Staff Meeting last night, it was good to hear staff members being so positive about ICT, and also good to hear everyone sharing.
Rochelle had a good day today sorting out problems with whiteboards, getting everyone's blogs up and running, tracking down our telstra clear details and making sure we are on the right plan. Great work.
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Friday, May 4, 2012
iPads
As a result of our student conference we have purchased 6 iPads for our junior syndicate. These have been released to teachers to trial, we have also been out to Normandale to see how they use their iPads, what apps they recommend etc. We are awaiting covers for the iPads before we give them to the kids, also once we get them set up with all the apps we will give them to teachers for a week or so. It would be good to also let a couple of senior students use them so they can be our 'experts' in that area.
We have also purchased another 2 desktops to run the whiteboards so all of our IWB's have a designated machine with them. We have another access point for our ruckus system coming as well to try and fix a dead spot in our middle syndicate. More on that later.
Next for us, to catch up with our teachers to make sure they are happy with using the new technology.
We have also purchased another 2 desktops to run the whiteboards so all of our IWB's have a designated machine with them. We have another access point for our ruckus system coming as well to try and fix a dead spot in our middle syndicate. More on that later.
Next for us, to catch up with our teachers to make sure they are happy with using the new technology.
April 2012
April was a busy month, we held our student conference on April 4. This year we changed the format, so we had 4 groups working with juniors from 10:45 to 12:20. The juniors had 4 sessions of 20 minutes each. The sessions involved using hand held devices, what you can do on a macbook, interactive games for juniors and photobooth.
The seniors got to choose what they would like to do, and had a choice of 8 workshops. These were handheld devices for seniors, Comic Life, Stykz, Digital Photography, Using the IWB, Keynote, Garageband and the X-Box.
The conference as a whole was a success, for us the next steps are to try and incorporate the learning and leadership the students were exposed to into our daily routine. In room 9 we are hoping to extend what we have learnt in our work with our buddy class in room 4. The juniors also have electives that include photography and comic life so we are hoping we can help in that area.
The seniors got to choose what they would like to do, and had a choice of 8 workshops. These were handheld devices for seniors, Comic Life, Stykz, Digital Photography, Using the IWB, Keynote, Garageband and the X-Box.
The conference as a whole was a success, for us the next steps are to try and incorporate the learning and leadership the students were exposed to into our daily routine. In room 9 we are hoping to extend what we have learnt in our work with our buddy class in room 4. The juniors also have electives that include photography and comic life so we are hoping we can help in that area.
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