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Monday 19th April
//**A Professional Development opportunity for us to share and learn about ICT and eLearning from each other. Our day will begin with a keynote from respected New Zealand educator, Dr. Stuart Middleton. Three HANDS-ON workshops delivered by teachers from both schools will make up the rest of our day.**//

**Key Information**

Venue: Hamilton Girls' High School Hall. Please be seated by 8.40. Parking is available on the Hamilton Girls' High School tennis courts which are off Hill Street.

Meals: Morning Tea and Lunch will be provided.
Workshop Information

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Programme outline

 * = 8:40am ||= Stuart Middleton ||
 * = 10:15am ||= Morning Tea ||
 * = 10:45am ||= Workshop 1 ||
 * = 12:15pm ||= Lunch ||
 * = 1:15pm ||= Workshop 2 ||
 * = 2:15pm ||= Workshop 3 ||
 * = 3:15pm ||= Evaluation ||




 * School looks good but is it engaging? **


 * Abstract:** We focus much of our energy as educators on continually improving schools. But underneath this veneer there is a hidden issue, one that challenges the ways we work and has the potential to undermine any gains that we make. Stuart Middleton will outline what is known about disengagement and the reasons for this phenomenon which characterises western education systems. He will also outline potential responses to it and outline in more detail the development of New Zealand’s first Tertiary High School at Manukau Institute of Technology. He will show the extent to which all levels of the education system have a role to play in re-positioning the education system in a changing world with new purposes and different roles for educators.

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//Use// //the information below to familiarise yourself with the workshops that you will be able to choose from.// // Workshop will be available for selection from Monday 29th March. //
 * Workshop Selection **


 * Workshop One - 90 Minutes**

By the end of this workshop you will have registered (it is free for educational purposes) and started to create your own Prezi. It would be good (but not essential) if you have a specific project in mind and could bring a small collection of images, url links etc that you would like to use on a usb. You can also use slides from powerpoint presentations you already have. || The main tool that will be introduced is an online interactive whiteboard used for brainstorming. After a brief introduction teachers will explore the tools that interest them and Malcolm will support teachers in their exploration. Teachers will be able to use the wiki after the session as an online resource. ||
 * **An Introduction to OneNote** || You will learn about the programme Microsoft Office OneNote. This information management programme enables you to easily take notes and capture ideas in electronic form. Insert files or web content in full-color, searchable format or as icons that you can click to access. ||
 * **Using Prezi....move up and away from Powerpoint** || Prezi is an online presentation method that will change the way you use presentations for and with your students! This workshop is for people who would like to look at a different way of presenting information to their students, that is far more flexible and intuitive than powerpoint. Incorporate the use of video, hyperlinks, photos and text. Students can access your presentations online and they can also create their own.
 * **Memorable PowerPoint Presentations** || Learn how to make your PowerPoint presentations memorable. Minimalist, Visual, Presentation Zen. Revamp one of your old PowerPoint presentations. ||
 * **ePortfolios** || I attended Nick Rate's workshop at Learning@School in search of information about the uses of eportfolios as I felt they could be very useful in my own journey as well as a tool which is widely used in schools today for students. ||
 * **Hitchhikers guide to Web 2.0** || Teachers will be introduced to a variety of easy to use and practical web 2.0 tools to use in their classroom.
 * **Using SCRATCH - animation software alongside or in support of PowerPoint** || How to provide a fun online learning environment in which students can present their researched information in an exciting manner. Reach beyond the powerpoint!!! Scratch is a free piece of software which teaches students ||
 * **Geocaching** || What is Geocaching? What are the tools for Geocaching? This workshop will give you the opportunity to experience Geocaching and using GPS to explore our natural surroundings - make sure you have sensible footwear - you will be walking up to and around the Hamilton lake. ||
 * **Using FlipVideo Cameras and Movie Editing Using MovieMaker** || You will have an opportunity to see some examples of the way teacher and student created video can be used in class. You will then have a chance to learn how to use the FlipVideo cameras to take some short clips and learn how to edit this using Microsoft MovieMaker. ||
 * **Developing a language for key competencies - develop a framework for your learning area.** || "If focusing dispositions for lifelong learning is seen as important, and if strengthening key competencies is seen as an important means of achieving this goal of long term learning, we need to explore ways of including students in making judgments about their learning" Rosemary Hipkins NZCER. In the workshop you will explore a new online tool developed to help students and teachers to look at how we see key competencies developing a language which assists progressions to be seen from e.g. surface to "deep" to "profound" (Mark Treadwell). You will be encouraged to start developing frameworks for your own Learning Area. ||


 * Workshop Two - 60 Minutes**

|| Learn how to make your PowerPoint presentations memorable. Minimalist, Visual, Presentation Zen. Revamp one of your old PowerPoint presentations. ||
 * **Managing Stress with Microsoft Outlook** || Tips and tricks with managing emails (and how to use Outlook Calendar to manage appointments at school and home and to manage emails) at home and school as part of reducing stress and maintaining work life balance as per Debbie Mayo. ||
 * **Think about it** || Engaging Learning Connections. You will see a series of activities or ideas that teachers can use to stimulate thinking and learning. ||
 * **Comic Life** || Adding photos and text in an intersting way to demonstrate an idea or theme. To maniplate a software package called Comic Life, To be able to arrange different images and text on screen. To use Comic Life to put across an idea relevant to the learning area of the students. ||
 * **Google Search Tools** || Finally Google has moved from just giving us more and more and more information to developing tools to help us categorise, find, analyse and access information to make it more meaningful to us as learners! In this workshop you will learn how to use some of the Google Search Tools to improve your own confidence when searching for information. ||
 * **Blogs and wikis** || <span style="font-family: arial,sans,sans-serif;">How to use blogs and wikis to make your subject more accessible to students and encourage them to continue learning outside of class. ||
 * <span style="font-family: arial,sans,sans-serif;">**Finding and Using Images to Stimulate Discussion** || <span style="font-family: arial,sans,sans-serif;">You will see an example of the way images are used in a Social Sciences classroom to stimulate discussion. You will then have time to explore a range of sites which are excellent for finding copyright free images suitable for classroom use. ||
 * <span style="font-family: arial,sans,sans-serif;">**Memorable Powerpoint**
 * <span style="font-family: arial,sans,sans-serif;">**Moodle** || A basic introduction to Moodle and an opportunity to 'play' with an online learning environment. ||
 * <span style="font-family: arial,sans,sans-serif;">**Using software to compose** || A collaborative workshop for Music teachers ||
 * <span style="font-family: arial,sans,sans-serif;">**21st Century project based learning** || <span style="font-family: arial,sans,sans-serif;">One of the key ideas for 21st Century learning is the idea of students undertaking project based learning. This workshop will be a hands-on look at this idea, linked to IT and covering such things as: STEPS to scaffold students in project based learning Shaping effective questions Web 2.0 tools for discussion/collaboration purposes Co-constructing assessment with students and The notion of reflective practitioners and reflective learners ||

<span style="font-family: arial,sans,sans-serif;">**Workshop 3<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"> - 60 Minutes ** Work on your powerpoints – basic animations and useful techniques to make it easier and quicker to put your powerpoints together. Also some introductory design information. ||
 * <span style="font-family: arial,sans,sans-serif;">**Google Documents** || <span style="font-family: arial,sans,sans-serif;">This workshop will give you a chance to play with a few of the fantastic FREE collaborative document and survey creation tools from Google. Learn how to create a survey that students can use to provide feedback. Learn how to instantly graph the results and how to share the results with others also using Google Docs. ||
 * <span style="font-family: arial,sans,sans-serif;">**One note and language resources** || <span style="font-family: arial,sans,sans-serif;">Practical applications of Onenote and sharing resources Languages teachers have found useful. This extends to widgets which can be utilised by all learning areas. ||
 * <span style="font-family: arial,sans,sans-serif;">**Living Heritage stories- past, present and future** || <span style="font-family: arial,sans,sans-serif;">This hands-on session will introduce and explore school stories on the Living Heritage website. Participants will discover how students can develop their learning across the integrated curriculum by using inquiry research skills and ICT. Access to a template will be made available where a school story can be created. ||
 * **Basic PowerPoint** || <span style="font-family: arial,sans,sans-serif;">
 * <span style="font-family: arial,sans,sans-serif;">**Accessing the DigiStore** || <span style="font-family: arial,sans,sans-serif;">Participants will have an opportunity to see some examples of the types of free electronic resources available to us as New Zealand teachers. Mary will briefly show you some of the resources she is using in her classes and you will then be given time to explore the Digistore to find resources suitable for use in your own classes. ||
 * <span style="font-family: arial,sans,sans-serif;">**Interwrite Board and Pad for Beginners** || <span style="font-family: arial,sans,sans-serif;">This is designed for teachers who have had little to no contact with interwrite boards or software. This is to demonstate some basic s of using these tools in thier classroom. Using interwrite with other programmes like PowerPoint, some basic uses of the toolbox within the software and some games that other staff have created. ||
 * <span style="font-family: arial,sans,sans-serif;">**Accessing Te Ara - NZ Online Encyclopedia** || <span style="font-family: arial,sans,sans-serif;">Examples of how the online New Zealand Encyclopedia can be used in the classroom. Most importantly this workshop will give you time and an opportunity to explore this fantastic resource. ||
 * **Garageband and Creative Commons Licenses** || <span style="font-family: arial,sans,sans-serif;">How use Garageband and how to find and access free music online. ||
 * <span style="font-family: arial,sans,sans-serif;">**Easy Web 2.0 tools for Teaching** || <span style="font-family: arial,sans,sans-serif;">A look at some of the different Web 2.0 tools you can use in your classrooms. This session should be useful for teachers at any level. ||
 * <span style="font-family: arial,sans,sans-serif;">**Movie maker and PPT** || <span style="font-family: arial,sans,sans-serif;">You will have an opportunity where you can see what students have done when using movie maker and PPT - hyperlinking. ||
 * <span style="font-family: arial,sans,sans-serif;">**Click View and Power Point Presentations** || <span style="font-family: arial,sans,sans-serif;">How to incorporate a small section of Click View into a Power Point presentation ||