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Useful ICT PD related resources and links
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 * [|ICT PD Online newsletters 2010](You will not need to be logged into ICT PD Online)
 * [|ICT PD Online Newsletters 2009](You will not need to be logged into ICT PD Online)
 * [|ICT PD Online](You will need to be logged into ICT PD Online)
 * [|ICT PD Cluster spaces in ICT PD Online](You will need to be logged into ICT PD Online)
 * [|Tessa's netvibes page with links to other cluster wikis](Here you can get an idea of what other ICT PD clusters are doing with their wikispaces)


 * Effective and active leadership is a key element to the success of this contract. Principals will also require some support with thought leadership. External leadership may be called upon to support this, or thought leadership can be mentored from within the cluster.[| Leading Learning wiki]
 * Distributed wealth of knowledge will be enable teachers to develop e-learning leadership capacity. Additional material to support teachers as facilitators of adult learning can be found @ [|Facilitation Strategies wiki >]
 * This contract is about whole-school change, so some help can be found @ [|Core Change management wiki]

Leaders will be mentored to make evidence-based decisions as part of self review teacher/reflective practices and everyone will enter into this journey at different levels, so self review rubrics, continuums will aide in teachers in the initial stages of this contract. This involves individual goal setting and tasks. Some valuable resources on teacher self review and teacher continuums can be found @ http://ictpd-strategic-planning.wikispaces.com/Strategic+Planning+Process under section 4 as well as ICT PD Online newsletters ([|31 July 2009], [|14 August 2009], [|28 August 2009]) Also see resources @ http://rellco.wikispaces.com/From+Pedagogy+To+Practice and [] Some useful tools can be found in Review Process, Variation and Exit, under [|Self Review Tools].

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Any ICT related surveys for teachers/students are also useful places to start. EG [] If you are interested in developing some reflective practices - such as learning journals, blogs entries etc, then some templates for teacher reflection/action research can also be found @ [] and []

Brainstorm and discuss the attributes of a facilitator. For more go to [] More specific support on how facilitators/lead teachers can mentor teachers on the ICT PD contract can be found @ [|A chain of influence] (Teacher professional development effects on students). Also useful is the template when working with teachers: From [|Instep learning case 4*] identify the students’ learning needs and how the lesson will address those needs;
 * discuss the key principles underpinning the teaching;
 * discuss how they will be able to tell that students are learning what they need to learn;
 * identify the teacher’s goals for their own practice and learning;
 * clarify the teacher’s and facilitator’s expectations of the observation.

Additional material on the teacher/reflection cycle from Helen Timperley can be found @ http://leadinglearning.wikispaces.com/Helen+Timperley+reading

...which relates to theory of learning. Ref: Dr Kenn Fisher[| http://tinyurl.com/c2pm8n]

Comes from Derek Wenmoth's presentation on 10 trends @ []

** Other great resources to share **

 * ===http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/21st+Century+Teacher===
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 * ===Top Ten Ideas wiki from Tessa Gray===
 * ===Strategic Planning wiki from Tessa Gray===
 * ===[|Ideas to Inspire]===
 * ===[|21 Things for the 21at Century Educator]===
 * ===[|Top 10 ICT tools with the “wow” factor…]===
 * ===[|KWL - Resources and Tools Table Mat]===
 * ===[|Some Ideas for Integrating ICTs into Learning]===
 * ===[|Software for Learning]===
 * ===[|Digitstore]===
 * ===Educational Software and web 2.0 wiki ===
 * ===Cool tools for schools wiki===
 * ===http://terrifictools.wikispaces.com/===

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