internet+safety+TPS

=Internet Safety and elearning= Samples from newsletters to parents

ICT Update - KnowledgeNET www.tauranga.knowledge.net.nz Parents this week and next will receive an information sheet with student login and passwords for our school “private” learning website, KnowledgeNET. This site is intended to give parents a window into the happenings in their child’s class, within a protected online environment. In addition, the site promote links to appropriate online learning activities for your child to complement teaching programmes. As with all internet based learning for primary aged children it is important that you spend time alongside your child when they are online and talk about internet safety etc. There will be a parent afternoon to share with you our site and explain how we are integrating KnowledgeNET into our teaching and learning programmes on the 20th May, 2.30pm in the school hall.
 * Week 3 Term 2 newsletter:**

MImio (Interactive Whiteboards): Our implementation of “Mimio”, into our teaching and learning programmes is going well. All teachers have had basic training in the use of the boards as a teaching tool and are now experimenting with applications to enhance teaching practice. Initial feedback from students is very positive, they find the visual medium very engaging and are keen to interact with the board.
 * Newsletter Week 5, Term 2, 2010**
 * ICT Update**

KnowledgeNET: www.tauranga.knowledge.net.nz Students have been visiting their class sites in KnowledgeNET this week and are enjoying having a link between concepts learnt at school and home.

iTEAM Tauranga (ICT, PD contract): Information Communication Technologies (ICT) Professional Development (PD) Contract Last year TPS was fortunate enough to secure a Ministry of Education ICT, PD contract. We have teamed up with Greenpark School and Tauranga Intermediate Schools for this contract. The focus of the contract is to build teacher capability in the integration of ICT into teaching and learning programmes. Miss Sharples and Mrs Howard are the lead teachers for TPS and Mrs Hawes is the Project Director with overview of the contract across the three schools. This contract has provided teacher release time to have training in Mimio and KnowledgeNET. This week teachers from the three schools attended “interschool” ICT workshops where we had the opportunity to share our current teaching practice and see what other schools are doing. In addition, the contract has provided release and opportunities for lead teachers to attend ICT conferences. On the 19th of July as part of our professional development schedule all teachers from TPS will attend a Teacher Only Day ICT conference as Tauranga Intermediate.