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"Another Teachmeet has come and gone.  The tweets from the day tell the story so well.  Thanks to all concerned for a great start to 2013. Every Teachmeet I have attended has been different. Different because of the venues, the presentations, the time of the day, the day of the week, the people who attend. This is one of the reasons I like them. Teachers sharing passion, interest, skills, questions and ideas."

"TeachMeets are an exciting model of professional development making waves in the Melbourne teaching community. A TeachMeet is an informal meeting for teachers to share and discuss their classroom practise. Another term to describe these meets is an unconference. Presenters speak for either seven or two minutes on a topic of choice that is related to classroom practice. "

"2013 is starting with a wonderful event arranged by Roland Gesthuizen with the support of ICT in Education Victoria. Teachmeets depend on the participants getting involved - everyone knows something that is interesting to someone else!"

"Thanks to the efforts of Roland and Leigh, the Teachmeet Melbourne community had a lovely gathering on February 8.  It was encouraging to see so many teachers brave the 40 deg temperatures, but not surprising given that the venue was a lovely pub with air conditioning and bar!  "

Collaborative planning with ICT exercise

Blog post about Teach Meet Fishbowl and the Curriculum Catalyst idea.

Piece about how the "new, free and shiny technologies are like catnip to educators. An almost-tangible frisson of excitement cascades through Twitter, Facebook and subsequently staff rooms and TeachMeets in the hours, days and months following announcements of such products and services". However "It's the considered and sustainable use of technologies that make a difference".

"While attending the recent Teachmeet at Lt Markov, +Roland Gesthuizen posed the question, what do you expect from +Digital Learning and Teaching Victoria? It is a part of a bigger question that I don't believe we ask very often, what we actually expect from an educational association? It got me thinking about how these expectations have changed in the last few years."

The video showcases applications being used in actual projects that one teacher and her classes have undertaken in a year. The applications being used in the video are listed below:Bubblr (PimPamPum), GoAnimate, (or its school friendly version Domo Animate), Voicethread, Xtranormal, Prezi, CrazyTalk 5 (This is the only application that requires purchasing, downloading and installing)