teacher time online
Welcome to Open School BC's teachers' professional development and collaboration webpage. This area is a "jumping-off" point for teachers who:
- are interested in doing some online learning from behind their computers
- are interested in sharing their opinions and ideas in focus groups
This area is for all teachers in BC who:
- teach in an online Distributed Learning environment
- teach in a regular classroom
- incorporate online teaching or multimedia into the classroom
- are new to teaching or have years of experience teaching
Teacher Time Online is the umbrella for many exciting and informative events. The area will grow and evolve as participating teachers offer suggestions – please contact Mike Sherman anytime with ideas or comments.
Teacher Time Online is also a place for collaboration. We'll be working with our partner organizations to offer various online tools as a way for teachers to get together. 
Knowschools
Check out Knowschools,to discover more about learning and teaching online. Visiting this site offers teachers, who work online, or are new to the online environment, the opportunity to work and share their knowledge and experience.
Currently OSBC in partnership with the Virtual School Society (VSS) are offering monthly "Teacher Talk Online" sessions. Check out the information below and return frequently for information on upcoming events. Hope to see you online!
Teacher Talk Online (TTO)
Open School BC and VSS have partnered to facilitate a new learning community for all BC educators. Teacher Talk Online is a live monthly online session, using Elluminate (a Web conferencing and eLearning application service). Sessions take place on the first Wednesday of every month from 12:30 to 1:00 p.m.
Teacher Talk Online brings together an educational community of BC teacher. Teacher Talk Online provides teachers with an online meeting venue and the opportunity to learn, share and discuss innovations in education from all over BC. Join us to meet, and network with peers and experts in the field of distributed and technological learning.
First Time Users of Elluminate?
To use Elluminate requires a modern computer, a recent browser and a high-speed Internet connection. A java plug-in will be automatically be installed if your computer does not already have it. First time users can check here. http://www.elluminate.com/support/
Upcoming Sessions 2007-2008 Teacher Talk: Work Smarter, Not Harder:
| Oct. 3, 2007 | 12:30 – 1:00 pm (PST) | Online Course Design: The quick and easy |
| Nov. 7, 2007 | 12:30 – 1:00 pm (PST) | Quality in Virtual Learning: Making the Grade |
| Dec. 5, 2007 | 12:30 – 1:00 pm (PST) | Skills for Tomorrow: What do students need to know? |
| Jan. 9, 2008 | 12:30 – 1:00 pm (PST) | Podcasts as Learning Tools |
| Feb. 6, 2008 | 12:30 – 1:00 pm (PST) | Social Networks: Places of Learning? |
| March 5, 2008 | 12:30 – 1:00 pm (PST) | Ministry Social Considerations: Beyond Gender |
| April 9, 2008 | 12:30 – 1:00 pm (PST) | Constructivism online: What does it look like? Webquest 2.0 |
| May 7, 2008 | 12:30 – 1:00 pm (PST) | The Wiki Way to Learning |
| June 11, 2008 | 12:30 – 1:00 pm (PST) | Not Another PPT: Presentation Tools for Students |
Check back here for updates, news and other exciting information.
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