I was at Bristol Brunel Academy’s ‘Never Stop Learning’ event on Thursday evening this week and was delighted to have been asked by its organiser, Stephen O’Callaghan (check his blog here too) to wrap up the evening with a plenary. I did so with the following presentation and video.
The event was really good – lots of brilliant workshops which covered a wide variety of learning topics and phases and the other keynote from @learningspy David Didau who despite not being sure what his presentation was, managed to challenge the audience. With more than 150 people attending in the 8th week of a long term – the tired teachers left inspired and with a few prizes to boot!
Rory Gallagher @eddiekayshun / Crista Hazell @CristaHazell / Nina Jackson @musicmind
Duck or Rabbit?
Great work from @davidjesus in capturing a remarkable evening! @LearningSpy @ICTEvangelist #TMNSL pic.twitter.com/DmYkKECqH3
— #NeverStopLearning (@NSLHub) October 25, 2014
The focus of the video at the end of my presentation looks at the power of sharing and the blossoming sharing community we have through Teachmeets. It was made using the free Plotagon app, the learning potential of which is pretty amazing – thanks to @musicmind for the heads up on that App!
Thanks to Mark Allen too who ended up needing to grab his train back to East Anglia – he had a lovely presentation about the power of IFTTT (If This, Then That) (read about IFTTT here) and gave a super example of using IFTTT to set up some super-sexy web automation to speed up the use of social networking by a school. He called it ‘ninja broadcasting’. With Mark needing to leave, he asked me to step up and do his presentation for him, which I did. Thanks Mark! Mark’s presentation, ‘The Sexiest Thing on the Internet’ is below:
Here’s my presentation which wrapped up the evening, thanked everyone and shared some teaching and learning ideas related to the use of technology.
PLENARY – Created with Haiku Deck
My huge thanks to Stephen for inviting me and to the team at Bristol Brunel Academy for asking me to be involved. I had a great evening of learning. I look forward to coming to the next one!
If you’re organising an event such as this and would like any help, please just get in touch, I’d love to hear from you.
Hi Mark,
Great post, and thanks so much for using Haiku Deck for your presentation — it looks great! I also wanted to share with you our Ultimate Resource Guide for Educators: https://blog.haikudeck.com/new-powerpoint-for-education/ Hope you and your audience find it useful!
Cheers,
Lisa Ma
Haiku Deck Customer Evangelist
Hey Lisa,
Thanks for getting in touch and reaching out. I have quite literally lost count the amount of times I have recommended Haiku Deck to other educators. It is such a fantastic tool for students. I use it with all of my classes and use it for many of my own presentations too. The combination of simplicity and awesome graphics is just second to none. It’s only when I have to create something particularly visually amazing with animation I use Keynote. Any plans for more integration with Google Apps?
Best wishes,
Mark