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Editor's Notes

• #2: Welcome to the Software for Learning presentation. I don’t want to spend the time just now showing you around the Software for Learning site. But rather I want to focus on a few snapshots of learning that have been shared by New Zealand teachers over the past 12 months. I hope that through these we’ll be able to join the dots a little and make the connections between using software effectively to support positive student outcomes. I also hope we’ll be able to consider our own practice. What might or might not work in our own classrooms and schools. How we can adapt, adopt and change to meet the needs of own students.
• #3: Our focus today will be on the teacher stories, or Snapshots we like to call them. There are over 70 such stories on the site but we’re going to focus on just three of them you’ll be glad to know. using video to demonstrate understanding of mathematics strategies – Looks at using Youtube to support student learning. Increasing student engagement through a constructivist approach – Looks at how a school leverages myPortfolio.Organising and taking part in a global forum – Considers how Skoodle can have students engage directly with known artists, illustrators and authors.
• #10: Our focus today will be on the teacher stories, or Snapshots we like to call them. There are over 70 such stories on the site but we’re going to focus on just three of them you’ll be glad to know. using video to demonstrate understanding of mathematics strategies – Looks at using Youtube to support student learning. Increasing student engagement through a constructivist approach – Looks at how a school leverages myPortfolio.Organising and taking part in a global forum – Considers how Skoodle can have students engage directly with known artists, illustrators and authors.
• #12: Skoodle, formerly Super Clubs Plus hosts a ‘authors forum’ and Newmarket had been involved with this project previously. It is these connections that led the illustrator of BroTown be asked to attend the school for the day as they hosted a Global Hot seat. The point of difference here was the fact that having Art attend resonated with these students. 30 students were chosen from the school to help host the event and they were involved in every aspect of planning and delivering the event. The students were involved in the planning for the global forum which gave them a purpose for reading and writing. They carried out research on Ant Sang and his career path in order to create a profile poster to help advertise the event. A focus during this activity was ‘using symbols and texts’ where students learned how choices of language, symbol, or text affect people’s understanding and the ways in which they respond. The students worked with Virginia on reading skills such as using key words, inferring, making connections, evaluating, reorganising, reacting, and collating information when doing the online research.
• #13: Newmarket is a culturally diverse school of 300 students. They, like so many schools are trying to raise Maori and Pasifika student achievement.The Assistant Principal interviewed a number of students, trying to make deeper links with them and their families. During the course of the interviews a recurring theme appeared. … BroTown, the TV series. Instead of saying “that’s nice dear” and moving onto a topic about the Rocky shore or some such the Class teacher decided to run with the idea.
• #14: The students were involved in the planning for the global forum which gave them a purpose for reading and writing. They carried out research on Ant Sang and his career path in order to create a profile poster to help advertise the event. A focus during this activity was ‘using symbols and texts’ where students learned how choices of language, symbol, or text affect people’s understanding and the ways in which they respond. The students worked with Virginia on reading skills such as using key words, inferring, making connections, evaluating, reorganising, reacting, and collating information when doing the online research.
• #15: For one hour the children asked their questions using ‘Author in the Hot Seat’ forum. The running of the session was a team effort. Sonya provided technical support and guidance as she managed the Skype session with Solway School and communicated using chat with SuperClubsPLUS Australia. Virginia acted as scribe and had to work quickly to keep up with the 176 online questions.
• #16: I would like you to consider for a few moments one or other of these questions. Whichever floats your boat. Then we’ll feedback together as a group.
• #17: I would like you to consider for a few moments one or other of these questions. Whichever floats your boat. Then we’ll feedback together as a group.
• #18: I would like you to consider for a few moments one or other of these questions. Whichever floats your boat. Then we’ll feedback together as a group.