LATS12

From the feedback from the lead teacher meeting today, Kevin Honeycutt's keynote at LATS was the highlight:  media type="custom" key="12825778" __//** Pukekohe Hill School **//__ **__ Top Tips for being the best teacher/leader you can be: __ __ Tanya Thompson __** - Rick de Kock
 * __Learning at School 2012 - Hamilton__**
 * **__ We are all learners __** : Change the school culture by being aware that we are all learners. Be ready to admit where you are and ask for help. I am also a learner. How can you help me? Tell me what I’m doing wrong so that I can learn. Allow people to try new things and accept failures may/will occur. Surround yourself with positive people.
 * **__ Teacher Voice __** : Give teachers a chance to speak.
 * Don’t swamp teachers with too much professional reading. Collegial discussions are really good. Visit other classrooms/schools.
 * What do you want done to improve your ICT teaching? Collect data?
 * We are all learners and we can teach each other so much.
 * Share your findings with : other colleagues, students, parents, the wider community
 * Teachers/leaders need to be supported when modifying their practice.
 * Teachers are there for the **outcome** and not the **income**!!
 * In class we have groups……why not do it in the staff meetings. Have different groups working on different things at the same time. Rotate if necessary…..2 groups per session? **__Weeks:__** 1; 3; 6; 9 used as **professional dialogue** time. It can be done offsite if needed.

If we teach today as we did yesterday, we rob our children of tomorrow. Report from LAS 2012 by Heather Murray __Report by Niki Poirier__:- Hill School

Contact e-mail nataliei@everglade.school.nz Try using computers for practical use let the children use it. and write about it
 * __ Practical ideas in classroom __**
 * __ Reading __**
 * inference riddles
 * difference with b and d
 * creating words with letters
 * digital camera for follow up activities on books
 * reading to the camers
 * easi speak – can record their voices on the microphone and used it on wiki
 * use the microphone to retell a story.
 * __ Writing __**
 * doink.com
 * face in photos see link
 * story starters spin the wheel
 * scholastics story starter
 * use u-tube for funny talking points
 * [|www.aniboom.com]
 * photos from google search funny pictures
 * create your wild self to spark off writing
 * video something that happened at school eg snow
 * taking photos of work done on the chalkboards
 * __ Maths __**
 * number id on power point numbers before, after, what number is this quick easy way to do counting
 * website for concepts see wiki
 * what thing is heavier, shortest, longest etc name on it and take a photo of it.
 * position get children to say what position they are and video this
 * shapes find a shape on a card and take a photo of it
 * symatry use broken off pictures and a mirror to complete the picture and take a photo.

Put resourses onto the wiki and use the links from other wikis nikif@everglade.school.nz __ Report by: Alison Tod - Hill School __
 * __Effective e- Learning: How to get started integrating technology with teaching and learning__.**


 * **e-Learning is important for our students.**
 * **However e-Learning must be appropriate.**
 * **It must facilitate or support the learning.**
 * **Technology supports content and pedagogy.**


 * The following websites may be useful reading to give support to this.**


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 * interface worksite - enabling e- learning**


 * The teaching and learning e- learning draft is useful for one to reflect to see where they are working and to see where they are heading.**

__ Practical Ideas and e-Organisation in Real Classrooms __ Nathalie and Nikki from Everglade school are two young teachers who implement eLearning into their classroom activities in every possible way.
 * //__ R __//**//__ eport back of ICT Conference 2012 by Natalie Scott – Hill School __//

They incorporate the use of eLearning into their daily planning, which I thought was a great idea to get me thinking more of how to use ICT. I could list ideas and incorporate them each week.

They use // easy speak //quite a lot. It is a way for children to retell what they have read. They can also use this to read aloud and listen and conference with the teacher at another time.

// Digital or Flip cameras //can also be used in this way. It can be used in Maths to capture what children are doing in their group. They can also explain the strategies they are using to complete the maths task while being recorded.

Flip cameras can also be used in writing. They record pictures of the process and then read out the instructions. Other children then follow each instruction and see if it is clear and accurate. E.g. gymnastics move how to brush teeth.

Youtube clips may be used to initiate discussion and then write about. E.g. Panda sneeze. It can also be used to demonstrate recipes that children view and then make.

Use visual aids for children to write captions- could be an extra activity.

It was both inspiring and daunting to see what is out there, but I would like to begin by using these ideas and also putting the children’s work onto the class Wiki for parents to see.

Learning@School Conference Report Helen Zhou – Hill School [|http://cummunity.core-ed.org] By Nathalie Irvine & Nikki Filipo from Everglade School Emails: nathaliei@everglade.school.nz, nikkif@everglade.school.nz Useful Links: [|www.spellingcity.com] [|www.studyladder.com], good for Maths strands
 * Breakout 1: Practical Ideas and eOrganisation in Real Classrooms **

[|www.inferenceriddles.com], good for Reading [|www.createyourwildself.com], photos By Judi Buckley & Pam Seath Power Points can be found at:
 * Breakout 2: We’re switched on and doing it! **

http://ecompetencies.wikispaces.com http://weareswitchedonanddoingit.wikispaces.com Useful Links: [|www.youblisher.com], create a book [|www.snapfish.com], create an album By Lyn Ross Contacts: lynrossnz@gmail.com, [|www.wanganuicluster.co.nz] [|www.teapiti.co.nz] [|www.ebest.co.nz] Power Points can be found at:
 * Breakout 3: Develop a Thinking Toolbox: Thinking Skills, Strategy and Planning Ideas **

www.lynross.wikispaces.com By Rachel Boyd from Waiuku Primary School, [|www.rachelboyd.co.nz] -website, resources, presentation can be found at: [] Useful Links for cool pictures: [|http://newspix.nzherald.co.nz], [|www.nationalgeographic.com] [|www.time.com/time/potw/] [|www.bbc.co.uk/news/in_pictures/] [|www.flickr.com], 5-frame storytelling?
 * Breakout 4: Creating Shutterbugs: Digital Photography in the Primary Classroom **

REPORT LEARNING IN SCHOOLS FROM KEITH BUCKLAND SCHOOL

Breakout One : Using the Mimio Spent most of the time using the tool called 'Mimio Vote' This tool helps in It is compapatible with Microsoft powerpoint. This tool adds to any clas discussion and thinking.. Good fun to use.
 * Tracking progress through instant feedback.
 * Download student results into spreadsheets.
 * Ensuring student accuracy since only appropriate answers light up.

Breakout Two : Marina Views Television Studio Using the programme __Visual Communicator 3 (Can be downloaded from Adobe)__ The children from Marina View School produced a news programme for the school twice a week. Importing script, images, movie clips. The whole school was involved in providing interviews and news clips from their classrooms. It was obvious that the children enjoyed using this programme. Colin Gover the teacher incharge is happy to have teachers visit the school to view the studio at work.

Breakout Four :The New Microsoft Learning Suite The session looked at the programmesavailable in the Microsoft Learning Suite. Some of the better programmes were:
 * 1 to 1 Classroom Guides ( Digital management, Reflective Learning, Shaping my thinking, Case studies).
 * Kodu Game- making own games.
 * Maths worksheet generator.
 * World Wide Telescope- Good for space studies.
 * Additional education tools and web links.