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[|Presenter's material from Learning@School] (you will need to be logged in to access these). =__Kylie__ = = = 


 * //I//**//**nquiry and assessment -** leading assessment and making the Key Competencies a focus. This is something that students should learn in the process and self assess. Rototuna School has the Rototuna Learner where symbols have been developed to encourage the Key COmpetencies and getting the students to think about these. Students assessed themselves on these on a continuum in regard to the characteristic that was the focus//

 //**Assessing Inquiry (6 key areas to assess)** - explain, interpret, apply it (take action), perspective (taking what you have learnt and explaining it in a different perspective), empathise and self knowledge (how have they improved their strengths and weaknesses.//

=__Stacey__ = = =  //**Software -** sharing of software allowing you to use images for green-screening.// //Will pass on a copy amongst the lead team.//

//It is important that the learning is the focus and then fit an application that will do the best job.//

=//__Sarah__//=

//**Mimio -** the use of some of the tools was useful.


 * Digital Cameras -** going back to the basics with the students, teaching them the parts of the camera and teaching them the skills to be able to take quality photographs. Using photos to reinforce mathematics and geometry. Has lots of resources with the use of digital cameras. Please follow these links.


 * KidPix -** Using this as a tool for students to familiarise themselves and

[|www.lietze.org] - great website to check out in relation to using LMS


 * Tony Ryan -** very engaging speaker "Reaction to Change". Spoke of the need to keep ourselves fit and healthy for our students.

__Lynden__

Was there any use of iChat? Looking for ideas of how this can be used across classrooms with links to Numeracy and Literacy.Skype is one that you need to weary about as it uses your network hard-drive. iChat has been set up at Tauranga Intermediate and we are looking at ways we can use this? Numeracy challenges between students. Could have students pose problems with each other and then have a time allowance to solve these before meeting again on iChat to discuss their answers and strategies? Also can send files using this//

=//__Mary__//=

Focus was trying to focus on thinking - first speaker spoke of the embedding of thinking in our students through the Key Competencies. "No one is ever born a skilled thinker" - quote. Hermans HBDI model with 4 modes of the brain. Green: safe keeping/self - Being on time Red: Feeling safe - a lot of teachers Blue: Rational self - problem solver Yellow: Experimental self - a lot of schools cover this. 21st century thinkers need to be creative - use a variety of thinking tools to promote thinking within your students. Webspiration and inspiration are tools that you can use with the students.

[|21st Century Thinker - You Tube] Great clip to getting you to reflect on a 21st Century Thinkers

=Gareth=

E-portfolios, knowledge net, a school did a trial of 10 teaachers. Begun by developing Literacy & Numeracy Goals using photos. This school had a lead teacher per syndicate. They were also developing systems to provide support for teachers with things like uploading Creating a T.V. studio, T.V. in all classrooms, live streaming at 9am each morning. Used green screening suggested, school tube.

=__Emma__=

Breakout 1:- Digital Learning: How can access to quality digital content assist teachers to promote student learning? Fiona Grant and Rocky Jensen f.grant@auckland.ac.nz and rjensen@waikato.ac.nz

PL + ICT = EPL Poor Learning + ICT = Expensive Poor Learning - Something to keep in the back of mind when leading other teachers.

Google docs - use this to share information if you want privacy otherwise use Etherpad. Just remember what is added to Etherpad can’t be removed!


 * Most importantly it is not about all the tools but how they are used - integration.**

Demonstrated the new [|digistore] - very easy to work your way around. Everything is categorised and has a description to give you information for each element online. Currently you can’t filter by year level but this is coming.

The E Factor - Engagement Jill Lunn and Noline Skeet jill@leverageplus.co.nz and www.leverageplus.co.nz
 * Breakout 2:-**

WALK THE TALK AND TALK THE TALK!! If you constantly reinforce the language the students, staff and community will come on board.

Some thoughts: Do students have a voice in their classroom? If so, to what extent? Walk the talk and talk the talk - as evident with out Key Competency drive in 2009. Restorative Practices - TIS going in the right direction. Engagement is based upon what we want to achieve and is important for us in our class, syndicate, school etc..

21st Cenutry Teachers and ICT - The Way Forward Nathan Kerr and Robert Douglas - Microsoft + Howick College
 * Breakout 3:-**

mLearning = mobile learning:- Promotes student engagement Record of learning Reinforces field trips Maori and pasifka oral tradition Costs and resources Vygotski - social dialogical interaction Oralisation is part of thinking

Other software:- Zero cost to students, minimal cost to the school Flickr or School Intranet Google Earth Screen Capture Keynote Audacity iMovie Garageband Image resizer DVD Ripping

Music - copyright © - really important so need to familiarise yourself with these. [|www.freemusicplayer.com] Narration:- To use this was the key to student learning: Scripting - vital element Oralisation - Vygotsky Feedback on learning - key point, cheap mircophones

The Final Product:- Construction files Creating Preservation and use tucows.com - video converters from any movie to 3G

Professor Stephen Heppell - at ULearn Conference this year!! Definitely worth listening to apparently.

The Future? MOE Pilot - a model (do’s and don’ts + how to), find the pitfalls, best practises, review results. Highly likely for a pilot to be run on mLearning!! TKI site will have all the information. Will be coming eventually. Projector phone?? - all lessons and materials in a cellphone!! (165cm)

Computers as appliances minimal start up time couples with portability online data and applications mobile internet

Future continued: Fold Out Screen - e-ink? Mobiles classes eg, cellphones with projectors 3D Video and Television eg, 3D images (holograms) coming out devices Holograms in mobile devices and learning = Waikato have been talking with WETA Workshops eg, Avatar

FILM ARCHIVE - free loan service of films http://filmarchive.org.nz/education/ondisk.html

Some thoughts: - How do you use ICT? - Where/How did you learn to use - Why would your students want to use ICT? You can take a powerpoint, convert to the video and convert to 3G (for use with mobile phones) and can put narration over the top. Take keynote, save each slide as JPEG and then create an iMovie. Video’s created for languages with native speakers. If you can interact and have access to internet vis phone do you need a computer?

Alan November:- Boston, USA - Keynote Speaker

Every teacher is a learner and every learner is a teacher. Self directed learning.

Refined google searches using the countries abbreviations eg, nz = new zealand and tr = turkey Mathtrain.TV - student centered videos based on tutorials of learning.

=__Jo__=


 * LMS -** The importance of giving teachers time to get to know the tools and how to use these. Very important that you a clear on the schools learning goals. If what you are doing does not link please question this.

There is so much information that we are giving teachers. It is important that we take time, reflect and see if what we are doing is heading toward our school vision.


 * Downloading Movies from Youtube -** what is the best way that we can do that. We want to be able to view something we want to download it once. __//Please share if you have any ideas!!//__

Tony Ryan - we should not have a block where we are encouraging thinking skills. It should be incorporated through everything that we do.

Digital Books - using this with students to highlight the key idea through using the Mimio.

[|Literacy Alive Through eBooks.]

Check out these other Clusters for some ideas. [|Opoutere School].[|Aberdeen School] Breakout One. Learning with ICT Presenters- Jan Marie Kellow & Jean Saunders Teachers from Coromandel Peninsula Cluster ( Shared how they established an effective ICT cluster) http://penspace.wikispaces.com/

• The most important but also the hardest thing is finding the time to learn how to use the ICT tools. • Hold network days between the cluster eg. all junior teachers get together and share best practice. • Have a monthly/ termly newsletter and a wiki. • Suggests collection of baseline data re. how teachers feel about ICT and where they feel they are in terms of their learning and capabilities. • www.Surveymonkey.com collates data. • Create survey for student to assess their learning, abilities and feelings about ICT. • Facilitator works with small groups of students within a school to build up class experts. • Create list of ICT skills the chn need to achieve at different levels. • Held cluster conferences with outside speakers. • Trevor Bond- School should have a clear vision that can be carried in the head not just in the school charter. The whole school curriculum should be reflective of this vision. If what you are teaching is not meeting the vision should question why you are teaching it. See website below http://ictnz.com/ictandlearning.htm • Solo taxonomy easier to use than blooms as chn find it easier to set next learning steps. http://hooked-on-thinking.com/ • Best Practice visits within the cluster and neighbouring clusters http://www.opoutere.school.nz/ http://www.aberdeen.school.nz/

• Podcasting- Senior students were paired up with Juniors. Chn created poem about younger child and presented it as a podcast with image of the child as the still image background. • Using Voicethread http://voicethread.com/#home scan child’s work and teacher interviews them to say how they thought they went with work. Then left open for peer feedback and teacher feedback. (Poss privacy issues as other students can read what has been said about other individuals work) • If creating a class blog and want to allow chn to be the editors need to use classblogmeister. This way you can still moderate the comments before they are published. http://www.classblogmeister.com/ • Jan Marie Kellow’s thinking website http://www.inquiringmind.co.nz/

Breakout 2a How to Capture your Students Interest Using Mimio Key Points • To create a step by step process eg. drawing a face, do first step on first page. Hit 2nd button (closest to body) to copy page. Then add next step on this second page. Continue copying pages until all steps have been completed. This creates a flip chart of sorts that shows the complete process. • Possible use of mimio in capture mode for parent interviews to keep a note of any issues, questions etc. New page for each student. • Use capture mode when doing class brainstorms. Any absentees can get the printed copy for their notes to catch up on work missed.

Breakout 3 We Want it All….. Now Martin Hughes- See powerpoint • Using Firefox browser are able to download download helper http://www.downloadhelper.net/ Able to save you tube movies onto desktop allowing you to play without having to wait for buffering and the judders and saves on the drain on school broadband. Saves as windows media player. • Use of etherpad for collaborative work- possible option for shared writing using COW or computer suite. http://etherpad.com/ • You can also embed this code into KnowledgeNet pages. Chn will not be able to watch from school but will be able to from home.

Breakout 4 Thinkers in the Classroom Tony Ryan Thinking should not happen on isolated occasions during the school day. It should be happening all the time. Highlighted the importance of good focusing questions to encourage chn to think on a deeper level. eg.’s. How do wings work? Which toy would choose you? Is recycling worth the cost and effort? What have you done for social justice causes? Does happily ever after really exist? Use a provocative question.

Twitter address- http://twitter.com/aussietony Blog- http://www.tonyryan.com.au/blog/