URConnected

URConnected began as a very practical day of training and discussion on how you can use the new tools and possibilities of the internet and mobile phone technology to enhance your work with young people and churches. 

At the Connecetd training day we set up a number of websites to help bothe demonstrate how easy that was, how useful it could be and to allow us to widen our discussion about using online apps and tools.

  I look forward to connecting with you at http://urconnected.ning.com or http://urconnected.pbwiki.com  or here on my blog at http://swryv.wordpress.com

Our facilitator was Ewan McIntosh.

Ewan McIntosh helps people understand how emerging technologies such as social media, mobile ubiquitous computers and gaming can help them learn better, work better and live better. He is the National Adviser on Learning and Technology Futures for Learning and Teaching Scotland, the education agency responsible for curriculum development, and a member of the Channel 4 Media Advisory Board. As a teacher of French and German in the high school sector and an educational technologist working with children aged 3-18, he frequently gives talks and workshops around the world, trying to find new and better ways of using emerging technologies in education. Ewan also consults for organisations including the BBC, British Council, General Teaching Council of Scotland, RM and Scottish Enterprise, advising on how social media can be harnessed for to improve learning in the organisation, leadership and communication.

More information and previous talks are available on his regularly updated blog.