Virtual Learning Network

I made this video with Rachel as the subject, for our cluster reflective summary. This goes with Milestone Report 5.  Isn't she a star!

I asked some of our students how e-Learning had been integrated into their classroom programmes: Amy Talks About Ziptales Amy Talking About Ziptales from mrshyde on Vimeo. Tayla Talks About Sumdog: Tayla Talks About Sumdog from mrshyde on...

I am excited about using the  inquiry model we adopted, after three years of action research, to facilitate our students' learning for our own professional learning in our appraisal process.  It will provide a way of supporting any new...

We decided to explore the use of SuperClubs Plus with the two digital classes and the Tech Wizards.  Toni tells me that many of her children completed the Superclub digital challenges at their contributing schools - which is great. I'm still...

At staff meeting I asked our learning centres to share how they used digital tools and blended e-Learning effectively in their classrooms. From each Learning Centre's minutes, 15 May 2012: Waiteti Pod available from library, book through...

From Principal's report - 28 November 2011 "ICT PD Contract Mrs Hyde has worked on the reflective section of the milestone report with her co-facilitator and will upload this to the VLN site as required.  The reflective section is shared with...

Even more of our comunity took the opportunity to use this site to book interviews.  From our PMI after the last interviews, we established a numer of ways for parents and caregivrs to access the site: through the website through the office...

Glen and gaye attended the last Gifted and Talented conference in Wellington.  We asked them to look for break outs that focussed on our strategic areas of writing and blending e-Learning. Gaye's notes on GATE 2012

I found out from Rachel who teaches the Year 8 digital class, that her students were embedding some screencasts into their blogs that Steve had developed to support individual learning progress in his subject, Hard Technology. These are saved on...

I taught the Tech Wizards about capturing student voice.  We discussed how interviews are taken on TV: points like keep to short and sharp, head and shoulder shots, having a practice run.  Then the TWs went out into the field - literally...