1. Mel Tan ICT in Education, APEID UNESCO Bangkok Orientation on UNESCO-Bangkok’s Education Community (EC)

2. ICTs in 21 st Education research createcreate explore socialize visualize communicate publish discuss collaborate comment YM forum google email blogspot facebook flickr twitter jobstreet google earth friendster google docs presentation document spreadsheet SMS wiki

3. Mel Tan ICT in Education, APEID UNESCO Bangkok Online Communities To connect To communicate To collaborate To share To belong To advertise, influence

4. Mel Tan ICT in Education, APEID UNESCO Bangkok Online Communities for Education Engage (Intel) Think (Oracle) Schools Online (BC) Ning sites Facebook View Post Share Resources – LPs – Activities – Materials Interact: Comment + Discuss Moderate & Facilitate

5. Mel Tan ICT in Education, APEID UNESCO Bangkok UNESCO Bangkok’s Education Community (EC) http://ict.unescobkk.org/ specifically designed for the KFIT PBL- Telecollaboration workshop participants Developed via Wordpress

6. Mel Tan ICT in Education, APEID UNESCO Bangkok Interface Main EC Menu (top) Group menu Main Features – Activity – Groups – Forums – Resources – Blogs

7. Mel Tan ICT in Education, APEID UNESCO Bangkok IPTHO Group

8. Mel Tan ICT in Education, APEID UNESCO Bangkok Things to do 1.Register (everyone needs to have an email address) – Name: LastnameNickname (e.g. TanMel) - no symbols! – Edit Account and Profile Details – Check email confirmation

9. Mel Tan ICT in Education, APEID UNESCO Bangkok Things to do 2.Log-in 3.Click on your picture (top- right) to view/edit your profile page – Edit using the member menu options

10. Mel Tan ICT in Education, APEID UNESCO Bangkok Things to do 2.Click “Groups” from Main Menu – Go to the IPTHO Group – Click Join Group – Click on the Forum button in the Group menu – Select thread: Workshop Resources /Materials – Download the file “Slides on Using EC” for more info on how to navigate through EC

11. Mel Tan ICT in Education, APEID UNESCO Bangkok Things to do 3.Within the IPTHO Groups – Click Member Groups – Select your assigned sub-group (based on workshop grouping) – Click Join Group – Can post a message or announcement – Forum Self-introduction – Add reply Add new topics: Workshop Reflections, Group Outputs Important: topic threading, moderatorship – Assign a Group Admin (for admin privileges: options control) Revise group name, avatar, and description (members, schools, PBL topic options for today)

12. Mel Tan ICT in Education, APEID UNESCO Bangkok Things to do 4.Forum – other groups – View forum threads, comment (auto-join) 5.On your own time: – Go through the various available Resources – Try out blogs, personal tools (album, etc.) – Check out activities of others