Big ideas start from innovative and
small ideas. Innovative minds already know that using ICT to enhance learning is
a critical path to take but as to where to start, others are still in the dark.
In this blog you will learn from the very first webinar I conducted on the 12th
of February 2015 about the “Creative use of Microsoft Free Tools" to kick
start teaching with technology .
The free digital tools are accessible
on Microsoft Educator Network under Resources tab. Tutorials and guidelines in a form of videos
and written explanations are available and come with each tool. The tutorials
do not prescribe how teachers should use the tools but only give guidelines.
Innovative teachers decide on how to creatively use them to bring life to their
lessons. References could be made from other teachers learning activities also
available under the same resources tab on the Microsoft Educator Network
website.
Dock to Desktop is an exciting
functionality used to annotate documents like Word, PowerPoint, Web Browser,
social media and other One Note pages on OneNote. This functionality allows
users to make notes on a docked OneNote and also link the reference page. Say
you are making notes on a PowerPoint, the summary made will have a thumbnail
that will take you back to the PowerPoint whenever you want to.
How do
we create LINKED docked OneNote page that keeps track of the document you are summarizing? Click on the Linked Notes button under Review tab on Word or PowerPoint
documents, a OneNote Page + the associated document will appear. While working
on your OneNote 2013 version you could press Ctrl+Alt+D and same will apply.
Dock to desktop helps students to avoid copy and paste as the teacher will be
able to see the source of students’ work, plagiarism is also avoided as the
page is referenced. Teachers can prepare documents for students to make
reference to while working on their OneNote tasks. Find more information on
Dock to Desktop, Microsoft Educator Network and Schoolnet on the links provided
below.
Links
Dock to Desktop http://bit.ly/1zNNgzq
Microsoft Educator
Network www.schoolnet.org.za
Schoolnet www.educatornetwork.com
Schoolnet Blog http://schoolnetsa.blogspot.com/2015/02/schoolnet-webinar-recording-from-thurs.html
Webinar Recording http://meet78641452.adobeconnect.com/p51jjj9kt29/ or
https://meet78641452.adobeconnect.com/_a1018039008/p51jjj9kt29/?launcher=false&fcsContent=true&pbMode=normal
In conclusion, I would like to acknowledge
Marjolein Hoekstra, AbuUbaydullah Abdulkabeer Ishola, Hari Krishna Arya, Razan Roberts
and others for their continued support, motivation and contribution on this
MIEExpert 15 journey we are taking. Mentors like you are hard to find. Special
thanks to Marjolein for her patience and selfless sharing of ideas.
Thank you for the kind words, Mabore. It's a pleasure to work with you. Congratulations on your courageous undertaking of your first webinar. May many more follow!
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