Te Apiti ICT Cluster eShare Summary

Round 1: 22 March 2011 Years 1 – 3

Lyn’s Notes

Use of ICT  Using Deciding on the

Digital camera, flip video, screen/data projector, laptops, mobi purpose of the
pads, iPod Touch, microphones, digital photo frame, Photo Story, blog.
Comic Life, Kidpix, Audacity, posting/commenting on blogs,
Youtube, slide.com (+ variety of other web 2.0 applications),
games on the Internet, widgets on blog, email, Smartboard, **How is sharing
buddy tutors (jun/sen), colour-coded computers, as motivation happening in
 Creating: schools?
Movies, News/pictures/videos from the internet, use of De Bono’s
hats, big book reading on screen, slide shows of class events,
posters, writing, story boarding, recording student voice,
 Ideas **How are ‘great
- Using Skype; bookmarking using delicious.com (then ideas’ being
bookmarks are available on all computers) communicated
- How to’ scrapbook (also provides a record of the skills learning; within the
a scrapbook of progress (e.g using Kidpix or Paint) school?
- Senior children teach new skills
- Students take photos of learning throughout the week, load onto
pen drive and share on photo fame/screen (with parents)

 Time
 Student independence/skills Discuss:
Barriers to ICT  Different student skills levels at start of year “For a Junior
integration  Hardware knowledge and use teacher you
 Old, unreliable equipment want to be able
 Connection problems (servers, printers, Internet) to use a
 Quality of digital cameras technology that
 Booking/access to equipment when you need it the students can
 Family internet access pick up really
 Parents not using/valuing elearning or contributing (e.g. blog) fast and use so
 Changing from Mac to PC that the learning
 Applications differing between mobile technologies is the focus.”
 Lack of self confidence – the need for the teacher to be honest
about their skill level ** What is ‘the
 Laptops with no webcam (for animations) learning’ in 2011
 ICT management ->? What needs
 The amount of equipment available to be learnt?

Goals  To become really good at using ICTs myself There is a wide

 To develop students’ independence range of teacher
 To develop photography skills. Get children to use the camera confidence and
 Extending the use of our blog: for learning, (not just display) abilities. Have
 Educating parents to visit class blog school leaders
 To use and integrate all ICTs – embed into every day teaching identified the
 To use interactive ICT activities teachers who
 Progressing on from the end of last year (classroom integration need up-
of ICTs) skilling? How is
 To train and use student experts/tutors this being done?
 To use the computer in a more real way, rather than as a
game machine
 Integrating ICT into Inquiry
 Explore new tools – looking further.
 Creative use of iPod Touches
 Co-constructing eLearning activities

Understanding of Roslyn: Integrated with teacher development. Callback day in the Some
school’s teaching holidays to get underway. Topic chosen by teams, action plans written: misunderstood
as inquiry model Russell St: Appreciative model – based on and developing strengths. this question:
Planning framework to refer to. There was
Ashhurst: Focus decided by data collected. Planning framework & confusion
 template. Syndicate support between student
North St: A booklet of steps. inquiry learning
Halcombe: 3 parts to the Teacher Inquiry: ICT, classroom, children’s and Teaching as
learning. Inquiry
Riverdale: Each teams has a different focus

Teacher Inquiry  Roslyn: Teams deciding their own teacher inquiry focus (developing
focus collaboration)
 Russell St: ICTs, eLearning and creativity
 Ashhurst: 3 focuses – writing, numeracy, reading (+ improving
achievement through the use of ICTs
 North St: Teachers choose their own focus
 Halcombe: Junior classes are focusing on lifting achievement in
writing
 Riverdale: Depends on area of the school. Juniors are focusing on
student inquiry, seniors on writing

Specific focuses mentioned were:

 Kindergarten investigation (literacy understandings of 5 years

old)
 Why doesn’t reading meet writing?
 Teaching Inquiry-based learning
 Behaviour management
 Writing
 Using ICTs to drive an improvement in students’ writing

Future eShare Sessions

Gaining…  The next installment in people’s stories Groups deciding

 Develop a relationship – share emails their own
Ideas…  A network of classes and kids – developing collaborative learning agenda?
opportunities
 Contact with colleagues at same level and gathering ideas
 Contact e.g. visiting classrooms
 Deciding agenda for our group’s next session together
 Discussing teachers inquiry learning success
 Discussion forums on the Te Apiti website
 Email suggestions to Lyn
 Chatting time – share ways people are planning
 Sharing progress with teacher inquiry
 Teacher’s doing a mini presentation: ‘A morning in my classroom.’

Focusing  Sharing our class blogs

on…  Ideas for the Manawatu Digi Awards
 Inquiry teaching and how teachers set up/do
Discussing…  Bring things to the group to share and discuss
 Teachers demonstrating how they use a technology (e.g. Smartboard)

Should the Yes: 4

groups stay
the same? No:

Mixed reactions: 1

Other: