8th+May

**Our 1st mtg** needs a slot for MS writing The rest of the day can be co-constructed for your purposes/needs/wants/requests!! Although these days are primarily for the Project Directors and Facilitators of your cluster, do feel free to shoulder tap others within your cluster to come on your behalf, or with you! My thinking is - the more the merrier! It's always good too, to get some teachers sharing their ICT PD journeys in their classrooms with us?!?? The Northland facilitators - Yaron, Beth - and up until this year Marcelle - have always co-constructed the agenda for the day We will most likely, continue in this vein At this very early stage..... 9-9.30 Arrival, coffee and introductions 9.30 - 10.30 MS writing and queries 11-12.30 Cluster sharing.... 1.30-2.30 PD... The above is VERY **draft** and VERY **fluid**!!
 * __8th of May @ Nunguru School, Whangarei__** ( Venue changed )
 * Initial agenda**

**__ 8th of May @ Manaia View School __**
Revised programme for the day
 * What's on Top
 * Cluster update
 * MS discussions
 * Cluster rubrick
 * Programme checklist
 * ictdigitallearners wiki
 * Kathe, Yaron, Beth (PM -** Kathe to Glenbervie School**)

Updated agenda:**


 * 1.** __** What's on Top **__ (1 = Ugly to 4 = Fabulous)
 * Yaron:**
 * **Poriti**: **Re PD ( 1 ) due to personnel issues. Yaron's time is usually technically inclined as opposed to PD with tchrs and students.** A few issues - Poriti lost their Principal. The BOT took away her release time so that she could get back in to her classroom to sort her class out. The Jnr teacher left. A reliever came in, she had a breakdown. Another tchr has been covering. The ex Principal returned and was preferred over Deb (the current Principal). Deb therefore, resigned. The 'acting' Principal has yet to accept the Principal job. Have not moved at all. A building up-grade has been brought in and so too 'Internet'!! Now sorting a server. __Forward looking__: Data projector PD
 * **One tree Point**: **The skype prog has hooked this staff in ( 3 )** Infrastructure has fallen over so they're really unhappy. Skype - how can you use skype in the classroom? is it useful? This fell over when the internet fell over. Next week due for a review but, not too much has been able to go on due to the lack of connectivity however, have already seen that ear phones to cut out the surrounding class news is a good tip. How else can this programme be used aside from personal use and buddy reading.........news, animation
 * **Ruakaka: Keen ( **** 4 ) **Really going ahead. Active Boards are on the go. Whatever you give them, they lap it up. Really easy
 * **Waipu: Doing pretty well. ( 3 )** PD wise - a little slow. Usually a Staff wide PD session. Then they are released 1:1 fortnihtly to meet with Yaron. Jnr school one week and then Snr school alternate. Stil some reluctant users however, those with Smart Boards are really moving
 * **Portland: They are hungry for learning ( 4 )** LT's mother has been ill so she is working alternate weeks. She has since relinquished her LT role. The new one coming in is keen. Smart Boards
 * **Maungatapere: Terry - LT is on to it. ( 3-4 )**. ICT has gone in to their appraisal system. From this, the progressions in to classroom practice and every day use is becoming more and more seamless. Projectors in every room. A new classroom has been built. ICT integration developing.
 * 1) __**MANAGEMENT mtgs:**__ These are proving really useful. Network audits. Part of their PD is about understanding their infrastructures - and not just the ICT either. 5YP money is starting to come through so they are all considering what they may need to focus on in the next 5 yrs to cope with the changes most likely in technologies. Mtgs are had once a term - as one group and also, informally.

1. The tchrs cab choose what they themselves are professionally looking in to ie. If they want to involve Keynote in to their daily practice - then they can. Or.....if they want to infuse garageband 2. This is what I did / This is what I found / This is what my students are doing 3. A six month period 4. Teachers present back to staff 5. Their presentations are put on the school wiki :-) 6. How do they know what they want to research????? - Firstly, an Inquiry Model was shared - The process was further shared in a 1:1 session - Inquiry is part of the appraisal system - ie. How can I integrate ICT in to my Literacy programmes? / Whatever their area of interest is, to be a springboard for their Inquiry (Taking them from their position of comfort, to an area of dis-comfort / the big '6'.. / Time together might be supporting the staff through the research part of the big 6
 * Beth:**
 * June 12th - a Cluster Management Day. Fiona Grant has been invited up to share with the LT's what her role is with Digistore. The other half of the day on Inquiry. Manaia have trialled a staff drive with Inquiry. Huripaki and Otaika have picked this up to trial in 2009. Keen for all the cluster schools to pick this up.
 * Positives**: (Re School wide Inquiry)
 * **All Principals are really involved :-)**
 * Hectors World - Cluster have been directed to use this programme
 * Two of my schools are Trevor Bond schools. They have a definite focus and structure


 * **Hikurangi**: **High staff turnover** On to their 3rd LT in the year and a half that they have been on the contract. Finally - the DP is now the LT - which makes sense!! In the last 18 months - 5 new staff (Last year was the make do-ey year / This year a Curriculum year and then what ICT technologies can be utilised here) Staff turnover a big challenge
 * **Huripaki: Spent their whole 1st term without internet.** The big challenge - staff are enthusiastic but a little challenged because they don't have the gear. fabulous . Principal trying very hard to find the funds to update equipment. She is very positive about elearning! KRT's there - x2. One does the action, one does the paperwork
 * **St. Francis: On the whole, making excellent progress.** A structured school. They have included an eLearning component in to their planning. Big umbrella focus this year is Curriculum integration. A generalised template... - Curric mapping approach. Getting more gear. 8 tchrs in one go are going on a bus tour. Using their $$ creatively to ensure the PD has breadth.
 * **Manaia View: 5 new staff this year** Some newies are at the email stage. Directive that ALL classrooms with have either a blog or wiki. Some have flown and are being really generous with their on-sharing of their knowledge to those less knowledgeable. The selling point is - the enthusiasm and engagement of the students. Using these as a free LMS. Topic links, Numeracy links, Literacy, Educational games and activities. Brag point of sharing all of your stuff
 * **Otaika: Have had over 50% of their staff through the Apple tours.)** They have now seen and know - what good looks like :-) They are doing really well. They have picked up on the Inquiry.
 * **Matakohe: A fab little school.** They have flung themselves totally in to this contract. What is happening in the classrooms is really good.


 * 2.** **__Cluster update suggestions__**


 * Sqirlz Morph** - this morphs photos into another photo
 * Wrote their poems
 * Chose all their pictures off the net
 * Took a photo of themselves
 * Morphed using the programme
 * A video file then goes into movie maker
 * Add the music at the end


 * Whangarei Area Cluster Share Day**
 * Thursday the 23rd of April
 * Angie Simmons was our Keynote
 * Started at 9am - 2.30pm
 * Morning tea was covered
 * A pot luck lunch was micro-managed by Beth
 * A programme and timetable was visible for all
 * Zoho creator was used to make online registrations - all tchrs therefore had to do this BEFORE the end of the termhave
 * After a ceiling of 14 per breakout, the breakout was closed
 * 21 learning opportunities were available
 * 90 delegates
 * Staff therefore were able to have 1 x Keynote and 3 x workshops
 * wiki: whangareiareacluster.wikispaces
 * Marcelle Commins (Former PF from the Glenbervie Lead Cluster in Whangarei)
 * All LT's presented
 * ALL LT's were thankful that they had been strongly driven into presenting!! (Affirmed for them their learning and knowledge)
 * Online survey monkey was used to gather evidence re feedback from the conference

- **Finances**: __**Not**__ a 'given' that your underspend will automatically roll over in to the next year - **Exiting**: Funding is no longer available for an exiting survey however......a paper copy can be used, free of charge (though the time it would take to collate, analyse, summarise, compare and then feedback in to your MS, would take a good week for someone to do. For $1 000.00?? CORE is available to administer this for you - **Variation writing**: Reason/rationale for the Variation needs to be made very clear (Share financial tables to date?)

- Supporting notes
 * 3.** **__MS discussion points__**

- Outcomes / impact from the L@S Conference - Identified Cluster goals that will be fed back in to this MS report (NOTE: The final MS of the year will be requesting you to feedback on all 5 National goals) - No school reports requested in this MS - As soon as this MS is signed off, bring your goals to the forefront and keep referring tio these, highlight thee with each of your schools - Set up your MS in to a google doc ASAP

- Requested by MoE that a rubrick be constructed for.....a self assessment tool, mentoring reference log, monitoring check - Still in draft form
 * 4.** __**A cluster rubrick to share**__


 * 5.** __ **Programme checklist** __ (attached file)


 * 6. __ AC Application form for 2009 __**

**Lytton Primary** - **Ange Armstrong-Lush**
 * 7.** __**Feilding Project facilitator's wiki**__ : http://ictdigitallearners.wikispaces.com/
 * Rationale**: To create a space that will share exemplars of what teachers/facilitators are doing out there re ICT
 * aiming to encourage educators to come in and view, contribute, share, learn
 * am encouraging our LT's to think of ICT as the vehicle to/for the learning
 * some exemplars
 * a collaborative workspace
 * if contributors have examples - invited to place works up here
 * //Invitation for all/everyone to request to join this wiki (and then Ange will accept your request) so that you can add to this space//**