Lead+Teacher+Meeting+20+February+2012


 * Lead Teacher Meeting - Monday 20 February - Awapuni School **

Those in attendance: Michael, Janice, Kathy S, Ronald, Trevor, Mark, Kathy L, Martin, Alana, Raina & Mel. Apologies from: Ben.


 * 1. Welcome** - Thank you to Awapuni School for hosting us today. A reminder that lunch is BYO.


 * 2. Changes -** Welcome to Mark and Kathy from Central Normal School who have joined the staff as Lead Teachers this year. Our area facilitator, Nick Rates, has taken a postion as principal at Kumeroa/Hopelands School (West of Woodville). Our new area facilitator is [|__Tara Fagan__] . We look forward to working with Tara this year. Wendy is acting principal at Hokowhitu School. Kevin is now the director of the cluster.


 *  3. Timetable 2012 - **
 * A reminder that the __cluster google calendar__  can be seen on the wiki. Email __Michael__  with times for visits (2 per term, 1 in term 4)
 * A __timetable for 2012__  is now on the wiki, outlining the important dates so far for the year.


 *  4. Cluster Goals for 2012 - **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">__ICTPD Goals__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> for 2012 can be found on the wiki. Use these in conjunction with the <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">__Blank ICT Action Plan__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> document to show how your school goals align with the cluster and national goals - due on the cluster wiki by **31 March 2012**.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">These goals will be recorded as pages on the cluster wiki, so that schools can upload and link to events as they happen.


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> 5. Implementation of Programme 2012 - **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">This <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">__programme__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">outlines exactly what we plan to do to meet the cluster goals (and how the money is being spent). This programme comes from the variation report written at the end of last year.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> **6. Lead Teacher Sharing -** we will share these ideas throughout the day.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Mrs Mel B's Class Blog__] || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Math Resource Studio__] || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Downloadable - Math programme - teacher can make what they like. I have been using this for quick basic facts so far - || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Check out our use of it here: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Room 1 Self Portraits__] || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Another slideshow presentation thing - good for blogs. ||
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Please choose a cell to write in. Use a different <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">c <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff9900; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">o <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #00ff00; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">l <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #4a86e8; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">o <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #9900ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">u <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff00ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">r <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">if you choose. Please share an ICT idea or link that you have tried, or plan to try, with your class this year. ||
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Kathy S- || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Promethean Planet__] || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Have had only limited access to this and want to really get the most out of it. ||
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">ICT Blog - The 5th Wall || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Have developed a school blog in conjunction with Janice. Want to develop this to be a working blog that sets out our guidelines for the use of ICT and is used for on-going development. ||
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #00ff00; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Janice M || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #00ff00; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Wikispaces || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #00ff00; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Create and develop a wiki which hopefully will include project pages. ||
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #00ff00; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Blog || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #00ff00; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Develop school maths blog ||
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__thinkuknow__] || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Cybersafety link - aged grouped ||
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Mel - Tokomaru School
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__PictureTrail__] || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Slideshow presentation tool. Lots of styles. ||
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Smilebox__]
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Classroom Solutions__] || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Our senior class is using this site for a weekly quiz. ||
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Paper Critters__] || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I have had this link saved to my favs for a term or so - I want my class to use this - just have to find a way to fit it in... ||
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Lego Designer__] || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Lego digital designer - really neat site - downloadable programme - takes awhile but worth it! ||
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Sweet Home 3D__] || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">3D design studio. ||
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Little Bird Tales__] || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Story building tool for kids. ||
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Kideos__] || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Online videos that are age apropriate - different tabs for different age levels. ||
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Into the Book__] || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Various reading strategies for students and teachers to explore. ||
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Martin || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__junior maths__]

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Woodlands school - lots of links__]

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__crickweb__] || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">s <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">ome cool maths resources here

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">especially the interactive hundred board - suitable for all levels - check <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">it out! on crickweb || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Free Apps for tablets: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff9900; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">iFlashcards Free <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Dropwords <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff9900; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Teacher’s Class behaviour log <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #351c75; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">NZ bird Gallery <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff9900; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Nz Fauna <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">QR droid || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Inner Kennard coming in tomorrow to get Yr6’s and 1 yr5 and 4 up and running
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Martin || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Longburn now has 6 droid tablets -

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Anyone else using tablets or thinking of getting them? || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Room 2 blog__] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Awapuni School blog__] || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #9900ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Google docs - <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Staff minutes__]
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #9900ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Raina - Awapuni ROX

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Digital Citizenship units__] || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #9900ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Staff & management meetings are now uploaded to ‘Google docs’ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #9900ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Term timetable is uploaded as well

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #9900ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Using this for our inquiry unit || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff00ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Room 19 Blog__] || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff00ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__PhotoPeach__] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff00ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> - fantastic slide presentation tool <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff00ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Picassa__] ||
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff00ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Kathy L
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #7f6000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Ronald || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__VOKI__] || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">voki is a free service that creates online avatars that can easily be uploaded to your blog or wiki space. ||
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Michael || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Voice Thread__] || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Apply to be a VT Educator - this allows you to have 50 voicethreads instead of 3! Also, you can add identities for each child in your class. ||
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Google Doc Photo of the Day__] || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Instructions on how to create a google presentation to embed on your blog or wiki - add a photo a day and it updates automatically on your blog or wiki. ||
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Mark || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">__Getting Tricky with Wikis__ || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">How to guides for improving your Wikispace ||
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Trevor || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #4a86e8; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">QR codes

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #4a86e8; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Continue to develop Curriculum based blog || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Using these in classrooms and around our school. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__www.qrstuff.com__]

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">As part of Maths support programme. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__www.centralmathsstars.blogspot.com__] ||
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Alana || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__iSolution__]

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__sqworl__] || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">No longer using Ultranet

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Links to a variety of webpages. ||
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">MARTIN || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">google reader || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">good source of reading and keeping up with news - subscribe via RSS feed to favourite blogs etc ... ||


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> 7. Virtual Learning Network - **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Lead Teachers and Principals joined up to the <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__VLN__] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> last year.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Originally, we were only using this space as a place to share our cluster reflections (we will still use our cluster group space for this purpose).
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">This year’s reflections will be collated by each Year Level Group, relating to goal 1 (Students will become Successful Digital Citizens) and summarising their results (recorded on the cluster wiki)
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Since the beginning of last year the VLN has grown into the NZ space for connecting teachers and wider educational specialists. It is a space for educational interest groups to be created (not just ICT based) and for ideas and opinions to be shared. The VLN is the interactive space behind TKI, <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Software for Learning, Digistore,__] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> etc.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Online professional development opportunities are shared on the VLN, eg. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Enabling e-Learning__]
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Current practices and Professional Readings are shared on the VLN.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">This year we will be requiring all of our teachers to become a member of the VLN (as well as our cluster wiki), with the minimum requirement of joining a couple of interest groups, reading what other people are saying and adding their own voice to a group.

<span style="background-color: transparent; display: block; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"> **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">How could we introduce the VLN to our staff? ** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Initially collaborate on on a group discussion of mutual interest - eg for us the use of tablets and other mobile devices in the classroom.o - Do need to make sure every has their own account. ||
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">MARTIN - Have a 10-15 min slot focused on VLN - currently one SM a term is ICT focussed -
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #783f04; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Ronald- Due to the large number of staff members at our school, I will be suggesting to the other lead teachers that we begin in our teaching teams to be able to introduce and give them time to explore etc. ||
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Mel - I would introduce this at a staff meeting - I would show them my own profile etc and the groups that I have joined and why.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I don’t think I would get anyone to join up straight away as it took awhile to get their heads around the cluster wiki so it might be confusing for them to start with.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Brainstorm what they would be interested in learning more about eg: Digital Citizenship (as this is a focus this year for us) and check out whether there are any resources on the VLN that would be useful then refer them to it to spark some interest. ||
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Introduce it at a staff meeting. Link a VLN to the blog relating to a topic i.e cybersafety and as a result the teachers would have to become a member at the time. ||
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0b5394; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">After familiarising myself with the VLN and understanding the importance of it, I would then model to staff how I use it and explain why I use it. This could be done as an overview at Staff meeting then working in Teams or in Professional Learning Groups create accounts and explore the site further. ||
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Introduce in staff meeting - discuss why we will use it e.g. A learning network for 21st Century learning support for any questions & answers they are not sure of. Allow teachers to view it and then decide as a staff how might it benefit us for our teaching. ||
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I think it would be most effectively introduced at a staff meeting and with perhaps directed groups to join initially so that everyone was supported initially. Then its use could become part of team discussions and part of the Lead Teacher work with individuals. ||
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">We have introduced this to the staff last year and some of the staff are already logged in VLN and are using it to get ideas. For the others that are not on it yet, we will be aiming to get htem logged in and to start using this to help with their project this year. ||
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Depending on what each team has identified as their Teacher Inquiry goal, they can join an appropriate VLN guided by their Lead Teacher ||


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> 8. Student Leader Workshops - **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Having Student Leaders within our schools is vital to us sustaining the cluster at the end of the year.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">This year we would like students to attend workshops, network between schools, tutor students and teachers back at their own schools and lead workshop(s) at our cluster conference.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">We discussed (LT’s last year and Principals last week) year 5 students (could be a year 6 if they come from a full primary) attending workshops to learn new skills, share ideas from their own schools and network with other students once a term (week 5 of each term) - First Workshop will be next week - **Tuesday 28 February, from 9:30-2:30** at Kairanga School, led by Michael.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">A Student Leader Page will be added to the cluster wiki to share their learning.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Digi Awards

<span style="background-color: transparent; display: block; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"> **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">What would we like our Student Leaders to learn about? ** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Things to learn about: Digital Citizenship, quality comments, quality video/photography, may need some time on how best to share ideas with other students - leadership, listening, questioning etc. ||
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Build a network within the student body of our cluster schools. Could they maybe build a resource bank that other students can access. ||
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Student Wiki. Wiki where student leaders can share their ideas and experiences with others. ||
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Mel - Link what they are learning about to our cluster goals so they can take that back to their school. I would think that whomever has expertise in the area we need them to learn about would teach them - teachers or students.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">A music video, photography, animation, green screening, ||
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Discussions about Digital Citizenship leading to a shared understanding. ||
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Within their wiki give some ideas of web 2 tools that are best to use for different purposes. ||
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Develop a set of common guidelines for student voice in the cluster. ||
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Set up collaborative framework - them we need to provide time for them to collaborate - focus on learning not social ||


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> 9. Teacher Year Level Meetings - **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">This came about from feedback last year about buddy teachers (and classes) and making sure teachers have an authentic context to collaborate on.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Teachers will meet in Year Levels; Junior, Middle, Senior.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Teachers will have a chosen aspect, involving ICT, they would like to do a teacher inquiry into.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Like-minded teachers will collaborate on their teacher inquiries with other teachers from within their year level <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">(Approved allowances may be made for those teachers who are already collaborating digitally with other teachers and classes so they are not doubling up on practices they are already involved in).
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Teacher Year Level Pages will be set up on the cluster wiki to record progress.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Year Level Meetings will take place in week 8, in Term 1 and 3 (Term 2 is the Conference - time will be set aside on this day).

**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">TEACHER INQUIRY: **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The Management Team would like us to think about: **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">What do we need to do to prepare our teachers for the first meeting - Tuesday 20 March, from 3:30-4:45 (replaces a staff meeting)


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Topic needs to be Curriculum-based not ICT based. ICT is the tool to facilitate the learning. The context could include:

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Reading <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Writing <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Oral Language <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Phonics <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Numeracy <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Special Needs <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Te Marautanga a Kura <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Digital Citizenship <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Inquiry Learning <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Other || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">- Ensure they have heard about/accessed VLN so they have the support network there to access to help out their inquiry process; <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">- Ensure that the teachers have a clear idea of what their inquiry is going to be exploring eg: at Tokomaru School we are focusing on surface features for writing. An inquiry may focus on what ICT tools could be used to support teaching and learning within this area; <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">- More knowledge about what teacher inquiry is. ||
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Mel
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Ensure staff are prepared to share and collaborate with others ||
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">On wiki pages, have teacher inquiry topics already listed with spaces for teachers to add their name ||


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Where will the 3 Year Level Meetings take place?


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Junior 0-3 || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Cloverlea School <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">- Trevor, Kathy S, Alana ||
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Middle 3-5 || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">__Central Normal School__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">__-__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Kathy L Ronald, Michael, Martin, Mel ||
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Senior 5-8 || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #00ff00; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Hokowhitu School <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">, Ben, Raina, Janice, Mark ||


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">What format will we use at the Meetings to ensure success for our teachers? Teachers will need to know what they are going to try with their class and who and when they will make contact with their collaborators again, and how they will record their results.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Expectations - performance-based! <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Minimum requirements: Term 3, Week 8 present findings of your group’s inquiry (2-3 minutes) e.g. via wikipage. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Contact requirements: communication between group members - this can take any form eg: Skype, email, googledoc etc - evidence of this will show in the outcome of the inquiry. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Example here: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Example of a Teacher Inquiry Presentation__] ||
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Beginning || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Welcome - Introductions,
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Middle || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">In groups - discussions where you are at - coming up with an Inquiry title/question ||
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">End || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Sharing Inquiry title/question - Farewell ||

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> 10. e-Learning Planning Framework -
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Last year we looked at a previous draft version of the <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__e-Learning Planning Framework__]
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">We would like to use this framework as a roadmap for the future - where are schools at now? Where do we want them to go?

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">How could we use this e-Learning Planning Framework to guide our cluster/schools?

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">11. Themes discussed by Management Team -
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Google Apps for Education - find out more?
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">How to get people involved in the VLN?
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Outside experts?

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> 12. After school workshops for teachers -
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Optional workshops, run by teachers (lead?) for teachers to learn more about useful software and web 2.0 technologies - could be linked to Digi Awards
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">An outside expert could be used after school if used during the day by LTs or for Student Leaders workshop
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Once a term (term one and two?)
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">This would set up a sustainable model that could be maintained in 2013 and beyond.

**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">13. Tour of Awapuni School - To happen when it is convenient for Awapuni teachers **

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">14. Professional Development for Lead Teachers - What would you like to see or learn more about this year at our meetings?
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Outside experts (limited budget but we could be do-able, especially if they are a teacher)
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">School visits - have you heard about something you would really like to see in action?

**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">15. Thank you to Awapuni School and Raina for hosting us today! **