Musselburgh+Milestone+6

In the past 6 months we have:
 * Musselburgh School Lead Teacher Report – November 2008 **
 * Continued to use http://mussellinks.wikispaces.com as our support tool for our students, their families and the community
 * 10 students attended ICT Kids Days
 * 3 Teachers presented at ICT Kids Days
 * 3 Teachers presented to other teachers in the cluster on Apple programmes
 * 5 Teachers visited and observed Room 6 using ICT within the learning enviornment
 * All staff attended workshops run by the cluster. I have upskilled each teacher in little skills, eg shortcuts to make their ICT use more efficient.
 * I have worked closely with Magnum Mac to stay up with current technology and PD
 * Recycled laptops and desktop computers have been purchased and designated for use with children with learning needs
 * I received OMMA scholarship to attend ICT PD
 * BOT will be funding all laptops for staff in 2009
 * All classes have data projectors and are using them in various learning settings, eg. visual images to back up learning, a way to demonstrate how to organise thoughts and information using graphic organisers, audio conference, Skype and presentations
 * Two classes have participated in LEARNZ field trips.
 * School Website and intranet has been relaunched
 * School Master is be used more often and we are investigating using it for reports in 2009 eg. Attendence/ electronic rolls, 6 year nets.
 * Two computers were purchased through a grant for the library for information, research and catalogue searches
 * We have focused on assessment within our inquiry units as a whole school
 * We reviewed our thinking continuum