Tainui+School+Milestone+3

Name of School: Tainui Name of lead teacher: Cliff Stearn

Milestone Report # All staff have set personal I.C.T. goals recorded on Tainui staff protopage. They have reflected on these goals at the end of term two and reset new goal for term three. These will again be reviewed and new goals set for term four. Dedicated I.C.T. P.D. staff meetings were held on 28 February,21 March, 16 May, 30 May, 25 July. Presentations were made at these staff meeting on: Inquiry Process, Protopage, Wikis, Blogs, Digital Learning Objects, Cluster website, using I.C.T. equipment. Release time provided for all staff to explore the cluster website and other related websites. Principal and lead teacher have attended all appropriate workshops. Staff members have attended all teacher workshops and reported back at following staff meetings.


 * 1) Staff to set personal goals with reference to the cluster web site

Staff members all set personal goals related to their use of I.C.T. technology and it use within the classroom. These included: use of digital cameras, use of data projector, establishment of class Protopages, exploration of websites that could be used in classrooms, use of webquests, use of Digital Learning Objects, familiarisation with aspects of Word, Excel etc., use of Skype. [|www.protpage] .com/tainuischoolroom9/room9


 * 1) Staff to set School Management Goal (if applicable)

Executive are examining two S,M.S. systems and have arranged demonstrations prior to determining which one will be best for our school.

Video making, digital camera use, use of digital learning objects, use of web based resources, data projection, class Protopages established, wiki set up.
 * 1) Individual Goals – Class related



Summarise. We feel that there has been a high level of commitment and application by all staff to both individual and classroom goals. As with many schools we have a wide range of expertise on the staff and we believe we have managed to cater for all needs so far, in a supportive and collegial way.