Monday, April 30, 2012
Sunday, April 29, 2012
Stuart Hale Workshops 10th May
Here is the registration form for booking the Thursday workshops with Stuart Hale - 10th May. Please fill in one form per school. Thanks.
Monday, April 23, 2012
Up Coming events
Here are some opportunities coming up that our cluster can be a part of!
1. Educamp Dunners 2012
If you've never been to an 'educamp' before then you are missing out. These events are a great example of the collegial nature of our profession - teachers sharing and connecting around a common interest and purpose.
The educamp in Dunedin next month will be an opportunity for you to steal some great ideas, find out what's new and trendy in classrooms at the moment and make some connections with teachers that could take you even further than the day itself. Visit the wiki below, add yourself to the attendance form and organise yourself some transport. If you would like to be involved in a car pool then email one of the management team at Myross Bush School and we can squeeze you in.
2. ICT2LRN Media Awards
We hope your school is planning to submit some spectacular entries to our cluster awards competition! The purpose of this event is to showcase the amazing ICT creations that we know are happening across our cluster. It's also a great way to highlight the progression in teacher practice we know we have made over the three years our cluster has been collaborating.
More details (including entry details, criteria and online registration forms) will be forwarded to your schools in the coming weeks but we can confirm the following details to help your planning. We will also be creating some posters to put up in your classrooms and staffroom bulletin boards.
* These details are also subject to being finalised but stand as follows;
When
Year Level Categories
Digital Categories
Static Image
Manipulated image
TV Advertisement (Commercial)
Story telling
Documentary
Music video
PLEASE NOTE: Judging will be based on the MADE AWARDS CRITERIA – see madeawards.com
Judging panel to be confirmed
1. Educamp Dunners 2012
If you've never been to an 'educamp' before then you are missing out. These events are a great example of the collegial nature of our profession - teachers sharing and connecting around a common interest and purpose.
The educamp in Dunedin next month will be an opportunity for you to steal some great ideas, find out what's new and trendy in classrooms at the moment and make some connections with teachers that could take you even further than the day itself. Visit the wiki below, add yourself to the attendance form and organise yourself some transport. If you would like to be involved in a car pool then email one of the management team at Myross Bush School and we can squeeze you in.
We hope your school is planning to submit some spectacular entries to our cluster awards competition! The purpose of this event is to showcase the amazing ICT creations that we know are happening across our cluster. It's also a great way to highlight the progression in teacher practice we know we have made over the three years our cluster has been collaborating.
More details (including entry details, criteria and online registration forms) will be forwarded to your schools in the coming weeks but we can confirm the following details to help your planning. We will also be creating some posters to put up in your classrooms and staffroom bulletin boards.
* These details are also subject to being finalised but stand as follows;
2012 ICT2LRN Digital Media Awards
When
- Entries in Subcluster 5pm, 14th September
- Subcluster finalists named 5pm, 26th September
(entries uploaded to a dropbox on the cluster blog - details to be finalised)
- ICT Cluster Media Awards night 5pm, 30st October
Year Level Categories
- Yrs 0-3, 4-6, 7-8
Digital Categories
Static Image
- Create a powerful visual image using digital photography. Emphasis on careful composition, focus on a point of interest, close up or long shot.
Manipulated image
- Using a photo editor to create an artistic to the original.
TV Advertisement (Commercial)
- Persuasive message: eg Public safety message, environment eg. Road Safety, Clean Green etc
Story telling
- Produce an original story or a new interpretation of a known story.
Documentary
- Non-fiction presentation about a place, topic, person or event.
Music video
- Compose an original soundtrack and add some moves.
PLEASE NOTE: Judging will be based on the MADE AWARDS CRITERIA – see madeawards.com
Judging panel to be confirmed
Here's a link to the Made Awards Criteria.
Sunday, February 19, 2012
Upcoming PD
If you come across other events or workshops that crop up in the future, let us know! Contact your Principal or ICT lead teacher and tell them to forward the details to me for our blog. Its a good place to collect and share all the details we'll need to help us achieve our cluster goals this year!
This event features DK, Core Education's Social Media Manager is speaking at a breakfast and then running workshops on the impact of Social Media in our Schools. Click on the link for more details. There are already a few of our cluster registered - get in quick. Places going fast!
Saturday, November 12, 2011
Reflective Summary 4
Our Reflective Summary 4 has been posted to the vln over the weekend. You can read it here!
It makes for some really encouraging reading and there has been some significant progress made on most cluster goals - with plans in motion to attack the others.
If you haven't registered for the vln yet, now's your chance. It's a network for all teachers who are interested in discussing and sharing what's happening in their schools and classrooms. We hope our reflective summary has added to those conversations.
Monday, November 7, 2011
Sept Reflective Summaries
Here is a link to veiw or download our September Reflective Summaries. We have used these school reflections to help collate our overall cluster milestone and reflective summary (you can read this shortly on the vln).
There will be a link posted here, on our cluster blog, so you can read our reflective summary. It makes for some encouraging reading! It's worth seeing the overview of the progress the cluster has made this year - which is hard to see when we are all working hard in our sub clusters and individual schools.
Here are a few stats and common threads, gathered from our school reflections -
- 6 / 10 schools have followed through and completed their teacher inquiries this term.
- 2 schools using these as part of their appraisel process.
- 9 / 10 schools report a substantial increase in teacher confidence and capability in ICT integration. Many schools preparing purchasing plans for increasing the number of devices in their schools.
- Most schools reflected a year of embedding their inquiry process and establishing consistent planning and assessment practices across the school.
There will be a link posted here, on our cluster blog, so you can read our reflective summary. It makes for some encouraging reading! It's worth seeing the overview of the progress the cluster has made this year - which is hard to see when we are all working hard in our sub clusters and individual schools.
Here are a few stats and common threads, gathered from our school reflections -
- 6 / 10 schools have followed through and completed their teacher inquiries this term.
- 2 schools using these as part of their appraisel process.
- 9 / 10 schools report a substantial increase in teacher confidence and capability in ICT integration. Many schools preparing purchasing plans for increasing the number of devices in their schools.
- Most schools reflected a year of embedding their inquiry process and establishing consistent planning and assessment practices across the school.
Here are some other links to some fantastic sites, wikis, videos and other web 2.0 activities happening in the cluster!
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