BDS+PDD

= **PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DAY** = = **TUESDAY 28 OCTOBER 2008**  = media type="custom" key="2376067"
 * TIME || DETAILS || NEEDED/WHO? ||
 * 7:50am || Bus departs BDS ||  ||
 * 8:30am || Pt England School visit
 * meet with Dorothy Burt
 * classroom visits
 * Q&A with Dorothy Burt
 * view Pt England Network News

Links Worksheet Pen || What priorities for BDS in 2009?
 * [|School website]
 * [|KPETV Blog]
 * [|Manaiakalani EHSAS Blog]
 * [|YouTube flight clip] || Camera optional
 * 11:00am || Bus back to BDS ||  ||
 * 11:30am-12:30pm || Lunch ||  ||
 * 12:30pm || Pt England School de-brief
 * Random pairs - what was great/interesting?
 * Think-pair-share
 * Report back (BJ to capture for wiki) || Lyndal ||
 * 1:15pm || ICT/Inquiry in groups of 4 or 5
 * budget
 * professional development
 * other || Lyndal, Marie, Bridget ||
 * 2:00pm || Class Blogs || Belinda and Lyndal ||
 * 2:30pm || Evaluations || Lyndal ||
 * 3:00pm || Finish ||  ||

__Feedback from visit:__

 * **WHAT WAS GREAT?** || **WHAT WAS INTERESTING**? ||
 * * Calm classroom environments, corporate approach, sharing resources
 * Independent
 * Kidney shaped tables
 * Whole school approach
 * Story boards schoolwide
 * 7 core beliefs
 * ICT skills progression throughout school
 * Students were engaged and knew where they were going
 * School pride
 * Clean, tidy environment
 * Teachers as facilitators
 * One value focus for whole year - variety of ways of developing this eg assemblies, newscasts, wall displays
 * Gen C - creators of content not consumers of content
 * Large room sizes but class sizes up to 32 ish
 * Desks
 * High level of oral language, articulation
 * Focus for learning had a purpose beyond the school walls
 * Literacy cycle - multiples opportunities for accurate repetitions of standard English
 * Rubrics displayed on all walls and in student books
 * Foundation approach - minimum of one e-Learning product for each student every term - schoolwide
 * Range of software programmes available
 * Authentic audience
 * Lots of art displayed around the school
 * Lots of opportunities to review each other's work and make comments on blogs
 * ICT infrastructure and hardware
 * Beautiful surroundings
 * Task boards fantastic - encouraged independence
 * Clipart banned
 * Use of terminology 'e-Learning'
 * Good labelling of each room - teacher, year level
 * Literacy cycle - obvious use of this in rooms, good for relievers too
 * Wall displays: google, thinking hats, rubrics, learning model, what makes a good Pt England School student, topics, brainstorms, values, I can ... || * Lots of teacher aides
 * Music specialist
 * Junior literacy integrated into topic somewhat
 * More integration at higher levels
 * Whole school topics
 * List of sponsors for the school
 * Different organisation of CRT eg specialist teachers for music and ICT
 * Unsupervised use of ICT
 * Availability of colour printing
 * Podcasts give lots of practice for oral language
 * Incidential learning opportunities?
 * Class environments very similar room to room probably due to structure needed
 * Not so many book corners, maths areas etc
 * Proof reading in blog comments and postings - possibly picked up with teacher moderation later on?
 * Perhaps timetable is tight 9-11 for literacy?
 * Difficulty for relievers with ICT expectations? ||

INQUIRY/ICT PRIORITIES/WISHLIST FOR 2009

 * BUDGET SPENDING || PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT || OTHER? ||
 * * more pods of laptops, 2 sets per 2 classes OR more classroom computers in each room (with storage for power cables, mice)
 * more software programmes eg hyperstudio
 * headphones for computers (health issues?)
 * 1 Mimio and data projector per room with computer/laptop
 * 1 digital camera per room
 * digital video camera per syndicate
 * webcams and microphones
 * colour photocopier/printers available for classroom printing
 * ICT specialist
 * ICT suite
 * server upgrade
 * flat screen monitors
 * resources for topic immersion each term
 * speakers for each room
 * phones in all rooms (cordless)
 * TVs
 * kidney/jelly bean tables
 * multiplugs and more power outlets in each room
 * Furniture suitable for computers
 * Hall - electric screen, speakers, ceiling mounted data projector || * training in software and web2.0 tools
 * whole staff PD for ICT and inquiry in general
 * visit to another school similar decile to BDS
 * management strategies for ICT use
 * Techie Brekkies and Techie Teas
 * in-class support for ICT || * investigate funding options to increase ICT equipment eg corporate sponsorship (old equipment)
 * technical support especially for older hardware
 * planning - progression of ICT skills for teachers and students
 * plan ahead for term topics with cool titles eg Up, up and away instead of flight (whole school)
 * finalise inquiry model to use
 * Review timetable and priorities
 * Other CRT options eg specialist teachers
 * computer monitors ||