The Mantar ICT PD Cluster is in its third year of operation. This cluster is made up from four Manawatu and Tararua schools: St James, Terrace End, Somerset Crescent and Kumeroa-Hopelands.
Useful discussion running in the MLE forum on SNUP: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/mle-reference-group/PzNbg-aG75g
For schools that have been SNUP’ed.
What brand and model switches have been used?
What problems/issues...
For interest:
There is a thread running in the MLE Reference group on SNUP in response to the question: "Just doing a quick audit of our 80+ ethernet ports dotted around the school, we only have 16 used, (3 of them to connect to Wireless AP's) this...
The following is a summary of National Goal 4 for 2011 for the Mantar Cluster (Milestone 6).National Goal: Family and whanau to actively participate in their child's learning.Cluster Goal: Investigate, develop and implement ways to involve...
The following is a summary of National Goal 3 for 2012 for the Mantar Cluster (Milestone 6).National Goal: Teachers to integrate e-learning effectively into their practice creating an innovative and exciting learning environment for all...
Had an interesting discussion with our BOT chair and IT techie (also BOT member) around the SNUP deal. We are now eligible for it. HOWEVER - part of our e-learning vision is to incorporate more mobile-learning, laptops etc so want strong wireless...
As part of my lead teacher role I have been working with the junior team to get their blogs up and running. All the teachers have done a great job and the class blogs are looking very good. I worked with Mary in week one to upskill myself in using...
Today Mary came to spend some time with us all. Mary spoke to our teachers individually. We saw today as a sharing day, where our teachers could share what they are doing, where they have come from and where they would like to go next....
We have decided to take time out of our staff meetings to reflect and celebrate what is happening in our classrooms. This can be checked out in our AOKteacher group blog /pg/groups/52477/aokteachers/
The second year of our ICT contract has seen the settling period over. We have worked through the 'novelty' stage and have integrated the use of ICT into our core programme. Our students' already have solid literacy skills but we are now...
I have just had a worthwhile session with Mary Rivers and used this time to revisit some of the web2 tools currently being used in school. We also had an interesting meeting with the tekids who have stated that they are bored with the cluster...
The following is a summary of National Goal 4 for 2011 for the Mantar Cluster (Milestone 6).National Goal: Family and whanau to actively participate in their child's learning.Cluster Goal: Investigate, develop and implement ways to involve...
The following is a summary of National Goal 3 for 2012 for the Mantar Cluster (Milestone 6).National Goal: Teachers to integrate e-learning effectively into their practice creating an innovative and exciting learning environment for all...
The following is a summary of National Goal 3 for 2012 for the Mantar Cluster (Milestone 6).National Goal 2: Principals to lead the integration of e-learning in their schools (strategic and operational).Cluster Goal: Principals will lead learning in...
The following is a summary of National Goal 1 for 2012 for the Mantar Cluster (Milestone 6).National Goal: Students to become successful digital citizens.Cluster Goal: Students empower with the skills to learn in a way that enables them to become...
This is a collection of resources used to educate family/whanau around eLearning and digital citizenship. The resources here have been created and presented by children.
The following is a summary of National Goal 4 for 2011 for the Mantar Cluster (Milestone 6).National Goal: Family and whanau to actively participate in their child's learning.Cluster Goal: Investigate, develop and implement ways to involve...
The following is a summary of National Goal 3 for 2012 for the Mantar Cluster (Milestone 6).National Goal: Teachers to integrate e-learning effectively into their practice creating an innovative and exciting learning environment for all...
The following is a summary of National Goal 3 for 2012 for the Mantar Cluster (Milestone 6).National Goal 2: Principals to lead the integration of e-learning in their schools (strategic and operational).Cluster Goal: Principals will lead learning in...
The following is a summary of National Goal 1 for 2012 for the Mantar Cluster (Milestone 6).National Goal: Students to become successful digital citizens.Cluster Goal: Students empower with the skills to learn in a way that enables them to become...
Had an interesting discussion with our BOT chair and IT techie (also BOT member) around the SNUP deal. We are now eligible for it. HOWEVER - part of our e-learning vision is to incorporate more mobile-learning, laptops etc so want strong wireless...
As part of my lead teacher role I have been working with the junior team to get their blogs up and running. All the teachers have done a great job and the class blogs are looking very good. I worked with Mary in week one to upskill myself in using...
Today Mary came to spend some time with us all. Mary spoke to our teachers individually. We saw today as a sharing day, where our teachers could share what they are doing, where they have come from and where they would like to go next....
We have decided to take time out of our staff meetings to reflect and celebrate what is happening in our classrooms. This can be checked out in our AOKteacher group blog /pg/groups/52477/aokteachers/