Andrew 
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About me
Working at Stoke School in Nelson. Year 0, 1 and 2 classroom teacher. ICT Lead teacher in the Whakatu ICT Cluster. Early adopter of ICT stuff. iPad is current favourite for classroom use.
Living in Wakefield, married to Mary, with three sons; Ciaran (14), Finn (12) and Ronan (8).
Likes the Sci Fi, fantasy genre in books (Lord of the Rings) movies (Inception) and music (War of the Worlds).
Cycles (but not recently!). Just did the "Blokes Day Out" triathlon, so that is 14 km now! 
Runs (10 K in 55mins is my best this year) or is 5 K in under 30 better? Thanks Blokes Day Out triathlon. Plays football for Wakefield. ( First game April 2nd, (we lost 1-4.)
Ākonga Whakatū
Whakatū (Nelson) Professional Learning Community
e-Learning: Professional Learning
Exploring professional learning focused on e-learning.
Walkthrough reflections
Reflections on our visits
Flick-It-On
Students creating movies through the key competencies & the curriculum
Genius Cafe National
New ways to look at professional learning
Whakatu Schools
W-S eLearning
VLN Website Development
A place to discuss the ongoing development of the VLN.
- Enabling e-Learning
Kia ora, Andrew - I enjoyed reading your honest and thought-provoking reflective summary - especially the section on professional learning for staff. It's a real challenge, isn't it? You might be interested in the eLearning: Professional Learning group - there is an interesting thread currently running on supporting reluctant teachers. Perhaps you could share your experience as it's so relevant? | /pg/groups/53311/elearning-professional-learning/
- Alison Payne
Well done Andrew, I read your posting re last year's wiki and subsequent parent input. You have been proactive in this regard.
- Andrew
Hmmm, (short reflective pause)... this seems to be a familiar theme (although I do understand that for most children "My way of thinking" is seriously flawed. :-)
- Kelliem
Hi Andrew, My year is absolute madness but I'm gradually making progress, and getting the 'ratbags' under control-takes a while for some of them to come around to my way of thinking!!
- Alison Payne
Prefer to do Friday Andrew. I have Kindie kids visiting 2mrw, so won't be able to rush off when the bell rings.
- Alison Payne
Yeah Andrew, cool, thanks for that. That was also how I knew that you did actually know about today, because you messaged me :-D