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Your chance to reflect on the Conference.
 * What did you see that could impact on your own classroom practice? How did the Conference effect your beliefs about ICT in education? What is the most significant thing / observation / trend / innovation that you saw at Conference?
 * Which presentation (either keynote or workshop) had the most impact on you and why?
 * Describe an ICT rich activity (you don’t have to limit yourself to one!) that you have learned about at Conference that you will incorporate into your classroom programme.
 * List any online resources that you discovered at Conference that you think could be useful to other teachers. A website address and brief description please.

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ULearn08's three key themes cover leadership, connecting and developing relationships, e-communities of practice, innovation and sustainability, learning and teaching, curriculum, assessment, vision and values, pedagogy and practice, diversity, and student perspectives. These themes will provide the essence of the two strands of Learners and Leaders that support the main goals for ULearn08

Delwyn
Transformational Teachers -Tony Ryan Skoolaborate A global initiative - Emerging Tecnologies and Virtual Worlds -Westley Field Suspend the timetable – take a risk Critical Issues for learning in the 21st century: Multiliteracies, new technologies and knowledge building Assessment issues associated with implementation of NZC -Rose Hipkins Superfast movie making – iMovie08 21st Century teachers: a shifting landscape -Joan Dalton

Rhonda
Collaborative, distributed Leadership - how? when? and what then? Using Microsoft Office (especially Word and PowerPoint) to support literacy Using interactive ICT to increase student engagement Up Close and Personal: Connecting with Learners at Freeville School. You're a leader - lead! Design and Implementation of a school network to support all learners

**Lorna**
Living Heritage:Bringing our past into our future. Digital Storytelling Assessment for Learning and e-portfolios Assessment Issues Associated with implementation of NZ Curriculum You're a Leader- Lead! Inquiry and the Key Competencies

Ann Moore
I attended six of the seven breakouts I had selected. Most were very good with three outstanding. My breakouts were: 1. Students using IWBs for learning and presenting. It was a smartboard presentation which was most apposite as I have just had one installed in my classroom. Gained lots of ideas for use and software applications. 2. Digital stories using Kidpix. Again lots of new approaches which I really liked. 3. Digital stories using Photostory 3. This was a disappointment as I use PS extensively and learned nothing new. 4. Beginners Guide to IWBs. Decided not to go to this as it was not smartboard and was being presented by an exhibitor, so saw little value in having a competitor's product promoted. 5. ePortfolios - a very good breakout as my school is developing this idea at present. Gained lots of knowledge on how to help students create, develop and own their own ePortfolios. 6.e-learning and literacy. This was an awesome breakout! We were introduced to heaps of wonderful web-sites and showed how to access them. 7. Meaning on the menu. Truly excellent. Came away with great ideas for getting kids into writing - Innes also showed us many little tricks to make your computer work faster for you (however, we were working with Apple Macs!). Of the Keynote addresses I was most interested in Steven Carden's address. It was humorous but pointed and I appreciated his philosophy of a hand-up, not a hand-out. It's a philosophy that we should all be paying more attention to.

Oriana
1) Innes Kennard - innesk@werc.ac.nz Developing a digital editing sequence – writers critically examine the process they go through and the decisions they make in developing a piece of written work. 2) E-Portfolios Lenva Shearing – leva@bbi.school.nz children creating e-portfolios using blog Children I attended the following breakouts; and found most of them inspiring Students using IWBs for Learning and Presenting - look forward to using own smartboard when I get back. Digital Stories Using Kidpix - will use in class Telling Digital Stories Note: it was really photo story. half the time was wasted because the projector wouldn't work. The Beginners Guide to Interactive Whiteboards Note. I didn't attend this breakout as I have a smartboard installed in my classroom and some notes about them were given at my first breakout. Using Voice Thread to enhance literacry and numeracy note. I didn't attend this one as well because i ended up at the wrong venue. BUT I went to E-Portfolios instead. Now that was very inspiring. Exciting E-Learning centres for your classroom. I enjoyed this breakout. Nigel Irwin went through step by step how to set up learning centres on your smartboard. Meaning on The Menu. Awesome breadkout. bought back a sparkle to writing.

Transformational Teaching by Tony Ryan; tonyryan.com.au tonyryan.edublogs.org Some roles for "transformational teachers" are:

The Energiser: because engaging students (on class or online) is complex, tchrs DO influence student success in learning, Tchrs DO influence family and community values, schools create the future. The Ethicist: becasue we do need to focus on emotional intelligence, we haven't sorted out societal values eg "rights of responsibilities,' and virtual environments test the limits of human values. The Entrpreneur: operating in best practice mode, wireless makes it anytime, anywhere, global issues, uncompromising focus on learning opportunities for employees The Environmentalist: to balance 'standard of living' with 'quality of life,' the awareness of your own 'ripple effect' for the common good, sustainable practices (not just being a greenie) our classroom is a macrocosm of the planet Adventures in Thinking: Joan Dalton & Mel Stopford plotpd.com A strategy to investigate an issue/ idea/ as a group of adult learners: The Key Competencies - BUT WHAT DO THEY MEAN OFF THE PAPER? Start in numbered groups of three, think deeply about the known, share this understanding in base group, build collective understanding of the known by rotating 2 group members clockwise and anti clockwise around all groups for each new task. Project the known into the future using each others knowledge and interpretation. It was really useful because we could all collaborate and build each other and use our collective energies...anyway to cut a long story short We answered the question about what our kids need in to 'be' twenty years time: Values, Collaborative capacity, resilience, networkers, risktakers, self belief, comunicative capacities, self efficacy, citizenship, self management....which is about what the Vision, Values, Key Competencies and Principles are asking for in the NZC!

Recommended Reading - Daniel Pinks: A Whole New Mind. Suspend the TimeTable: Mical Denny & Karyn White

Described how Alfriston College 'suspend' their school timetable once each term for "three day Learning Episodes" which the whole school participates in by choosing activities set up by their teachers. Their 'Design Principles' for Learning Activities are....Nature of Learning, Ownership, Connectedness, Authenticity, Relevance, Student Outcomes Cool idea - the students are totally engaged for a significant length of time, learning can go off site...BUT students meet all costs! Probably the most interesting facet for me was the way in which the teaching staff worked in a concerted, strategic way to make the programme meaningful, enact the NZC and establish desired outcomes which could be measured. They are also in partnership with NZCER to establish how the programme is successful for students to compare this with business as normal timetable outcomes.

Jess
Great conference, i made some silly choices in a few of my breakouts - a TKI one that was OK, just showing us around TKIs new pages I got some good sites but have to find my conference goodie bag to get them. I attended two of Tony Ryans and enjoyed them both. The trade hall was wicked and since returning to school i have purchased a mac to play around on. Went to a stand out breakout called energising education it was awesome. It was all about finding ways to use ICT to get children into learning and involved in the process. I am trying to find some time at the moment to get some energisers made with the kids using a blue screen and cameras. The chn pick their own theme and make a semi jump jam video but it is more of a 30 second energise/wake everyone up clip. Great to use on our smartboards!

Cheers to the team, lots of fun. Have a good term, hola with your end of year drinks dates, lol

Oh i have a funny story - you'll like this one Steven. You know the joke about the people on the escalator and when it stops that start yelling Help! Well i saw a guy the other day yelling "it wont open!" at a door (obviously thinking it was automatic) and it was a manual slide door :) Take care xo

Lou
Effective ways of incorporation internet resources into your online course content. MARVIN - A 3D avatar-based interactive world Visit the trade hall Unpacking Google Note: An exhibitor presentation Featured Presentation: Digital kids in Action Effective Web 2.0 in the Classroom Discover the Pasifika resources on TKI

Eileen
...fonts and colours playing up sorry! 3D Digital Prototyping Decided not to go to this b/o as I choose this one as a last resort. Instead I went to Lou's. This b/o showed us how to embed flash, graphics etc into Moodle. However when I asked him how to create a moodle page he didn't know how to!! However Moodle looks awesome and I am going to teach myself how to use it!!! Here goes haha Marvin 1 Wicked learned heaps went away inspired...I am going to buy the program for our school $200 aus and start using it wk 2 of this term. If we all buy the program the guy said he will come up (for free) and teach all the schools the basics and some advance skills...If anyone bothers to read this because I'm sure you are all inspired by my thoughts haha let me know if you are going to buy it for your school too!! Flash Paint, Pixel and Print The lady didn't turn up...we all sat waiting for her and so it was cancelled...I had sprinted to catch the bus and then I had a long walk back to the motel! Visual Design and the Adobe Creative Suite It was awesome to see all of the new technology that is being created by Adobe...one real cool one is InDesign here students can create backgrounds and animations for their phones. They have all the spec's loading for every type of phone available with daily updates. However we didn't have a computer to play on, instead we had to watch him play...a bit disappointing. These programs are probably better for secondary schools. E-Portfolios Found out it was a early childhood b/o so I left and found another one that wasn't that helpful. Marvin2 Much like the first.

My thoughts: Awesome conference...good to hang out with all the teachers from our cluster. I really enjoyed the key note speakers and I now see the importances of wikis, blogs and web 2 which I haven't been a fan off. So this term I am going to have a try with a couple of classes. Will see how we go!!

Jo
Tranformational Teachers -Tony Ryan RSS: Connecting Ideas and Knowledge Powerful Learning Practice -Will Richardson Visit the trade exhibition Hall LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION! (getting good stuff in the can) -Dean Rogers - RED 3D Modelling and Animation with Blender -Francesco van Eerd - Natcoll You're a leader - lead! -Cheryl Doig - Think Beyond Visit the trade exhibition Hall

__ Tinaka __
LINKS TO FUN DIGITAL PHOTO ACTIVITIES E.G cube, warholizer etc. CHECK IT OUT!!!!! http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/ ALso check out this blog for the other fun stuff http://michelledenley.blogspot.com/ Kia Ora e te whanau. Well I've recovered from my google hang over and had an awesome time in Christchurch. I thoughly enjoyed all my breakouts, the people, the food & especially catching up with my Far North colleagues.

Whilst engaged. I met 2 young female teachers from Hamilton, decile 10 school. They were a pleasure to meet & to compare my decile 2 classroom setting with theirs.
 * __//   Tranformational Teachers -Tony Ryan -      //__**
 * Rated my number 1 breakout**. He is a very inspiring speaker. I was engaged throughout the entire session.

I'm encouraging my students to self affirm every time they learn new concepts, strategies & ideas. This will hopefully develop self confidence within.
 * __//* Self affirmations -//__** I have started this in class. The students are now self affirming before they sit exams, cross country races etc.

//* **__You tube - movie assignment 5 million hits! -__**// Tony's idea of children creating a movie/video clip that could needed to be viewed or **hit** by 5 million people via youtube was **COOL.** In this techno savy world children would more likely to be engaged & create an interesting inspiring piece that would have to of excellent quality to be viewed by 5 million people. An awesome challenge that I'd like to get my students to do. The assignment would include, planning, story boards, dialogue, scripts, props, themes etc ..... A lot of learning.

//* **__Tony Ryans - Thinkers Keys -__**// I've used these for the last 2 years in most of my units. My children love them. They are creative activities that allow children to think in more than one way. My lower end children are fully engaged when completing these activities. They come up with amazing designs and questions/answers that I wouldn't even think of. http://www.kurwongbss.eq.edu.au/thinking/Contracts/contracts.htm****
 * This website has free thinkers keys units already ready to use in your class.

__// RSS: Connecting Ideas and Knowledge- Will Richardson - Powerful Learning Practice //__** This breakout gave me a 'google' hang over. Basically this breakout was about creating an online google book. You can save your favourite websites on to it, blogs etc. For example I could write a book about 'Why ICT is the NOW not the Future!'
 * The main idea is that you can create an online 'BOOK' or 'journal'.
 * I can then go online and research/search for readings/websites supporting my book title.
 * I can select/copy/paste & reference other peoples theories on my book title.
 * After collecting info from all over the world I can save it to my BOOK and compile & complete a book about my chosen topic written by people from all around the word.
 * You can also check out the publisher/owner of a website to see if they legitimate source or advertising gimic.
 * I have a set of notes on Margo's laptop if you want a copy email me TPawa@kis.net.nz

__// Visit the trade exhibition Hall //__ Wow!!!!! The ICT gadgets. Very cool. I've found at least 3-4 things that I'm definately going to buy next year! I liked the the music dj mixer, the blue camera, the baby sized laptops (unbreakable & waterproof), the news maker software and the microphone gadget. I also saw a small movie camera that looked pretty cool. The free 2gb pen drive was awesome as I filled it up with other people's cool ICT stuff they've been doing at school.

This was a cool workshop. Dean should us alot of tricks & tips when putting together equipment for 'movie making' / filming e.g a documentary. **I have notes from this course if you'd like them.**
 * __// LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION! (getting good stuff in the can) - Dean Rogers - RED //__**


 * I liked the fact that all students can be apart/ have a job to do when filming
 * He went over gears, techniques, story boards etc

__//3D Modelling and Animation with Blender - Francesco van Eerd - Natcoll//__

Check out this groovy website it explains it. Very cool programme. I was totally information overloaded by this time. I'd definately like to try this one out tith my class.

http://www.blender.org/**

//__Being a Leader of Learning - Mary Anne Mills - CORE Education__//

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 * This breakout was about the 'New Curriculum'. I enjoyed group discussions with 5 other educators.
 * From this break out I now see the 'new curriculum' as
 * an active curriculum.
 * skills based curriculum
 * opportunity based curriculum
 * Artistic curriculum a focus on THE ARTS...
 * flexible curriculum

Personally the changes I'd make in my class will be


 * SKILLS BASED rather than CONTENT BASED
 * THINKERS KEYS, MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES etc
 * PROVIDING ENGAGING EXPERIENCES
 * HANDS ON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 * HABITS OF THE MIND & VIRTUES BASED CLASSROOM & CURRICULUM

**//__Visit the trade exhibition Hall__//** I Had to visit again to look at all the other toys and so I didn't miss the plane.

I'd like to thank Nigel, Stephen, Gwenny & all my colleagues from the Far North for a great ULearn08 experience!

Justine
 Transformational Teachers - Tony Ryan  Tony Ryan’s breakout on Transformational Teachers was fantastic. I really like his quote that “classes are a reflection of the teacher”. I also liked his discussion on how teachers need to be constantly transforming as we are in a time of ‘change’. I’m going to get his book “The Ripple Effect”. Check out his website [|www.**tonyryan**.com.au] Made a stuff up here and ended up in the wrong place. However, I sat next to another presenter, Greg Gebhart. We had a great conversation. I think Stephen went to his Web 2.0 presentation on Thursday. **From facts through to fantasy: How ICT supports children's learning - Chris Nicol & Jane Clark - Rangitoto Kindergarten** Was aimed at Kindy, but still got a lot from it. No matter what age group we teach - the theme was kids need to be able to aks those 'what if..." questions and have an opportunity in class to explore these questions. I love the blue digital microscope. It is a micrscope that hooks onto the computer - you can take photos or video. I know Pamapuria have one of these. Talk nicely to Stephen if you want to try it out (Nigel) Also Innes Kinnard sells these for $180 or $190 His e-mails is on Oriana's space - Dave has one at our school. (Joanne) **Showcase to the Future: The new, the wild and the wacky** Multiple presenters - <span style="COLOR: rgb(10,103,17)">A mixed bag. Favourites: Carl with his alternative "interactive whiteboard" for $150. Also loved wordle - for example I am going to use this at the beginning of next for setting up our class virtues. wordle.net **3D Modelling and Animation with Blender -** Francesco van Eerd - Natcoll <span style="COLOR: rgb(203,118,11)">he was totally off the topic. at least I won two chocolate fishes <span style="COLOR: rgb(203,118,11)">
 * RSS: Connecting Ideas and Knowledge - Will Richardson - Powerful Learning Practice**
 * visit the trade exhibition Hall** <span style="COLOR: rgb(87,22,141)">still waiting to win my iPod. lots of cool toys - lots of dollars. Love my new fluro yellow shirt for art and my lime green 'swimming bag'.

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<span style="COLOR: rgb(20,144,30)">Learning and Leading with the Habits of Mind: a practical workshop - Karen Boyes Loved Karen - a very dynamic and inspiring. Here is a tip I got from her breakout. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: rgb(51,51,153); FONT-FAMILY: Symbol">· <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: rgb(51,51,153); FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Instead of writing, a score at the top of a student’s work e.g. 7/10. Try writing “There are three errors on this page. Please find and correct them.” If too many errors – still write three so it is not demoralising. Kids also love it if they end up finding 4! What a great way for kids to look back on their work and actually do something with it. <span style="COLOR: rgb(86,0,255)">**Using Web2.0 in our professional lives - Greg Carroll** The network let us down here. From what I have heard the other 'Greg' was a bit more onto it with web2.0. I'm still not that much wiser on what web 2 does and how to do it. Got a range of some links given to us on his flash drive.

<span style="COLOR: rgb(227,13,13)">**Highlights** <span style="COLOR: rgb(9,144,13)">**//Over all the highlights were Tony Ryan, Karen Boyes, meeting and networking with a range of people from other schools and the dinners with the cluster teachers. Thanks Stephen!//**

Margo
Tranformational Teachers -Tony Ryan.//What a legend!//Tony's breakout was inspirational and thought provoking... Take that step towards change, be real and run with it! Your students will be more receptive and your teaching practise can only get better. Looking for the book "Ripple Effect" RSS: Connecting Ideas and Knowledge -Will Richardson - Powerful Learning Practice Great ideas about how to create efficient and effective ways for our students to organise and reorganise information from various web sites. Visit the trade exhibition Hall - Lots of fantastic equipment. The USB miscrophones...wow...I want two of those. Record reports, stories etc plug it into your computer, accompany this with photostory, Kidspix and voila! What a fun and easy way to encourage students to use another facet of media. LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION! (getting good stuff in the can) -Dean Rogers - RED Arrived late, due to sitting in on the wrong breakout. Anyhow the 3 blind mice shuffled into a room with Macs???... that was the first surprise. Retain and maintain the 'old' cassette video recorders, that was the second surprise! I've forgotten why, but there was a rational reason for it. Facilitating the process of video creation with students the effective way. How to make microphone booms out of everyday materials...Learning the language of moviemaking. I'm going to try this with my kids. Let's see what we come up with. 3D Modelling and Animation with Blender -Francesco van Eerd - Natcoll ...It looks so much easier when the presenter manipulates and creates 3D animations. I was lost! You're a leader - lead! -Cheryl Doig - Think Beyond Wow! Teaching practise...role modelling...positive influences...reflection... we need to change ourselves before we can change anyone else! So true. Visit the trade exhibition Hall Didnt go to the hall went off to find another breakout in the Town Hall. Highlights: Key speakers... meeting people from other schools who are passionate about teaching and ICT...new ideas to use in the classroom and spending time with people from our cluster. He mihi nui kia koe e Stephen!

Keynote- Will Richardson/Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach Business Sector Response- Bruce McIntyre. What rude people! Their coffee meant more. He was unfortunately a bit of a dull speaker but his message about the business driven education system. (which I believe we aid and abet, whether consciously or not) and the unfulfilling pursuit of the material trappings resonated with me. Breakout 1 Taster- New Theories of Learning in Practice: Sarah Jones, Malcolm Moss, Richard Millwood Excellent! New “gogies” superceding pedagogy, NZ is well along the right path. Taster- Beginning Blogging: Erin Freeman Excellent! She showed how easy it was and highlighted the safe procedure into this area with our pupils. Anecdotal records show great gains in reading age. I will try to set up class Blog with tech colleagues. First things first. Breakout 2 Taster- Trade Hall Amazing new technologies. Need to prioritise with school as part of ICT future planning. Taster-Share our Voices- Intro to Voice Thread… Kirsten Anderson-McGhie Interesting. The interaction with the global community thing is further than where our kids are I would establish a healthy relationship within our community first! Many need the competencies before they can move out. The voicethread was a little clunky and did not grab me. I heard this software mentioned several times over the week but no application appealed at this point. Keynote Speaker- Steven Carden This young successful and very likeable man succeeded __despite__ his schooling. His experience is not unique. Breakout 3 Taster- Innovation in Assessment: Sarah Jones, Malcolm Moss, Richard Millwood This was another excellent delivery by these people. I will access the site and gather more. Sarah said that her “//virtualversity”// was available. I would love to study this way even with my slow keyboard skills. Taster- didn’t make it to the planned breakout. I stayed back for the CoreUK last session outlining their successful forays in collaboration across boarders in the European Community. The poms have made some mistakes but the outcomes of there relationships have been invigorating. I am still unclear in my disposition and profession and will seek the guidance to make the shift. // I don’t possess the social capacity to enter into a relationship professional or other online. I feel that this would not feel real so I fear I could easily disrespect these people. // Breakout 4 Showcase to the future: The new, wild and the wacky. The title was a bit overstated. The $150 in teractive board was intriguing. The digital portfolios was ok. The strategic plan model briefly outlined by the “Ponsonby Cluster” about where to next was interesting and is what we need to do as a cluster. Breakout 5 Technology as Trojan Horse- Dr Vince Ham Vince’s presentation was from the evolution of educational software from the 1990’s. This was reinforced by research and some data that provoked debate. I am convinced that the cultural capital that the teachers in high decile schools possess is vastly different from the low decile schoolteachers. We all agree that the stakeholders are important but the divergence is not hard to miss. Breakout 6 ClickView Note: an exhibitor presentation- Violeta Apostolovski & Rosemary Murphy. Clickview Pty Ltd This was brilliant. A comprehensive multimedia storage facility. I have procured a 30 day free trial and am keen as mustard. Please check their site for a better understanding. Breakout 7 Great Technologies and cautionary tales: things we need to know about using software in the classroom- Sarah Jones (the other one). MOE This was most useful and seemed to underpin a similar message inferred throughout this conference. It is inevitable so lets show the pupils how to use it safely. She also said that teachers need to be the users before they have to be the pushers. I have had a great time. I am less resistant than previously but still feel cautious. I do not desire to spend hours online and don’t think I have to master these technologies in order for pupils to learn. I HAVE NOT AND WILL NOT TWITTER! I will blog and perhaps use wiki but maybe not voice thread. I WILL NOT SECOND LIFE, BEBO OR FACEBOOK ! I like to watch television and will use that medium in the classroom if resources allow. I will use Youtube, BUT NOT GOOGLE DOCS. I do not want to be googled. With the acceleration of these new technologies how do we avoid the duress from the demands of compliance? There seems to exist the same zeal as religious fundamentalists. The Moe are finally gathering and collating the data. Is this best practice?
 * Craig**

Heather
1.Inquiry Learning the Coley Way: Two teachers from Coley Street School in Foxton took us through their inquiry journey which was very similar to what we have all been doing, then they pulled it all together with the way they do inquiry now. In all classes the question to be answered is decided by the students. Three levels of inquiry: Directed inquiry, in the junior school where the whole class works through the inquiry and answer their questions together. Guided inquiry, in the middle school, where the whole class choose the main question then groups answer the subsidiary questions then they come back together to answer the main question. Pure inquiry, in the senior school, where the students know the process and carry it out by themselves (with support from the teacher). 2A. ICT in the NZ Curriculum: Lesley Tait from Red Beach School. This was a short taster session where Lesley went through the way they had developed their school vision and the importance of spending time with teachers to talk about their beliefs so they know why they are using ICT tools. They have a "knock and enter" policy where any child can knock on another classrooom's door and ask if they can use their computers if they are not being used. They no longer have school assembly's but one class produces a TV programme on Mondays. Has an interview with the principal and notices etc. 2B. Royal Oak Pathway to Learning: Two teachers from Royal Oak school in Auckland - their inquiry process. Based on their oak tree, called the Royal Oak Tree of Learning, divided into three areas - Planting the Acorn (The big question, immersion, questioning skills, learning questions), Developing the Shoot (information literacy and research skills, sorting information), Growing the Oak (evaluating new information and learning, presenting, taking further action). They incorporated Thinking Hats, Blooms taxonomy, Sousa's brain learning, 3 doors skills, graphic organisers. 3. Talking Through Inquiry - Creating classroom discussion with your interactive whiteboard : This was a presentation by the Activ Board people and was quite useful. Had some good activities and ideas that we will be able to use on the Smartboard. 4. The steps to SUCCESS. Developing a schoolwide inquiry model. This was Weymouth Intermediate's inquiry process and this was really useful as it sounded like the students were very similar to ours. They looked at lots of inquiry models and then developed their own using the acronym SUCCESS. S et the scene, U ncover the questions, C ollect resources, C reate and Record, E dit and Examine, S hare and Present, S elf Reflect and Celebrate. 5. "Whatever!" The conceptual era and the evolution of School v 2.0: a New Paradigm and a new renaissance in learning: Mark Treadwell I always enjoy listening to Mark. He talked about the importance of oral language for our students. He is currently working on a conceptual framework for the new curriculum which will be available soon so that each school is not reinventing the wheel when they are doing their school curriculum. He talked about the importance of us teaching virtues, including values so that our students can use the internet where there are no values. His daughter came on and showed us her portfolio where she reflected on her own competencies - very interesting. Have a look at [|http://i-learnt.com] for lots of background reading and information. 6. ICT contract The Sequel: Teachers from Weymouth Primary School showed us their journey through the contract - quite interesting but nothing more than most of us are doing. 7. Weaving it all together to create Rich Relevant Learning Experiences: A group of teachers from a cluster based around Te Awamutu. This was my 7th breakout looking at what other schools did with inquiry and it was Friday morning but they kept my attention! Great stuff happening. Look at http://weavingitalltogether.wikispaces.com Each syndicate had to have a visual metaphor which they used to set up their inquiry and keep track of where the students are up to (laminated photo of each student moved along as they complete an activity). One junior syndicate used the Berenstein Bears story In the Night for their visual metaphor so they had a big picture across the classroom from the In Bed part out the window, through the trees etc etc until they got up the hill. The inquiry activities were spread out along the way and photos and questions and work done was included until there was an amazing build up of inquiry all across the wall. The next class used the Yellow Brick Road as their visual metaphor and the seniors used a Space Journey. It was a great idea and they were going to take some photos and put them on their wikispace or on their ULearn presenters page so have a look. It is certainly an idea I am going to use. l

Stephen
//**1. Leading for Learning, Learning for Leading (Julia Atkin**//) – a great workshop as always. We looked at transactional (managerial) leadership vs transformational leadership, and the characteristics of each. One very powerful exercise was to identify a key teacher/leader who has had a major influence on where we are today... and what were the characteristics that made them such an influence on us. TIt was good to see how we saw ourselves as leaders using those successful characteristics. //**2. Skoolaborate– A Global Initiative– Emerging technologies (Westley Field)**// -- fairly exciting presnetation of what is happening in some schools in Australia. Check out mathletics http://www.mathletics.co.nz/ works out to about $35/student -- some great activities and very addictive for both teachers and kids. //**3. Webciting: Web 2.0 and Education (Greg Gebhart)**// - probably the //**BEST**// session I went to. Fast moving in an exciting way. Please check out this link...don't bypass it. There are excellent ideas to use in your classroom. http://www.itvision.net.au/ulearn.htm //**4. Critical Issues for Learning in the 21st Century: Multiliteracies**// – fairly solid session ECE in Australia //**5. Whatever- The conceptual Era and the Evolution of School v2.0 Mark Treadwell 6. You're a Leader – Lead! (Cheryl Doig)**// This was an excellent workshop...very challenging. We had to examine our own behaviour and considered some tools and strategies to move forward. Key questions addressed were: Cheryl said that if we weren’t prepared to examine our own practice, then this workshop was not for us ... if you think you can change others without changing yourself, think again. //**7. 21st Century Teachers: a shifting landscape (Joan Dalton)**// Joan has been aorund for along time and always comes up with excellent workshops. This time she focussed on young people and 21st Century learning in a digital, networked world. As educators, this may well be our most compelling challenge. As part of this, there are questions we need to address that are of critical importance to us as teachers and to our profession: • What does this rapidly shifting landscape mean for us as teachers? • What might it mean for our role/s and identity? • How do our practices change in networked environments? • What might this mean for how we work, where we work, and with whom we work? • What capabilities and dispositions might be critical for us? Unfortunately her breakout was not put online bt I am trying to find our how we can access the material.
 * am I, as a leader, a positive role model of the key competencies?
 * what feedback do I seek about my own performance (and how)?
 * am I pushing my own learning forward or am I stuck in today’s world?
 * how am I helping others to examine their own practice?

Diana
Right under you very noses Questioning.....Surfing or scuba diving Assessment for learning and eportfolios Kids connecting with kids in literacy Keynote- Explore the next generation of presentation Superfast moviemaking using imovie 08 Making learning delicious.

Ngauru
Inquiry Learning 'Coley Way' Showcase to the future: The new the wild and the wacky. Little people making a big difference - junior school children leading change through inquiry. Digital kids in action. The creative arts: Exploring confidence and competence in young children using ict. How many sounds in a box? - phonological awareness in the classroom. How ict supports learning in a new entrant classroom?

James
Students using IWBs for learning and presenting Continuous student participation: Dream or reality Talking through inquiry (IWB exhibitor presentation) Building relationship Participating and contributing on the social web- a new approach to literacy Dancing with the stars - being a 21st century leader and enjoying it Numbers - The spreadsheet for those who do not excel.

Robyn
Effective ways of incorporating internet resources into your online course content - Anton Coltham - WeLCom Questioning... "Surfing" or "Scuba-Diving"? - Mary-Anne Murphy - CentreNET EXCEL 200 - Stewart Gavin - Royal Cluster Learning Walks - Learning Talks - Cheryl Doig - Think Beyond "Just Google it, Mummy!" - Sonja Barneveld - Ministry of Education Introducing new programs to children - Katie Hills & Joanne Northover - Torbay school Meaning on The Menu - Innes Kennard - Victoria University of Wellington

John
<span style="COLOR: #be0991; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive">Getting tricky with wikis and Beginning blogging These were 2 shortened 'taster' sessions.
 * 1) <span style="COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive">Getting Tricky with Wikis - Looked at "How to make your wiki stand out from the rest." We looked at the following: *putting in a scroll bar *lframe embeds *put in a background image *remove a logo or replace it *put in a frame image * colour tables * text wrap * hidden menus. All the stuff we looked at can be found on http://gettingtrickywiithwikis.wikispaces.com
 * 2) <span style="COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive">Beginning Blogging - Although this was a short session and I got there a bit late, I found this really good. It was simple, easy to follow and well-presented. Erin provided the backup support through http://ulearnchch08.wikispaces.com/ Everything we looked at and more can be found on this wikispace. One of the great things was her class was now interacting with students from other schools worldwide. Engagement on a global scale was created and these students started learning a lot about all sorts of things having created this world-wide platform.

Excel 100/Excel 200 This was the first 2 of 3 Excel sessions. I only attended the first 2. Not having much experience with using Excel, I wanted to build my confidence and plug any gaps in my limited knowledge using Excel. 100 looked at the 'basics.' Using names [surname followed by christian], ages [in years and months], data input [we used fictitious, to save any embarassment, times and distances for sports] as well as an annual salary. With this data we learned how to arrange text, sort data, create different types of charts, graphs, etc. We looked at creating formulas to automatically roll over information. We also looked at some common errors. I found this extremely useful and Delwyn reckons she can show me more!

Unpacking Google I get nervous when I walk into an ICT suite full of Macs!! Everything you pay for using the net can be done for nothing using Google applications!

Strategies for using mobile phones in classrooms A really interesting workshop but one I'm still trying to figure out how this would work at Paparore. Toni Twiss is an eFellow, currently taking a year off[Study Award] to research this topic. It stemed from her personal situation. A secondary teacher at a school whose infrastructure does not have capability for her classroom access to the internet. How to solve the problem? Connect to the web via mobile phones! School policy had to be rewritten as a lot of school do not allow mobile phones at school. Students needed to be taught appropriate use of the phones during class sessions.... Links to information about Toni's work, the powerpoint used in the workshop can be found at [|www.tonitwiss.com/mobile]

Developing a local curriculum around key competencies This workshop was cancelled so I troddled off to the Trade Hall and spent a good hour 1:1 session with the gen-i stand [schoolzone].

Visit trade hall It was Friday morning and the place was a little deserted after the previous Thursday night 'session.' Our school is a schoolzone client but we are not utilising the full benefits of this. Basically we use it as our internet provider. We pay for web hosting but haven't developed this. After the session I went off to order 'Dreamweaver' and we will develop our own website with this software and upload it to Schoolzone. This will save us on the setup and annual webhosting fee [through another provider]. We also looked at the other features of Schoolzone: Myclasses, SUMMARY Another fantastic opportunity! Although our 3 year contract is soon over, I'm looking at sending a couple of staff to either Learning@School or ULearn to keep up to date with the new trends. We know how rapidly changes are occuring with new technology. Thanks Stephen for the work you've done to give us all this opportunity!:-)

Lee
This was outstanding and easily the highlight of U-Learn08 for me so far. It discussed what kind of teachers we need to be as education as we know enters a period of transformation (reinforcing what the first key note speakers alighted to). [|http://www.tonyryan.com.au/cms/pages/BM_Menu/Free+Material/!/display.html] <span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif">**<span style="COLOR: rgb(240,15,23)">99 Ways to use an Interactive Whiteboard ** This was a really disappointing breakout. It was taken by two teachers who had their Activboards for the same amount of time as me and all the examples they had to show are things I am already doing in my classroom. I was really hoping to see some new and innovative ideas as well as how to put them together. They did however, have some useful website links. <span style="COLOR: rgb(5,5,5); FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="COLOR: rgb(21,193,62)">**Authentic Presenters for an Authentic Audience** This was a great and inspiring breakout. Point England school televises its own show each morning and it was an outstanding exemplar for the use of a 'TV Station' within schools. As well as developing the skills for those students involved in the production/presentation, it developed a strong school culture and a positive way to start the day and display students work. While it does take time to set up initially (and get everyone on board!) once it becomes established it is very straightforward! <span style="COLOR: rgb(18,13,119)">**Showcase to the Future: The new, the wild and the wacky.** Visual Design and the Adobe Creative Suite Workflow
 * <span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,241); FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif">Tony Ryan - Transformational Teachers **

Visit the Trade Exhibition Hall.

Joanne
Keynote Addresses - Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach "None of us have the wisdom of all of us"; Change the way we learn, not the way we teach - Will Richardson - We have to empower kids to be equipped learners (need own experiences of ICT to do this) Visit the trade exhibition Hall

Creating Reflective Practitioners -Sarah Jones & Richard Millwood - Core Education UK - tools for RP - Critical Incidents; Learning Journals; Action Inquiry/Action Research; Online Communities and Networks (usually in combo with one of the others cf. stand alone. The challenges relate to how to embed these tools into working practice. Unfortunately no solutions were offered!

Learning: The Link to the Future -Tony Zaloum & Bruce Laws - Orewa College - Orewa North School and Orewa College collaborate together on an ICTPD contract with an aim of delivering "seamless education" from Year 0 to Year 13 for students in their area. They use the same language, tninking tools and internal school workshops to sustain this practice. A challenging but simple concept. Content delivers KCs and is based on ako me manaaki.

Talking through Inquiry - Creating Classroom Discussion with your Interactive Whiteboard -Claire Ross - ActivboardNZ - Lots of ideas using interactive whiteboards with an emphasis on the promotion of discussion and use of thinking skills. My concern would be that a lot of what we are seeing with the "experts" demonstrating /facilitating use of these tools is that most of it is "teacher driven" - we should be wary of this.

Building relationship -Carolyn Stuart - Tawa Intermediate - key idea summarised in re-wording of Dalto quote - the relationships with other adults (teachers/teacher aides) in our school and students determines the teaching and learning that actually happens - this is the hidden curriculum. Good honest communication and associated values and behaviour are key to this.

Assessment issues associated with implementation of NZC -Rose Hipkins - key messages for me - unpacking the new curriculum is a bit like an onion (or Shrek) it has layers; Kc are the key, but in Rose's view should be embedded into content with a result of getting better assessment evidence of deeper understandings; don't rush it, be careful and considered with your school appraoach.

Using SOLO Taxonomy to Enhance the Conditions of Value in Student Inquiry in Years 0-3 -Fintan Kelly & Leisha Barnes - Waikowhai Primary School - good model of how to use of inquiry teaching and learning, especially at junior levels. Another school that have worked with Pam Hook (her name popped up several times). The two teachers presenting had lots of good practical observations and ideas based on their experiences. Waikowhai is Decile 3 - I thought I might try to visit to see what this looks like in action.

Meaning on The Menu -Innes Kennard (although meaning on men could have been interesting!!) Innes was great. Found him to be a wealth of knowledge when he visited Peria earlier in the year, so chose his workshop... It was great fun, and he offered a heap of practical, simple and achievable ideas for classroom learning.

Liz
Key notes from Sheryl Nussbaurn-Beach: To ensure our students have the best opportunities for the future we need to create // "a community of practice". // My basic interpretation of this concept is where the students have online forums to collaborate what they are learning with a globe community of like minded learners and teachers with a combined drive to improve and innovate. The message I will take most from her was "none of us are as good ** as all of us **."

Spoltlight Presenter: Leading for Learning, Lerning for Leading - Julia Atkins: If anyone has an opportunity to listen to Julia I would extremely recommend it!!! In this breakout Julia challenged our understanding of how leadership works and the ways to best create leadership practice. A quote valued most was “//If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the people to gather wood divide the work and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea.”//

99 Ways to Use a Interactive Whiteboard: Provided easy ideas for using whiteboards. There are loads of awesome tools on the internet. Interactive boards are a tool for providing a fun and engaging opportunities for learning- what you are already doing in your class can be adapted for the boards. For example shared reading. Instead of using a big book with your class download an interactive book which can be read on the interactive board.(I also agree with Lee, I was disappointed)

Two Views- Counterpoints on educational futures- Karen Sewell, John Hartie, and Rod Oram: These three very influential speakers had relevant insight as to where the future of education needs to take direction. From a business perspective learners need to be seekers and therefore need to learn how to learn rather than learning how to retain knowledge.

Talking Through Inquiry: <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">This was a walk through of some really fun ways of using a new interactive tool- clickers on interactive boards.The key is getting the students to consider their votes via think/pair/share and justification of their discussions. Energising Education This break-out was fun! It's the first break-out I've had where we were encouraged to talk to others.

Write! Read! Publish! This was a complete DISAPPOINTMENT! I made the mistake of visiting the exhibitor stand at the early bird break-out that morning. If you want to to see a really neat software programme I would recommend going and having a look. It is a fun way to hook your students into creating newsreports with loads of gimmicks!

Learning and Leading with the Habits of Mind Featured Presenter: Assessment Issues Associated with Implementation of NZC

Kathryn
Students using IWB for learning and presenting Getting the most from IWB during literacy time Assessment for learning and eportfolios Trade exhibition Formative practice in the classroom Students showcase of ICT in classroom Effective questioning strategies for the classroom.

Lohnet, Panya & Kelly (The Angels)
New Zealand's Virtual Learning Network Showcase to the future Empowering learners with video sharing Set up to Solo 3d digital phototyping Trade Hall
 * __ Breakouts __**
 * ** 3D Digital Prototyping **
 * This workshop was run by the creators of Autodesk Inventor. It is an engineering software where students are able to create 3D models. It was a hands on and informative workshop. It was aimed more at secondary students and is quite technical and very expensive ($2500). **
 * ** NZ’s Virtual learning network **
 * Another breakout suitable for secondary students sitting NZCA. About a network available to teachers and students where they can connect with other schools online. **
 * **Using SOLO Taxonomy to Enhance the Conditions of Value in Student Inquiry learning. This is a Taxonomy that describes level of increasing complexity in a student’s understanding of a subject, through 5 stages of thinking. It was quite difficult to absorb everything in 20 minutes. However if we agree to use this taxonomy in class, we need more PD in this area. It can also be used together with Bloom Taxonomy. **
 * ** Showcase to the future **
 * Ten speakers presenting quick snapshots on new and relevant software programmes and internet sites, including Google maps, itunes you, 3D photography and Marvin-an animated programme (free sample CDs handed out). **
 * ** Empowering learners with video sharing **
 * This was how one teacher uses videos to enhance numeracy learning outcomes. This involves children videoing themselves working out number problems and then sharing their video with fellow students to share learning successes. It is an excellent way of empowering learners, modeling, and sharing in the success of all students. It would encourage students’ metacognitive skills and be evidence of learning for parents. **
 * ** Learning science in a NZ context **
 * How to use the science website: sciencelearn.org.nz This presentation was focused at secondary students and unfortunately this was not made clear beforehand. Presenters discussed a lot of research they complete for website. **
 * ** Trade hall **
 * Excellent opportunity to engage with professionals introducing and presenting new and old products. Lots of information and handouts. **