May+14


 * Suzie Vesper Workshop.** toc

Location:
Bunnythorpe School Morning tea:** 10.00 a.m.
 * Arrive: 8.30 a.m.
 * Lunch**: 12.00 p.m.

**Workshop attendees:**
Ben McCarthy, Hokowhitu School Priscilla Gifford Moore, Hokowhitu School Gollan Grant, Hokowhitu School Fiona vanden Brink, Hokowhitu School Stephen Soutar Awapuni School Raina Te Ture Awapuni School Oron Smith Awapuni School Sarah White Awapuni School Ronald Nolan Central Normal - don't forget lunch kare! Mel Bismark - Tokomaru School Kathy Smith- Cloverlea Janice Martin- Cloverlea Roanne Waretini - Te Kura o Tākaro Peter Rihia-Tāmaki - Te Kura o Tākaro Michael Boddy - Kairanga School

Catering organised.......

http://learningweb2.wikispaces.com/
 * __Learning about Web2 wiki:__**


 * __PLN__** = Personal Learning Network

Google docs: Presentations, forms, documents, drawings, spreadsheets Google Maps Quick introduction to this - we will look at this further this afternoon.
 * __Google docs__** - will we need computer programmes with the free online tools??

[|www.prezi.com] [|www.voicethread.com] - Suzie thinks this is the best! []
 * __Top Web2 tools__** - check out the above wiki - lots of free tools to use to enhance classroom learning and engage students

Encourage students to use Google image search this way so that they can publish elsewhere. Teaching the students about correct etiquette online.
 * __Google image search__** - go to Advanced search - Usage rights - label for reuse

Several teachers have a blog already, some are setting one up right now and are about to enter their first post... Teachers taken through layout, settings, and how to add gadgets to a blog. Michael @ Kairanga showed others how to embed video into a post - great for useful YouTube videos etc.
 * __Blogging__** - group of teachers who want to set up a blog or use their current blog more/better
 * Blogger** - Suzie says this is probably the easiest to use
 * Edublog**
 * Comment moderation** - emails get sent to you before it goes onto the blog, however Suzie says that Point England School does not do this, as it has been found to be a barrier to parents posting comments. They get emails sent to them instead that say a new post has been made, they appear straight away, and they can then check/delete from there.
 * Adding gadgets** lets you add different tools to your blog so that your audience can interact with it more. When you are in 'Customize', you can go into 'Add gadget' and it comes up with a list of 21 different ways of enhancing you blog, for example 'Link List' allows you to add links to websites you like and have them sitting in your sidebar for your students/visitors to go into.

Thanks for the yummy morning tea!

Can be used to create personalised maps, and place links on it including photos and videos. This could be used for local area studies etc. Street view - click on the little yellow man, and drag it to where you want. Some areas have not been photgraphed (I couldn't find my house) but gives an amazing view from the street when it is available. The idea behind using Google Docs is so that you can invite others to what you are doing, and collaborate with them. Suzie showed us how a piece of writing can be done collaboratively, sending it to Peter, so he can come and edit that piece of writing. Students can work on a piece at home and send it to you - may save lugging a lot of books home with you! Suzie said that it is important that schools have a Google account, as children under 13 years old canot have one, so the school needs to create one. If you want to know more, go to http://learningweb2.wikispaces.com/Everything+Google
 * __Google Tools__**
 * Google Maps** - used in the classroom already - Ben said he has used for cross-country tracking.
 * Google Alerts** - emails you sites to visit about a specific topic - good if you are doing current events or a specific unit of work.
 * Google Reader** - Allows you to keep track of multiple blogs all at once - shows you what you have read already so you don't have to visit every blog you follow.
 * Google Earth**
 * iGoogle** - landing page for yourself on the Internet - like a visual bookmark
 * Google Groups** - set up discussion boards with others
 * Google Forms** - Suzie talked about how different people have used this application - spreadsheets, forms etc
 * Google Docs** - Suzie showed us 'My Drawings'. Make a drawing, can create a drag and drop activity. Students can create activities themselves and have their peers do them. 'My Presentations' - presentations on how to use different things.
 * Google Apps for Education** - takes you through what you need to do to set-up step-by-step.

Check out Muritai School website - they have good examples of how blogging is used by the whole school.

Thanks for the yummy lunch!

Suzie took a group of teachers into a more indepth look at Google Docs.

Was great. I'm now a blogger. KS

A day full of learning. I am now also a blogger. Loved learning about Google. JM