What was important for us and why?
We thought about how we might bring the direct impact of the contract to student level rather than indirectly through teacher or principal action and came up with the idea of an Elearning student conference. Many of us have been involved in similar activities in a different context and believed this could have the impact we desired.
We ran a day where we delivered a series of workshops dedicated to exploring the way elearning tools can support learning.
The impact on students/teachers/whanau was initially very good.
"Thank-you for a wonderful day. Our children. are simply buzzy but also a bit tired. There was no nervous excited chatter in the car coming home."
"A great event. Our kids came back buzzing. Now we need to capitalise on that!"
"I wish we had these in my day". (parent at the conference)
"I talked to one parent last night and her son was "buzzing" not a word normally associated with him." (principal)
We now need to follow up and see the immediate impact on classrooms (1 month after conference).
Making Connections - Linking Digitally ICTPD Cluster
http://makingconnections-linkingdigitally.wikispaces.com
Where: The wider Wellington region
ICT-PD Cohort: 2010