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By: imelda judge

imelda judge — Sat, 23 May 2009 13:44:50 +0000

Thanks paralleldivergence! Yes I have used jeopardy too. Oldie but goodie for ICT newies!! And yes Denise , so true. HTs have an essential role. They must be the pivotal enthusiast and in many staff situations this will be a common prob.Those that do have to keep on doing and sing quiet success until the others catch on.

By: Denise Lofts

Denise Lofts — Thu, 21 May 2009 11:08:12 +0000

We conducted a number of “technology tasters” last year in SDD term 3. Including, wiki, podcasts, webquests, clickview, connnected classrooms, Tale etc. Term 4 was followed up with Professional Learning Teams x1. This was across faculties. Staff feedback was good. Staff all did the CLAS survey and we looked at the Data. This data is so out of date now. only 6 months down the track. We are creating my own survey on Survey Monkey. We need some baseline data.
@Darcy1968 is spot on with the collaborative list for faculties, however what i am struggling to convince my HTs, how essential their role is to act as a pivotal enthusiast. To ensure this L4L happens, I have a tech team collobarating again tomorrow undertaking their own action learning …they will then be stones in the pond…
I am confident we are going to move quicker than anyone predicts…in 6 months. will we be thinking .. what was all the fuss! Maybe?
PS Hi Lynne

By: Jon Biddell

Jon Biddell — Wed, 20 May 2009 09:42:58 +0000

I was going to get into this discussion, as a parent of two girls, but what I have to say would probably take several pages.

I will point the forum to my blog after I have completed my musings…:-)

By: Andrew FitzSimons

Andrew FitzSimons — Wed, 20 May 2009 07:43:07 +0000

Is good! Imelda is correct.
‘Faculty chat’ is covered in many points , but is both the the hardest to shape and often the most crucial. By the end of 2010 this school may well have 600 laptops on site. We are approaching a moment none of us will ever forget. We must do our utmost to keep the conversation positive: “We are good at learning, we are amongst those who are going to benefit most, we are on the ride of our lives.” etc, etc. In some schools the staff room conversation will be the other, and destructive.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Wed, 20 May 2009 07:25:53 +0000

Faculties might need to agitate for software to be included in the SOE. The netbooks could be locked down to the point where software installation at the school level is not possible. The Microsoft and Adobe applications that will ship with the netbooks may not meet all requirements of some faculties.

By: Troy

Troy — Wed, 20 May 2009 06:44:57 +0000

Yes, good professional practice, what is stopping us then?? An individual here and there isn’t good enough…What is “too hard”? Changing reluctant and skeptical teachers’ attitudes. Concur.

By: paralleldivergence

paralleldivergence — Wed, 20 May 2009 03:09:39 +0000

What is “too hard”? Changing reluctant and skeptical teachers’ attitudes.

By: darcymoore

darcymoore — Wed, 20 May 2009 00:43:38 +0000

As some of my colleagues have pointed out there is nothing in this list that is ‘unusual’ – it is just good professional practice.

What’s your perception?

What is ‘too hard’ here?