Lead+Teacher+June+2011

Lead Teacher Day Tuesday 28 June 2011 8:30 till 3:00pm

Stay on afterwards for a relaxed coffee and chat.

1. Discussion of [|Cyber Safety and Resources]  to support helping children/adults learn safe practices.

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2. Signing up to Skype as means of communication. Make sure it is downloaded BEFORE  you come to the meeting.

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A Google Doc with Skype resources

3. VLN- sign up, take a tour, profile, join Link Learning Cluster and interest groups, messaging, searching, bookmarking, linking, blogging, getting familiar with how to make the VLN work for you.

@http://www.vln.school.nz/

Here is a site that I have written to support you when you join your teachers up to the VLN when you go back to your schools.

@https://sites.google.com/site/vlnlinklearning/home

Our focus for the next half year is on developing a home school partnership. Use the VLN to share what you do in your school.

@http://www.vln.school.nz/mod/groups/topicposts.php?topic=67321&group_guid=47672

4. Foreshadowing next term’s digital storytelling competition and the MADE Awards

@https://sites.google.com/site/digitalstorytellingresource/

@http://www.madeawards.com/

4. Everyone is going to be asked to lead a 3 minute discussion or talk about tools you use to link with parents and homes using ICT.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 18.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Please record what it is that you intend to share so there are no double ups.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 18.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Here is the Link to our last shared Google Doc <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 18.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> in case you want to refer to it.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 18.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">You can add to today’s Google Doc <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 18.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">here @http://goo.gl/HiBfr

Looking forward to seeing you there