I hope you are all sitting back, relaxing, spreading good cheer and feeling excited about spending Saturday with friends, family and loved ones
I spotted this video on Derek Wenmoth's Blog and thought it was a fitting post for just before Xmas, it also lets me give you a 'Head's up' about two new features planned for the blog in 2011.
Every Monday, there will be a Blog Round up, giving you a summary of what is being posted out there in Blog Land about ICT in schools
Every Wednesday, there will be a WOW! Post, Website(s) on Wednesday, to keep you up to date about great resources, changes, additions or tools that you could try for yourselves
As always, the collective brain and shared knowledge of the cluster far exceed anything one person can do so I encourage, nay, I urge you to comment and post with your own ideas, resources, tips and hints regularly and to make it a habit!
Have a fantastic Xmas break
Thursday, December 23, 2010
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
e-Central Xmas Competition Winners
Watch out Santa!
I spent yesterday driving around Central delivering prizes to worthy teachers (for completing the expertise survey), staff (for submitting more than 5 entries into the Christmas competition) and students who had won the three categories or been awarded 'Highly Commended' Prizes in the e-Central Xmas competition.
I surprised Ella Buchanan at St Joseph's with a Brand new iPod as she was heading off for lunch and she was gobsmacked! Gave me a taste of what it must feel like for the jolly bloke in the red suit when he gets to give presents to fantastic kids all over the world!
You can see Ella's winning entry as well as the other winners (Megs from Queenstown Primary and Ryan, Matt and Jack from Clyde) and the highly commended entries (Owain and Ben from Cromwell- these guys did an amazing job and it may astound you that they are only 5 years old! and Hannah Prout from Hawea Flat) on the wiki
e-Central Competition winners- Click Here
Congratulations to all of the winners and to everyone that entered, the standard was incredibly high and Dave and I had a very tough time selecting the winners
In the end, we were particularly impressed with how the winners had used ICT to present their entries and felt they deserved to be recognised for their hard work and creativity!
The teacher's expertise survey draw will be done tomorrow and I will post the winner on this blog
I wish you all a relaxing festive season full of fun and laughter.
See you all in 2011
Karla
I spent yesterday driving around Central delivering prizes to worthy teachers (for completing the expertise survey), staff (for submitting more than 5 entries into the Christmas competition) and students who had won the three categories or been awarded 'Highly Commended' Prizes in the e-Central Xmas competition.
I surprised Ella Buchanan at St Joseph's with a Brand new iPod as she was heading off for lunch and she was gobsmacked! Gave me a taste of what it must feel like for the jolly bloke in the red suit when he gets to give presents to fantastic kids all over the world!
You can see Ella's winning entry as well as the other winners (Megs from Queenstown Primary and Ryan, Matt and Jack from Clyde) and the highly commended entries (Owain and Ben from Cromwell- these guys did an amazing job and it may astound you that they are only 5 years old! and Hannah Prout from Hawea Flat) on the wiki
e-Central Competition winners- Click Here
Congratulations to all of the winners and to everyone that entered, the standard was incredibly high and Dave and I had a very tough time selecting the winners
In the end, we were particularly impressed with how the winners had used ICT to present their entries and felt they deserved to be recognised for their hard work and creativity!
The teacher's expertise survey draw will be done tomorrow and I will post the winner on this blog
I wish you all a relaxing festive season full of fun and laughter.
See you all in 2011
Karla
Sunday, December 12, 2010
Complete the Expertise Survey and be in to win!
Some of the most valuable PD takes place when one teacher is sharing their ideas and experience with other teachers.
There are 25 schools within the Cluster, each doing interesting and innovative e-learning activities with their students
EVERY ONE of you has expertise that is worth sharing and more than that, YOU know how ICT and e-learning can meet the needs of students here in Central Otago better than any expensive consultant
You can consider the challenges but also the opportunities and possibilities.
If we can understand what is available and how we can share this then we have an amazing opportunity
Please take some time to complete the survey below, considering carefully what you could share with others
AND if you complete the survey BEFORE Wednesday 15 December at 8pm, you will receive a sweet treat from Santa and the chance to win a $50 voucher for a store or restaurant of your choice.
30 people have already taken up the challenge, please encourage your staff to take 10 minutes too and help me meet my target of 100 teachers
To complete the Survey, click Here
There are 25 schools within the Cluster, each doing interesting and innovative e-learning activities with their students
EVERY ONE of you has expertise that is worth sharing and more than that, YOU know how ICT and e-learning can meet the needs of students here in Central Otago better than any expensive consultant
You can consider the challenges but also the opportunities and possibilities.
If we can understand what is available and how we can share this then we have an amazing opportunity
Please take some time to complete the survey below, considering carefully what you could share with others
AND if you complete the survey BEFORE Wednesday 15 December at 8pm, you will receive a sweet treat from Santa and the chance to win a $50 voucher for a store or restaurant of your choice.
30 people have already taken up the challenge, please encourage your staff to take 10 minutes too and help me meet my target of 100 teachers
To complete the Survey, click Here
Thursday, December 9, 2010
The Future! 'The Age of Merlin'
Someone passed on this link to an interesting (and entertaining) article about the future. It is not education focused as such, but is quite a thought provoking read about the possible future. If some of these things do happen as stated then education and how we prepare our students will take some re- considering.
Quote "Now most of us have cellphones, and an internet-enabled user in Africa has greater access to knowledge than the president of the United States did 20 years ago." (The Age of Merlin - NZ Listener)
What are you thoughts?
Article is HERE
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