Thursday, October 22, 2009
Room 6
Please Provide Examples of ICTPD at Foxton Primary
Learning how to save to the server.
Having learning Circle PD on using the Interactive whiteboard.
Learning How to update software on the Macs.
Being taught how to use software on the Macs Like Photo Booth.
Learning how to blog and being able to teach the children.
Being able to access and use the school website that has just been created.
Please Comment on the affect this ICTPD has had on your capability/confidence to implement ICT into your class
I feel way more confident since having different PD through the year, as now i have learnt stuff and have shared it with my children.
I feel a lot more confident since having Learning Circle around an ICT focus. Especially in standing up and using the interactive in front of people and having a go.
I still feel i have a long way to go and a lot to learn but i have come a really long way it is great.
I feel so proud of my class being able to access the computer themselves, by logging on and getting on to the internet is so amazing as they are only 5 years old.
Please comment on how your ICTPD has (if any) impacted upon student's learning in ICT in your class
Students being able to work independent and with one another.
The computers have been fantastic in the way of a tool for information as well as being used every day for learning as a rotation.
It is a fun and interactive way of learning.
Children love it because it is engaging and they are able to see their work visually.
They are a really effective rewarding tool.
The children being able to be independent and turn on and off the computer by themselves as well as log in and get onto what they need to as well as get on to the internet.
With regards to ICT, please list the most important shift in pedagogy for you.
Allowing students to be more independent by having ICT implemented in the class has been a shift for me as the focus has not so much been on me and teacher directed, but on the students being the key leaders for themselves.
Room 4
Please Provide Examples of ICTPD at Foxton Primary
- A PD component in most Staff Learning Circles-included how to use Interactive Whiteboard in numeracy and literacy.
- Taking photos from iMac and transferring them into student's drive for student's to use in their work.
- ICT Cluster Co-ordinator attending staff Learning Circles to take staff through using ICT in our Inquiry Learning Model
- How to regularly update software on the iMacs.
- How to access School Master System and to enter reading running records data on this system
- How to use and implement and easi-speak (USB Microphone) to record student's thinking by recording through the microphone
- Sharing class 3-way PowerPoints with staff and using this as an opportunity to share as a staff, ways to how students create more effective PowerPoints
- Outside experts with IWB's attending staff meetings to run PD sessions using the IWB's
- Personal from Sitech attending Staff meetings to run PD with their IWBs
- Sharing of many numeracy, literacy, inquiry, and thinking tools websites during staff meetings, eg: smartkiddies.com, mathslice.com, mathsisfun.com, freerice.com,
- Using the class IWB as a numeracy modelling book with groups rather than just the more traditional large scrapbook
Please Comment on the affect this ICTPD has had on your capability/confidence to implement ICT into your class
The constant and consistent component of ICTPD in staff meetings and staff Learning Circles has been very beneficial for my own knowledge and confidence with implementing ICt into my class this year. The collaborative nature of the staff and the openness between the staff have allowed staff to share the highs and lows with implementing ICT into the class more effectively.
Having the opportunity to attend cluster meetings, ICT conferences such as ULearn and the Sitech IWB conference early in 2009 has been hugely beneficial for my confidence and implementing ICT. These conferences have facilitated a real mind shift and pedagogical shift with teaching and the role ICT plays with education in the modern age.
Please comment on how your ICTPD has (if any) impacted upon student's learning in ICT in your class
The class have grown and really developed in many positive ways this year. This growth is evidenced in that ICT use makes up on average between 50%-75% of our day. Students have gone from using predominantly using Microsoft Word last year, to using Microsoft Publisher to create posters, brochures, business cards; using Microsoft Excel to create different graphs, to using Microsoft PowerPoint to create a 4 slide record of their learning for 2009 that will be presented to their parents in our 3 way conferences for the first time at our school. The internet has now become an important resource in our class this year with our inquiry model, with research for example and sending emails to receive information from an variety of sources.
Students enjoyment and motivation for becoming more masters of their learning has been very empowering for our students. Students can now see they can be more in control of what they, when they learn and perhaps to a lesser degree how they learn. It is more learning for students, by students and with students
With regards to ICT, please list the most important shift in pedagogy for you.
As a teacher, i have gone from solely teaching onto the kids to becoming part of the class and now learning with the kids. ICT has allowed our students to become more central to the teaching/learning process. While this cannot be solely attributed to ICT at our school, it has been a major catalyst for this.
Room 3
Please Provide Examples of ICTPD at Foxton Primary
Kia ora - ICTPD has had a major positive impact on my teaching and classroom organisation.
- I have a working knowledge of computers but since basic training at school it has allowed me to utilise the boards to deliver my teaching in an effective, interactive and more interesting way.
Please Comment on the affect this ICTPD has had on your capability/confidence to implement ICT into your class
-i feel more confident to use ICT on a daily basis and know the children are becoming more confident and skilled from year 0 - 8.
Please comment on how your ICTPD has (if any) impacted upon student's learning in ICT in your class
- My children are more enthusiastice to use ICTPD on a daily basis.
- They seem more confident to try out different progrmas and experiment than I am.
- Their excitement encourages me to step out and use the boards more than in the past.
With regards to ICT, please list the most important shift in pedagogy for you.
Variety of use has been the most important aspect in the usage of the various tools for ICT. This is paramount as I have limited resources in Maori.
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