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Sharing by schools on their journey down the ICT highway...
 * Otorohanga Primary
 * Shared wiki use at OPS
 * Junior rooms have activities by reading groups which includes the colours and levels of each group to make clear links for our parents and students.
 * Some groups have activities from other groups too.
 * Discussed PD that they have undertaken...
 * Teachers use a school wiki to reflect on ICT...This is done weekly at staff meetings and is a quick reflection.
 * Intentions, results, next steps are the headings used for this reflection by staff.
 * These reflections are done by all teaching staff.
 * Gets staff using wiki to reflect and use wikis as part of what we do round here.
 * OPS are using a wiki based day book. This allows for planning ahead and mapping out days, weeks and terms.
 * Room 1 and 8 have a blog... Rm 7 are starting one soon.
 * Wordle has been used...//could use it to share and develop vocabulary. Like Nouns, or something like that...//
 * Hauturu School
 * Has shared how they have come to where they are now.
 * Teachers and students are using ICTs to support and share learning with each other and their communities.
 * Shared examples of how these ICTs have been used. Photostories, powerpoints etc...
 * Using whanau days to mix up and create buddies from kids who may not normally work together or interact in the community..
 * Moving now towards students taking more ownership and developing their skills in using ICT to share and review learning.
 * There has been much learning and teaching about ICTs and how they fit within a learning programme.
 * Kirsty will share these with her BOT with a cup of coffee instead of sharing the regular student achievement graph.
 * As a school Hauturu have decided to use a core of websites...//Smartkiddies and Spelling City//.
 * Nigel shared back from the Hui with Ewan McIntosh.
 * Erroneous Pillars stand in the way of our learning.
 * You will fail..get that straight then go for it. Take the risk and you will learning from it.
 * It is OK to occasionally fail the kids with an experimental pedagogical approach.
 * Learning is changing ones mind...therefore it is OK to change your mind because that is learning.
 * The 100 hour task.
 * do we have desires aspirations ?
 * take 1 day a week for 3 months to achieve your goals...(100 hours). or one hour a day...
 * When giving tasks for student learning constrain it to ensure there aren't too many opportunities for confusion.
 * Yes to retrospective classes and brilliant classes. No to brilliant planning and stink classes.
 * What can we learn from video games?
 * they all have epic goals
 * winning may not be easy but it is always possible.
 * you have to fail to win
 * kids can develop pedagogical goals if we give them a template.
 * Mist (Game discussed)
 * Suzanne shared her thoughts from Ewan too
 * Staff meetings...
 * Do house keeping matters standing up. It takes less time.
 * Then take time to sit back and encourage powerful, meaningful sharing between staff and teams.
 * Mobile phones
 * They have cameras, MP3 recorders...all they need to record their lives as they happen.
 * If you teach kids to use these things usefully then they are less likely to do the other bad stuff they could be doing...
 * Creativity
 * Being creative and un-organised is not useful
 * You need to be organised and creative.
 * Use staff members with these skills together to ensure they actually achieve stuff.
 * Give teachers a chance to go off on their own to have a go.
 * Gaming
 * using games for learning is actually a safe practice...
 * They are high impact and engaging...they teach kids powerful skills. Risk taking problem solving etc...
 * Colleen
 * Shared the work she has been doing at Pirongia School. She discussed the shift in focus from knowledge teaching to developing a deeper understanding.
 * Outlined the difference between superficial and deep understandings.
 * Discussed how we work to develop understandings in our students.
 * Left handouts for people to take.
 * Next milestone...everyone will need to be able to log in to Google.docs to ensure we are able to contribute to our milestone.