Ideas+for+meeting+24th+Oct

**Northland HG mtg 24 Oct 08**
Beth Yaron Judy Stephen Marcelle Nigel - morning only
 * Maungatapere hosting school**
 * // Attending // **

9am - Welcome 9.15am
 * // Agenda //**

> > (An open invitation sits for you to join this HG team - where you are able to - in 2009 :-)
 * __Kathe__** - Admin business / __**[|HG Survey]**__
 * [|Milestones and Variations] - Links in ICT PD online - Google doc (template)
 * Variation rigor re Implementation programmes (Outcomes and 'Impact of' as opposed to a checklist and task orientated doc)
 * Dates & timeframes in T4 - ICT PD Term 3 newsletter - Listserve Marg
 * Time 4 Celebration (invitation to contribute)
 * Payment schedules - Forwarded last night
 * AC feedback in Term 3 / Purpose - Usefulness?
 * AC in Term 4 - Need? / Timing?
 * HG mtg dates for 2009 - T1: L@S / F2F T2: HG mtg Friday 8th May - Ngunguru (MS3,7 due June 5th )T3: AC mtgs ULearn (Auckland) T4: HG mtg Friday 23rd October - Matakohe
 * We lose Pamapuria at the end of the year :-(


 * __Nigel__** - Here is my contribution to the sharing session.

10:30: Morning Tea

__**Beth**__ - Survey monkey and/or Voice Thread
 * __Stephen__** - Report on ULearn 08
 * __Marcelle__** - Overview of our Webquests work with our lead teachers
 * Click Here to take survey**

12:00- Lunch

- Zoho.com creator Click here to see our cluster survey. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5s5EvhHy7eQ**
 * __Yaron__** - Kristal Audio (making an audio reader)
 * Wii Remote. Has web address at end of video.

NOTE: Will also forward these in a doc - should you choose to on-share with your management teams
 * // Notes (to be attached) //**

**Northland HG mtg**
__**Venue**:__ Maungatapere Primary - Whangarei __**Date:**__ 23.10.08 __**Participants**__: Judy, Yaron, Nigel, Stephen, Beth, Marcelle, Kathe

__//** Session 1 **//__
**Kathe – Admin** • __**MS & Variations**__ – refer to the links & supporting notes / Open forum being trialled by Pamapuria & Manaia View (for ease of gathering the data for all contributors - as opposed to retrospectively) • __**Variation rigor**__ – Address both your MS & variation at the same time. Your Implementation Programme (the old Action Plan) needs to be strongly linked from your Variation and be OUTCOME based as opposed to OUTPUTs based ie. IMPACT of…. / How has this shifted….. / Benefits from….. • __**ICT Term 3 newsletter**__ – forwarded by Marg through the listserve (Double check dates, upcoming events etc) • __**Fortnightly ICT PD newsletters**__ – forwarded by our online editor – Angela Page (Do forward to ANYONE who is not receiving this) This is now open to the public so all school staff should be viewing these • __**AC in term 3 feedback**__ – Useful / Timely / Handy having a google doc agenda visible and ‘live’ throughout the discussion / was almost like having a F2F mtg ☺ / Worthwhile • __**Term 4 AC’s**__ – feel free to request an AC this term should you wish. Possibly before (or after) submitting your Variation and MS for the end of the year? • __**Time4Celebration**__ – Fill in the invitation template when submitting your contribution to this online theme/conference • __**HG mtg dates for 2009**__ Term 1 = L@S Conference = 1 x F2F mtg Term 2 = HG mtg – Wk.2 – Friday 8th May @ Ngunguru = MS3,7 – due June 5th Term 3 = ULearn Conference = AC mtgs Term 4 = HG mtg – Wk.2 – Friday 23rd October @ Matakohe • __**Pamapuria 3rd year**__ – Log in the HG mtg dates for 2009 and where possible, call in ☺ Thanks for your contribution to this team and best wishes from us all

**Nigel – Wordle** • What is a Wordle? – A cloud of words, that shows the frequency of words used, in a visually appealing format (Great for highlighting key points, summarizing) • Can capture and add images • In celebrating our 10 years in NZ – Wrote a whole lot of words about NZ – why we came – thoughts about – reflections on and built these in to awordle • To highlight a particular word – we needed to cut n’ paste this many times so that this was foremost in our end product • Ability to change font / colour etc • Able to edit the page – similar functionality to Word • NOTE: This gallery is NOT monitored so be wary when opening up for students to utilize • Can print – print to pdf and save it that way OR…..take a screen shot and save this • url – paste in to html area • Use the TV screen (the web window) - on the toolbar – re html (double click in this space shows the html) able to change the size re width 100 can be adjusted • Can replace – http://wordle.net/gallery • Possibilities in the classroom….. - History: What were the most important facts from this piece – in summarizing, create a wordle to highlight your learning - English: To remember various questions – take out the key words and put them in to a wordle - English: A summative of brainstorming / learning / visual references - ICT: Staff activity – thoughts and feelings: Note the 1st 10 phrases that come to mind (These were then forwarded to a central laptop and logged in the number of times mentioned and then on-shared so that in a visual format, all could see what were the most prominent thoughts from the group) A good way to summarise, highlight and then target for future planning (NOTE: Can’t co-construct from different laptops) - School visioning – All staff log in their thoughts and then ‘Wordled’ to see what are the most important factors for this group - Staff - Common school ideas - Most frequently used phrases - Staff ‘Managing Self’ – what key words come up for this KC most often? - About me – all log in words that they would use to describe this person – then collate and each staff member has their own ‘Wordle’ Great for self esteem!

//**Session 2**//
**Stephen – ULearn** • 3 themes: Collaborate / Innovate / Educate • Programmes: Keynotes – should try to get to them all Breakouts – hundreds to choose from but get in early Spotlights – special guests • Spotlights: Joan Dalton: 21st Century tchrs, a shifting landscape ‘Angela’s Ashes’ (Recommended reading) Julia Atkin: Leading for Learning – Learning for leading Greg Gebhert www.itvision.net.au • Twitter: Stephen is ‘pukemara’ A mini blog for all!

// **Faceless perhaps BUT………….NOT anonymous!!** //
• Tching staff were asked to fill in an evaluation for ULearn on a wiki (One person wiped everything!! – go to HISTORY to restore the wiki page) __//**ULearn – Some suggestions**//__ • School credit card • Book flights ASAP & think about insurance • Book accommodation ASAP – think about sharing a room • Stay an extra day for looking around • Go out together for dinner • Pre-book shuttles • Have all phone nos. when booking a big group • Encourage schools to send as many as possible – be creative with your budgets!
 * Video clip**: Do we rely too much on technology? (YouTube – ‘Escalator”)

**Marcelle – Lead tchr team** • http://www.wikispaces.com/user/my/marcellecomins • T4 - Webquests & blogs & wikis • Topic – Celebrations: tasks / Step by step process / Links / Evaluation • Lead tchrs = 8 / supposed to ‘tag’ with the ‘other’ LT half way through the • Wikis – accessibility / time efficient / user-friendly /easy to add video-podcasts • Webquest guidelines re criteria……view the link below / templates • http://www.webquest.org

**Beth – Voice Thread** • http://educationalsoftware.wikispaces.com/VoiceThread (Suzie’s wiki) • An online sharing space – kinda like google doc, but you don’t do a lot of writing • What’s a Voice Thread anyway? • You can put up anything and people can comment on this • Google: voice thread http://voicethread.com/ • Each ‘picture’ represents a person • Ie. Participation can be voice / scribble on the screen / text • Some thoughts; What are some mathematical equations that could have us arriving at the number 10 • Holds your slides – under my voice – can search in the browse to see what others have done

**Beth - Survey Monkey** • Survey Monkey is a free online survey site • If you want to use • Some of Beths surveys – Using the COW / Evalution from the KTR day • Can create your own • The cheap – non-paid for version – you can’t print it so……take a screen shot and save it in that way

**Beth - Highlight** • A free downloadable application • Not overly gorgeous – but does a good job • Handy when presenting to highlight parts of this as you go, using the pen

**Yaron – Zoho** • http://www.zoho.com • Similar to google • Zoho: Creator • Used for registrations – Difference between Survey Monkey & Zoho – Zoho has more options • Can customize to what you like • Fill in areas – it reminds you to fill in the space before moving on • Back end – 5 surveys max (You can create as many logs ins as possible though!) • File upload – will store your survey on the Zoho space • Easy to use / detail you can have in here is not restricted • Analysis – Summary • Can be exported in an Excel format • This is not a survey creator but a FORM creator where you can create a survey

**Yaron - Kristel** • An audio engine – PC only • Inbetween Audacity & Garage band • Recorded page by page • Added in background music / chimes for turning the pages etc • Story reading – the 1st line / Chimes – 2nd line / Background music – 3rd line • FREE • Worth getting in to, to play with!! • Lots of fun • Chn enjoy it • Yaron to consider filling in a ‘Time 4 Celebration’ onine theme re his ‘Music project’ • A Listening Post activity re Jnrs Ready to Read

Yaron offering up his fabulous resource to us!!!!!! Thank you :-)

Places to go to: www.eBestCluster.org website (Planning guides) http://www.goanimate.com/go/studio Great for changing your narrative into a visual __ **Next steps:** __

1. Contribute to **__Time 4 Online__** ☺ (Submit next week)
PS. Have spoken with Angela Page – she will be pulling together all the contributions next week so is more than happy to accept your submissions next week!! Maungatapere – Jenny & Terry – PLEASE! ☺ (Nigel, Beth, Marcelle to follw up 1 person from each of your schools in your clusters?) PLEASE ☺ 2. Gather data for your __**MS & Variations**__ and pull these together before __**Nov 14th**__ 3. If you would like an __**AC this term**__ – do get back to me and/or, forward me some dates that would best suit you