeet@elkanah.co.za</a> for access to dropbox folder if you would like to view / download this presentation due to size limitations<br /><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Alan Goldberg [Digicape] – presented on iBook format / Author, Popplet Lite,and the use of a science iPad app and gadget during the iPadMeet.<br /><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Jak Tangkuampien [Elkanah House] presented on Marking with the iPad. </span></li></ol><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Without the above Keen Beans as well as the Enthusiastic Lurkers the 2 hour sessions would not be possible. </span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I encourage everyone to continue sharing and collaborating amongst each other, to visit the wiki, interact with others and mail </span><a href="mailto:teachmeet@elkanah.co.za" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">teachmeet@elkanah.co.za</a><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> should you have something to share at the next meet. </span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>A special thank you to:<br /></b></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*Christiaan Vlok – Elkanah student for video footage and photos </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> *Arthur Preston – Elkanah House Senior Primary Principal for twitter backchannel </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> *Karen Stadler – Elkanah House ICT Integrator for the twitter backchannel </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> *Gareth Davies – Business of Teaching – for the donation of magazine prizes </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> *Bongi Damane – Elkanah staff member for organising the refreshments </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> *Fiona Beal – SchoolNet for her continued support and encouragement</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Continue the collaboration on twitter : #elkteachmeet and #SAipaded</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><b><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;">Photographs of our Meets</span></b><br /><div id="__ss_11845117" style="width: 425px;"><b style="display: block; margin: 12px 0px 4px;"><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/folklind/teachmeetphoto25feb2012" target="_blank" title="TeachMeet-Photo25feb2012">TeachMeet-Photo25feb2012</a><br /><iframe frameborder="0" height="355" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/embed_code/11845117" width="425"></iframe></b><br /><div style="padding-bottom: 12px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">View more <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/thecroaker/death-by-powerpoint" target="_blank">PowerPoint</a> from <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/folklind" target="_blank">TeachMeets @ Elkanah</a> </div></div><span style="display: inline ! important; margin: 12px 0px 4px;"><br /><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/folklind/teachmeet-photos-25feb2012" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank" title="TeachMeet Photos 25feb2012">TeachMeet Photos 25feb2012</a><br /><iframe frameborder="0" height="355" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/embed_code/11891684" width="425"></iframe> </span><br /><div id="__ss_11891684" style="width: 425px;"><div style="padding-bottom: 12px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">View more <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/thecroaker/death-by-powerpoint" target="_blank">PowerPoint</a> from <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/folklind" target="_blank">TeachMeets @ Elkanah</a> </div></div><br /><b><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;">TeachMeets in other parts of the world!</span></b><br /><b><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;"> <br /></span></b> <br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*Ireland joins TeachMeets – visit the wiki on <a href="http://tmbelfast.wikispaces.com/">http://tmbelfast.wikispaces.com/</a>) </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*Australia is having a huge one this Friday evening where they are trying to beat a world record for TeachMeets. Check out the ustream here: <a href="http://www.ustream.tv/channel/sydney-teachmeet">http://www.ustream.tv/channel/sydney-teachmeet</a></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*This Saturday, a big virtual International Teachmeet with 32 presenters from 20 countries (Fiona Beal of SchoolNet is one of the volunteers…go Fiona!) was held. Visit <a href="http://teachmeetinternational.wikispaces.com/">http://teachmeetinternational.wikispaces.com/</a> </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*<a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/btrplayer.swf">http://www.blogtalkradio.com/btrplayer.swf</a> Do you listen to blogtalkradio? Lots of great discussions happening here!</span> <br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><b><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;">HOPE TO SEE YOU SOON @ AN ELKANAH TEACHMEET OR IPADMEET!</span></b> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>

teachmeets Have you been to a TeachMeet or iPadMeet in South Africa yet?

Recently I attended another of Elkanah House's TeachMeets (Elkanah House is a school in Tableview, Cape Town), and I asked Linda Foulkes...

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