Lead+Teachers+11+March+09

**Elm Park School Auditorium**
__Present:__ BDS - Lyndal, Marie, Bridget CBS - Rochell, Anthea EPS - Amanda, Catherine, Linda, Alicia, Raenette, Kerry SPS - Kathy, Victoria WRS - Kelvin, apologies from Ted Facilitator: Belinda
 * Time ||  || Details ||   ||
 * 8:30am ||  || Welcome, introductions ||   ||
 * ||  || Cluster shares discussion || Belinda ||
 * ||  || Lead Teacher blogs - purpose, setup for new lead teachers || All ||
 * ||  || Cluster wiki || School groups ||
 * 10:00am ||  || Morning Tea ||   ||
 * 10:30am ||  || National Library - online resources || Lisa Allcott ||
 * 12:30pm ||  || Lunch ||   ||
 * 1:15pm ||  || Interactive whiteboard/data projector workshops || All ||
 * ||  || Cluster Expo organisation 16 July || Belinda ||
 * ||  || Evaluations, what do we want to do next time? || All ||

__Cluster Expo Workshop Ideas:__ Interactive whiteboards - Smartboards / Mimios - tips and tricks, classroom ideas Delicious Skype Blogster Wix Voicethreads e-Portfolios Software - Movie maker, imovie SOLO Taxonomy Podcasting Animation Digital photography - practical ideas?? Fully utilising data shows Maths and literacy websites - exploration (aimed at specific levels perhaps?) Practical ideas Theoretical ideas Thinking tools Teaching strategies Inquiry learning Higher order thinking Online journals - blogging Managing ICT in the classroom Getting back to basics - practical ideas to get started Ultranet /Knowledgenet Wikis Mathletics - link to Rainforest maths Interactive websites to use in the classroom Keynote speakers - Karen Boyes Trevor Bond - possibly in 2010 Troubleshooting - when things go wrong Kids stuff up ... get over it! PPP's - Pupil led parent conferences "THIS IS HOW YOU CAN INCLUDE THIS IN YOUR CLASSROOM PROGRAMME" focus Perhaps two different lengths of time for the workshop - hands on or theoretical. Keynote at the beginning - 15-20 min sessions and 40 min sessions Popular workshops could be repeated throughout the day Stands to promote their products - Renaissance, Edtech, The Learning Tree, etc Shareware