Wellington+Loop+Cluster

=ICTPD available through the Wellington Loop Cluster=

The link below connects you to the Events Calendar for the Cluster
@http://www.wellingtonloop.net.nz/news/currents-events

=Cross School Projects through Wellington Loop=

Next meetings:
The pdf files give current information about what projects are happening and who is involved. Teachers from Te Kura are welcome to join any of these projects. You can contact Jennie or Amanda for further details.
 * ===19th November 2010, 9 - 3:30 : Wellington College LC5===
 * ===30th November 2010, 9 - 4:30 : Wellington College LC5===

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Malcolm Law joined a group of teachers for the first Cross School Projects session. They investigated a range of wikis and other collaborative tools which they could use to publish work. They settled on Google sites as the easiest to set up. The name for this project is: **Wellington Loop Digital Essentials**.====== To find out more about this project:
 * read the attached pdf [[file:Wellington Loop Digital Essentials.pdf]]
 * go to the website [[@mailto:Wellington%20Loop%20wldefeedback@gmail.com%209/09/2010%202:03%20p.m.%20%20%20Hi%20all,%20%20As%20part%20of%20the%20Wellington%20Loop%20Cross%20Schools%20Project%20we%20are%20in%20the%20process%20of%20building%20a%20website%20that%20will%20enable%20students%20to%20provide%20feedback%20on%20the%20various%20digital%20technologies%20that%20they%20have%20used%20for%20their%20schoolwork,%20either%20in%20class%20or%20independently.%20The%20intention%20is%20twofold.%20Firstly,%20teachers%20can%20assess%20how%20effective%20their%20use%20of%20technologies%20has%20been%20and%20see%20what%20other%20effective%20technologies%20are%20available%20to%20them.%20Secondly,%20students%20can%20see%20what%20other%20students%20are%20using%20to%20aid%20them%20in%20their%20understanding.%20%20In%20order%20for%20this%20to%20work%20we%20need%20to%20get%20as%20many%20submissions%20and%20suggestions%20as%20possible.%20It%20would%20be%20great%20if%20you%20could%20take%20a%20look%20at%20the%20page%20and%20also%20promote%20it%20to%20your%20students.%20Please%20stress%20the%20fact%20that%20we%20are%20after%20constructive%20feedback%20but%20be%20assured%20that%20all%20comments%20will%20be%20vetted%20before%20they%20are%20posted.%20%20The%20URL%20of%20the%20site%20is%20below:%20%20%20%20%20-%20https://sites.google.com/site/wldessentials/home%20%20%20If%20you%20have%20any%20comments%20or%20suggestions%20about%20this,%20please%20either%20reply%20to%20this%20email%20address%20or%20to%20one%20of%20the%20main%20participants%20below:%20%20%20%20%20%20-%20Genevieve%20Herder,%20St%20Mary%E2%80%99s%20%20genevieve.herder@stmaryswellington.school.nz%20%20%20%20%20-%20Kate%20Lucas,%20St%20Mary%E2%80%99s%20%20kate.lucas@stmaryswellington.school.nz%20%20%20%20%20-%20Alex%20Moore,%20Wellington%20College%20a.moore@wellington-college.school.nz%20%20%20%20%20-%20Malcolm%20Law,%20%20Te%20Kura%20malcolm.law@tekura.school.nz%20%20%20%20Thanks%20for%20your%20support%20%20-WLDEssentials|Wellington Loop Digital Essentials]]
 * or talk to Malcolm.

=Wellington Loop Workshop, Tuesday 17th August 2010, Ewan McIntosh, Wellington College=



Some of the e-Lead teachers were fortunate enough to attend this workshop with Ewan McIntosh who showed us some real practical examples of ICT in the classroom and covered some more challenging issues as well. During one of the sessions he demonstrated how computer games can be used in teaching students across a wide range of curriculum areas. He chose a fantasy/storytelling game called **"Myst III: The Exiles"** and described how a school teacher, **Tim Rylands** used the game to teach literacy skills to his students. Below are two You Tube videos that show how Tim used the game in the classroom and a presentation the students put together themselves afterwards.

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The afternoon session was on using **Podcasts** in the classroom. To demonstrate what could be done by a student we were asked to get into groups and create our own podcast. We used the free audio programme "**Audacity"** with a free plug in called **"Lame"** so the completed audio file could be converted to an mp3 format. This was then uploaded to a website, [|www.posterous.com] via an e-mail. Click on the link below to listen to the edited podcast.

[] Here are the notes that Jennie Birnie took that have other parts of the workshop and links that you can check out yourself.



Bruce.