Professional Learning in Term 3

The professional learning in learning technology this term at St. Michael’s is unprecedented.

This term’s professional learning includes initial training in the use of the Activboard Interactive Whiteboard, as well as a visit to St. Bernadette’s, Castle Hill (the only school in the Diocese to have total IWB implementation in all classrooms) to see IWBs in action and find out more about the learning and change processes that have surrounded their bold initiative.

While this professional learning will specifically target Years 1, 4 and 4/5K, there will be professional learning for all staff through the Diocesan rollout of CENet, which comes to St. Michael’s this term.  Ian Hanson from CEO’s Learning Technologies team will introduce us to this learning tool which we hope to use immediately as a medium for professional learning and sharing between our learning teams in working to implement our strategic goals for 2007.

Learning 2.0 also continues this term; if you still want to get started, you can.  There are six afternoons this term where the library will be open and support available for you to complete this discovery program.  For those who have already started, Activities 5 and 6 and now ready to complete.

The LTFG Coffee Club also returns this term to continue the discussion on learning and how technology supports it.  This term we will continue the conversation on technology’s place in our teaching and learning with the goal of revising our Learning Technology Policy and producing a new Learning Technology Development Plan for the coming years.

So there’s a massive amount on, and I encourage you to involve yourself as much as you can.  Click on the link below to view this term’s Learning Technology Professional Learning Schedule.

Term 3 Learning Technology Professional Learning