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11th March - Our first cluster sharing day, where we provided feedback after the Learning @ Schools Conference in Rotorua.
Below you can read an outline of the feedback from one of the workshops attended by each attendee.
We also have a summary of the presentations we had throughout the day by various businesses promoting their IT products.

Name / School Doug	Conference Workshop Feedback E-Portfollios - Nick Rate A great workshop. Gave me a better idea of what they were. - an electronic record of learning for students, containing all sorts of things - vodeo clips, work in progress, best of, spcial events etc. The cool thing of this is the portfollio could follow the child throughout their entire educational journey. Feedback / feed forward available for invited persons. Can see this happening in our school later on, however drawback being the lack of computers/internet access in homes. Te Reo Maori In English Medium Schools - Patariki Grace, Te Mako Orzecki A most visited site by teachers is TKI, however it can also be the most under-used. The presentation showed teachers how to access resources for Te Reo Maori in English Medium Schools. Once inside teachers are able to find full, indepth lesson plans and presentations that will hugely enable them to deliver Te Re Maori to classes. These plans contain video clips, to support language. This is well worth exploring and you will be suprised at how awesome these rsources are. Creating Records of Learning Using Movies Editing software Using the Windows Movie Maker teachers were shown how to record student's learning in a movie form. The programme is a common and enables student's to compilerecords of learning through movies. This could be used to present work from any curriculum area and stored on a wiki site.
	Paint.net Wordle Twitter
Chicky	Cheryl Doig – Making Change Stick Making use of Internet in school – reason for Gen-I / North Com 61PC - $20,000 all serviced / leased / gifted to community
Graeme	Changed from being a doubter to a converter for computers in classrooms Say it / read it / write it – students are sick of writing just for themselves – love it being shared with others Cooltoolfor schools.com Getting started with Blogs and Wikis Getting tricky with Wiki - FAQs
Robin	Amazing technology Meeting new people from cluster – forming friendships with like minded people John Phelps – Limited ICT resources Laptop / camera / projector Motivator pictures /
Wayne	Rangi - Developing a graduate profile – maori resources on TKI Angela – Marvin – animation – us Wayne - i-Movies – creating own sounds / backgrounds -
Hamish	Building relationships – staff and cluster Lit / Numeracy through IT focus IT empowering students How IT will sustain change – Own school PD day in hols Setting up an observation visit to other schools
Andrew	Dakine.com/blog/resources Process of change – how will it stick Julia Aitken – Knowing your own beliefs and values Teachers time Parents on board Beliefs – attitudes to change
Annie	Cybersmarts online – links to u-tube clips to be safe online Presentation on Wiki – rachelboyd.com Imp. of parents and teachers understanding how to keep safe
Mary	Taken back to classroom, learning with students Hectors World – Imp of digital citizenship Digital literacy – Media Literacy Acknowledging sources I will improve and share
Leeanne	Leadership breakouts 3rd year cluster – Continuously learning – sharing more / work less Moodle – virtual classroom / in the clouds learning
Kate	Tony Ryan – resisters and adapters David Anderson – approaching different groups to get your message across MishMash for Juniors –hands on practical in the classroom resources and ideas – ComicLife – plasq.com Digital stories
Chrissie	Seeing ICT as integrated with Lit / Numeracy Solo Taxonomy – relating the IT to the goals for our students Kids owning their learning
Jane	Tools that we do have we should be exploring and using Engage students and raise achievement Creating a thinking Culture in Your School - understanding others! - Not losing sight of the importance of thinking about thinking - Everyone is a potential genius - What type of thinkers are our students – baseline data
John / Judy – Mimio 10 or more $2100 For March – every 3 will receive a free Mimio pad	Demonstration Etherpad.com – web based word processor Teacher sharing of resources – Mimio Connect One pen at a time Free uploads Student interaction Teacher training – free online / attend workshops Ambientdesign.com –check this website Projector and installation extra – short throw recommended
Sitech	Display computer trolleys / sound systems / data projectors / Sony /microscopes – with USB Port to plug straight into computers / microphones
Cyclone	Martha-Jane – Netbooks / Notebooks Adobe connect free online for conference calls – can view and speak to more than 2 at a time Will quote for lease or buy. Netbooks - $500.00 approx
Gen-I Matthew Bell Suggestion for cluster to complete stocktake of IT Hardware for Gen-I	Using technology - HP Infrastructure In the cloud Wireless / computers Honest / free advice Giving the brass tacks / no shortcuts information Offer – 1 technician for 12 schools – fixed price per annum, 3yr agreement Need infrastructure stock-take All Principals on board Technician - $95 PC +GST plus travel Server - $? +GST plus travel
Activ board Dirk	Promethean boards extremely tough and designed to be durable in school settings USB in laptop to board, pen used onboard doesn’t run on battery. Resources-FAQs, support form. As soon as the school purchase aboard they are urged to become members of the Promethean Planet. There is training with the purchase of the board and it is advisable to download as many flipcharts as you can. Professional Development available, there is an 0800 number which is your first port of call for software issues, Promethean, Open inspire get to a dashboard, double click upgrade button, tool bar down the side that you can use when working with a flipchart, Resource browser comes with the software, My Resources is where you have made or downloaded flipcharts, examples of ways of using the flipchart were shown.
North Com Jenny and Brian www.northcom.co.nz	IT company – Panasonic Cabling / Servers / PBX lines / AV / Wireless - Rucus Work with MOE – cabling / fibre Leasing – Equico / Flexi-rent – education rates Security – virus scanner – tiered security system suitable for each school Updates and support – remote support Managed server prices Technician - $80 PC +GST plus travel Server - $110 +GST plus travel Broadband ADSL 2 coming Brian – Technician $135 hr - works out infrastructure – designs infrastructure / network (consultant) Data centre – hosting from $200.00 per month – Server $299