Lead+Teacher+Team

=The Lead Teacher Team=

Twitter and Twhirl
Twitter is an excellent way to use human networking and filtering to find great resources, hear about latest views and opinions, get quick messages out to people with whom you tweet and share discoveries. It is microblogging - which means it is a way to share short, sharp messages. You can add your choice of people to your "twittersphere". Cluster lead teachers, ICTPD Facilitators, other classroom teachers you enjoy hearing from, keynote speakers from conferences, innovative educators. Most people in the ICT savvy world use twitter. So all you need to do is [|sign up] and start following the people you would like to connect with in your "Twittersphere"

Now you are a Twitter bug, but you just do not have any time to visit the twitter site all the time! You need [|"Twhirl"]

Twhirl

 * Twhirl** is a desktop client for the popular microblogging service [|Twitter]. "Desktop Client" means that it is an applicaton that is downloaded and sits on your computer all the time. Once open it will always connect to your twitter account. You won't need to visit the twitter website again to read the latest "Tweets". It allows you to post short 140-character updates about what you are doing, as well as following your twitter friends and read all their updates, replies anyone sends to you, and direct messages to your account. You can also answer to another user by replying or sending him/her a private direct message.

[|You can download "Twhirl" here.]

The "Big List"
In this fast pace of change world there are endless ICT tools that could be integrated into learning. But just how do you keep up, how do you know what can be used, how do you keep inspiring your colleagues with new possibilities and ways to integrate it???? You don't. You use quality shortcuts, such as the twittersphere or even the "Big List" The "Big List" has been created and updated by Suzie Vesper of CORE Education. It is a one stop shop for your integrated inquiry needs.

See the "Big List" here

This alphabetical list is just one page within the super wiki of learning resources called http://educationalsoftware.wikispaces.com

[|Edtalks.org]
CORE Education aims to develop innovative, empowering, creative and effective learning environments and to push the boundaries of educational possibilities. EDTalks is our contribution to your professional learning; a free database of short video interviews with leading educators and thinkers.
 * [|CORE Education NZ Ltd]** brings you EDTalks, a growing collection of videos featuring New Zealand and International educators talking about learning.

Twitter in Plain English
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What is a wiki ?In plain english
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What is an RSS Feed? in plain english
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Sustaining ICTPD Goals
Confident, Connected, Actively Involved, Life long Learners.... What would you like to sustain and how would you like to do so? A Cluster Bus Tour Linking sharing in a focused way to professional dialogue (focussed questions) Formalising the professional learning community Creating a network of strengths/contact addresses Setting future budgets for professional development Posting/Sharing overviews for classrooms || Term 3/4 one workshop devoted to "sharing" face to face During term 4 bring the lead teachers and principals together to plan forward for 2009 Full participation in cluster online conference with professional dialogue. Set up a data base in side our secure cluster "interact" space, our conference may need to include instructions on how to access this for those interested. ||  ||
 * Hopes || Strategic Plan || Fears ||
 * Sharing between classes then moving into collaboration

Online Cluster Conference
ongoing learning become aware of new ideas etc new learning and using it celebrating our success or hiccups student ideas and contributions || Taking/making time/effort to go on to the online conference Getting people to understand the purpose/benefit of the conference Find a reliable/easily accessible vehicle/method || Who contributes/organise/? How will we get commitment? When? Entries up loaded from any time from term 2 week two but before week one term3. Content/key questions? Classification? Preparing today's students for tomorrow Pages for contributions and submissions to discussion questions Ask chn - what are your passions about ICT and learning? why? How will we encourage deeper thinking/questioning? || decide what we would like to do to contribute collect evidence of ict integration to put on line Find out other experts Encourage people we know who have expertise to use/share it. ||
 * Value? || Challenge? || Plan? || Action? ||
 * sharing others expertise

Putting the Lead Teachers in the Drivers seat
Gearing up to take action...
 * Rochelle to set up lead teachers planning for conference page in wiki (done April 16 -see link above)
 * All lead teachers to add to and finalise the "themes" with powerful questions alongside this for the conference by end of week one term two May 10.
 * By week 5 up load egs of conference entries with - what, why, how being our basic framework of explanation required by all submissions
 * A submission at "Entry/Adoption" level might include : photograph, website, graphic organiser, use of photocopier, powerpoint, OHP or projector use (Denise will create an eg for this level)
 * A submission at "Adaptation" level might include:kid pix, photostory, comic life, powerful learning, integrated learning. inquiry (Lesley will create an eg for this level)
 * A submission at "Appropriation/Innovation" level might include: creating, claymation, voicethread, movie podcast, slide, unit plan, ( Liz will create an eg for this level)
 * This document from ACOT research will define the level terms above[[file:SnpshtRubric.doc]]