Cluster+Launch+2010

Workshop Outlines
**Workshop Round 1 – 9:30 - 10:30am**

__Workshop 1__ **Workshop Name:** Keynote for Beginners **Leader/Tutor Name:** Anna Fitchett **School:** Birchwood School **Synopsis of workshop:** Learn how to make a basic Keynote presentation that includes pictures, text and sound. Bring your computer and have a go. Note: Keynote is an Apple programme. Please check it is on your computer before you come.

__Workshop 2__ **Workshop Name:** Embedding Voicethread into your classroom programme **Leader/Tutor Name:** Emma Watts **School:** Tahunanui **Synopsis of workshop:** Practical hands on session in how to use Voicethread (Web 2.0 tool) in your classroom. Learn the basics of how the children in your class can record their voice and more! Great for demonstrating their thinking skills and inquiry learning!

__Workshop 3__ **Workshop Name:** Using Digital Photography in the Junior School to enhance Literacy. **Leader/Tutor Name:** Gaye Kemp **School:** Stoke School **Synopsis of workshop:** There are many ways you can use digital photography in the Junior School to enhance your literacy programme. This session will look at using digital cameras with an emphasis on literacy. I am a beginner and this will be a great workshop for beginners……bring your laptops to explore some of the ideas.

__Workshop 4__ **Workshop Name:** iMovie 09 //(Part 1)// **Leader/Tutor Name:** Karilyn Cribb **School:** Broadgreen Intermediate School **Synopsis of workshop:** Learn the ins and outs of iMovie 09 including tips and tricks such as one step cut away shots, green screen and all the old editing tools we know and love. Participants will need to have iLife 09 on computer and video footage to work with - four to five clips minimum.

__Workshop 5__ **Workshop Name:** Web tools for curriculum enhancement **Leader/Tutor Name:** Michael Breingan **School:** Enner Glynn **Synopsis of workshop:** An opportunity to explore and experiment with a range of web-based tools and games that can help support learning in different curriculum areas. We will look at useful resources such as ‘Sparklebox’ and ‘My Award Maker’ as well as programmes such as ‘Time for Kids’, ‘Scholastic News’ and Google Videos.

__Workshop 6__ **Workshop Name:** Developing eLiteracy in the classroom **Leader/Tutor Name:** Kellie McRobert **School:** Nayland Primary School **Synopsis of workshop:** Learn some new tools and explore implications for student literacy through the use of ICT tools and discuss ways these tools could be developed further. Some time will also be spent looking at Assistive Technology to aid students with learning difficulties. This will be a hands on session guided by the needs of the group. Please bring your laptop and organise a gmail email address if you are not able to recieve email away from your school server. This is aimed at middle to senior primary (yr 4-6) but can be applied to all levels.

__Workshop 7__ **Workshop Name:** Everything Wiki **Leader/Tutor Name:** Andrew Thompson **School:** Birchwood **Synopsis of workshop:** In this workshop we will share the Stoke School techiebrekkie wiki and examples of classroom wikispaces and introduce the “Poisson Rouge” website for interactive work. The main part of the session will be viewing the class wiki, starting a wiki and editing a wiki. Participants will need a laptop and may like to have pictures available to upload.

**Workshop Round – 1:15-2:15 pm**

__Workshop 1__ **Workshop Name:** Keynote for Beginners **Leader/Tutor Name:** Anna Fitchett **School:** Birchwood School **Synopsis of workshop:** Learn how to make a basic Keynote presentation that includes pictures, text and sound. Bring your computer and have a go. Note: Keynote is an Apple programme. Please check it is on your computer before you come.

__Workshop 2__ **Workshop Name:** Mad Macs: imovie **Leader/Tutor Name:** Ché Luke **School:** Broadgreen Intermediate **Synopsis of workshop:** Bring your mac for this ‘hands on’ make your own movie and look at how to develop a presentation that will keep the assembly students riveted to their seats and wanting to know how to use imovie. Please bring a digital camera with at at least a 1gig memory card or a vid cam (Don’t forget your ‘firewire’ leads). Bring your mac laptop preferably with iMovie 09 on it.

__Workshop 3__ **Workshop Name:** Creative mind-mapping ideas to support junior programmes. **Leader/Tutor Name:** Jane Wilkie **School:** Enner Glynn School **Synopsis of workshop:** This workshop will be divided into three main parts. *Introduction of three mind-mapping tools that are suitable for junior classrooms. *Examples and ideas of how to use these tools within different learning areas to enhance teaching and learning. *Exploration ‘play’ time with these tools.

__Workshop 4__ **Workshop Name:** iMovie 09 //(Part 2 – If you attended Part 1, you need to be at Part 2)// **Leader/Tutor Name:** Karilyn Cribb **School:** Broadgreen Intermediate School **Synopsis of workshop:** Learn the ins and outs of iMovie 09 including tips and tricks such as one step cut away shots, green screen and all the old editing tools we know and love. Participants will need to have iLife 09 on computer and video footage to work with - four to five clips minimum.

__Workshop 5__ **Workshop Name:** Web tools for curriculum enhancement **Leader/Tutor Name:** Michael Breingan **School:** Enner Glynn **Synopsis of workshop:** An opportunity to explore and experiment with a range of web-based tools and games that can help support learning in different curriculum areas. We will look at useful resources such as ‘Sparklebox’ and ‘My Award Maker’ as well as programmes such as ‘Time for Kids’, ‘Scholastic News’ and Google Videos.

**Workshop Name: Work collaboratively with students from around NZ and the world.** **Leader/Tutor Name:** Kellie McRobert **School:** Nayland Primary School **Synopsis of workshop:** Introducing Twitter as a tool to develop a Personal Learning Network AND a Student Learning Network. Then demonstrating collaborative tools available to link students to other students who are distant by time or geography (or both). If you are doing this workshop please organise a gmail email address if you are not able to recieve email away from your school server and email this to me at __kelliem@naylandprimary.school.nz__ so I can prepare a collaborative document for us to work on. This is aimed at middle to senior primary (yr 4-6) but can be applied to all levels.

__Workshop 7__ **Workshop Name:** Beginning blogging/Animoto **Leader/Tutor Name:** Martin Herring **School:** Nelson Christian Acedemy **Synopsis of workshop:** Sharing our journey so far... In our class and school we have begun setting up blogs. Currently they have 2 functions. //1- as a platform for publishing/sharing student writing// //2 - as a class learning journal// Bring along some digital photos that you may have on your laptop as we may have time to explore a web 2.0 photo sharing tool called animoto.

__Workshop 8__ **Workshop Name:** Working with Wordle and Quizlet **Leader/Tutor Name:** Alison Payne **School:** Nayland Primary //Wordle// – A step up on A3 and vivids! Will enable you to brainstorm ideas; summarise key points; identify target words or phrases; record and display information in a ‘funky’ way. //Quizlet// Can assist with making your own ‘in the cloud’ curriculum activities to support your students’ learning, in a fun and authentic manner, based on their individual needs. **Bring your laptops and your ideas**

**Workshop Round 3 – 2:15-3:15pm**

__Workshop 1__ **Workshop Name:** Embedding Voicethread into your classroom programme **Leader/Tutor Name:** Emma Watts **School:** Tahunanui **Synopsis of workshop:** Practical hands on session in how to use Voicethread (Web 2.0 tool) in your classroom. Learn the basics of how the children in your class can record their voice and more! Great for demonstrating their thinking skills and inquiry learning!

__Workshop 2__ **Workshop Name:** The Mac Attack: Try out some web2 tools on your sweet macbook. **Leader/Tutor Name:** Ché Luke **School:** Broadgreen Intermediate **Synopsis of workshop:** ‘Hands on’ activities and a chance to develop some ‘do’s’ and ‘don’ts’ when using web2 tools. Learn as fast or as slow as you need to go in this workshop. (web2 tools include, youtube, blogger, etc.)

__Workshop 3__ **Workshop Name:** Using Digital Photography in the Junior School to enhance Literacy. **Leader/Tutor Name:** Gaye Kemp **School:** Stoke School **Synopsis of workshop:** There are many ways you can use digital photography in the Junior School to enhance your literacy programme. This session will look at using digital cameras with an emphasis on literacy. I am a beginner and this will be a great workshop for beginners……bring your laptops to explore some of the ideas.

__Workshop 4__ **Workshop Name:** Creative mind-mapping ideas to support junior programmes. **Leader/Tutor Name:** Jane Wilkie **School:** Enner Glynn School **Synopsis of workshop:** This workshop will be divided into three main parts. *Introduction of three mind-mapping tools that are suitable for junior classrooms. *Examples and ideas of how to use these tools within different learning areas to enhance teaching and learning. *Exploration ‘play’ time with these tools.

__Workshop 5__ **Workshop Name:** Everything Wiki **Leader/Tutor Name:** Andrew Thompson **School:** Birchwood **Synopsis of workshop:** In this workshop we will share the Stoke School techiebrekkie wiki and examples of classroom wikispaces and introduce the “Poisson Rouge” website for interactive work. The main part of the session will be viewing the class wiki, starting a wiki and editing a wiki. Participants will need a laptop and may like to have pictures available to upload.

__Workshop 6__ **Workshop Name:** Add a cool blog background and how to design your own. **Leader/Tutor Name:** Kellie McRobert **School:** Nayland Primary School **Synopsis of workshop:** This will be a superfast design session using GIMP a free photo manipulation application and Photobucket. Please download these before you come so we can get going quickly. I will provide free scrapbooking papers etc but feel free to download your own to use. Try searching ‘free scrapbooking embellishments’ also: [|__http://www.thecutestblogontheblock.com/__] which is where the instructions are if you want to get a head start.

__Workshop 7__ **Workshop Name:** Working with Wordle and Quizlet **Leader/Tutor Name:** Alison Payne **School:** Nayland Primary //Wordle// – A step up on A3 and vivids! Will enable you to brainstorm ideas; summarise key points; identify target words or phrases; record and display information in a ‘funky’ way. //Quizlet// Can assist with making your own ‘in the cloud’ curriculum activities to support your students’ learning, in a fun and authentic manner, based on their individual needs. **Bring your laptops and your ideas**

__Workshop 8__ **Workshop Name:** Beginning blogging/Animoto **Leader/Tutor Name:** Martin Herring **School:** Nelson Christian Acedemy **Synopsis of workshop:** Sharing our journey so far... In our class and school we have begun setting up blogs. Currently they have 2 functions. //1- as a platform for publishing/sharing student writing// //2 - as a class learning journal// Bring along some digital photos that you may have on your laptop as we may have time to explore a web 2.0 photo sharing tool called animoto.