Virtual Learning Network

Background and Context   Baradene is a 7-13 girls’ Catholic school in Remuera. It is part of the Baradene/St. Peter Cluster and we are in our last year of our cluster contract. Religious Education (RE) is a compulsory subject that every...

A reflection by staff about where the department has come and where it is going at SPC.

A mash-up of the cluster meeting held for schools leaving the cluster. There are some amazing links and resources included so I recommend having a look.

We has set up a plan for digital citizenship training for all Y7 - 10 students.  This will be done after their exams and we will follow the plan attached. 

I had a two hour PD session with the learning support team in our teacher only day. The aim was to help them access skydrive and also improve their understanding of Power point. The learning support team was quite excited about getting help with...

Y8 students were given a number of devices to trial in class.  They collated the feedback and presented it to the Principal and DP.  They felt a device that supported Windows would be the best choice. This was largely due to SkyDrive...

Parents are regularly reminded to access the parent portal for information as well as assessment results. Initially a letter was sent to all parents with a unique username and password so that they can access this data.   Parents can...

Staff have been given the opportunity to sign up to the Partners in Learning (PIL) programme.  This has allowed us to ask them to do the survey set up by PIL.  We will use the feedback received to plan our next steps for 2014. ...

At one of the ULearn presentations I attended the speaker shared this link on Digital Citizenship. I like that it has information for Primary, Intermediate and Secondary, and covers things from basic ICT skills and online safety, privacy and...

These are the agenda items from the last 3 meetings witht he principal to discuss the year 7 iPads for Learning progression.

This is a contract that students will sign to show that they agree to be a responsible digital citizen when entering the Year 7 iPad for Learning classes.

THis is the policy that every student must sign before starting the year in the Year 7 iPad for Learning class.

This is the launch of the new SPC parent portal where parents now have more access to a range of features to make payments easier and other functions such as checking their son's attendance record.

I presented at Ulearn 12 on OneNote use at Baraden.  The session was very well attended and there were a number of attendees who stayed for questions afterwards.  I have sent them my PowerPoint and have had some people phone with...

During one of our teachers-only days and with the help of the RE HOF, I organized and led a PD session with the RE faculty. The aim of this PD was to think about ways in which RE pedagogy could be changed from a traditional teacher-centered teaching...

Michelle from Electroboard will be doing a 2 day Smartboard workshop for the Mathematics Faculty, English and Social Science faculty.  See the attached programme that was placed on OneNote for staff to sign up to various sessions. ...

A quick pdf resource showing staff how to change printer preferences.

We are currently organising digital citizenship classes where students are touching on some of the following ideas: a. Definition of digital citizenship b. Baradene ICT agreement c. Digital Footprint d. Digital awareness Students are quite...

The Technology Faculty wanted to look at incorporating ICT into their unit planning for their ICT PD day, with a specific focus on the Year 9 programme, as they will have their own devices from next...

For their ICT PD day, the Art Department wanted to learn ways that they could make their upcoming printmaking project into more of a multimedia piece rather than just a printed piece. A few different programs where demonstrated and, in the end, the...