Portobello+Milestone+3

Name of School: Portobello Name of lead teacher: Tom Hobbs

Milestone Report #3 __End of Term 2 –__ Intranet ‘online’ Stars on Stage dance self assessment. Children from two classes were required to: -Access a template -‘Save as’ under their name in a particular folder -Import a photo and resize to fit -‘Lock’ document -Complete self assessment using drop down fields -Add a comment about their dance performance Evidence – (appendix 1 and 2) __Beginning of term 3__ – Discussed the possibility of each class having their own web 2.0 tool in the form of a Protopage. Reaction was positive and now all classes have their own protopage managed by the teacher and children. __Week 5 term 3__ – Staff member attended cluster workshop on wikispaces. Very positive about it, and has created a wikispace for her classroom. Wikispace being used to display children’s work under each curriculum area with links to each area for parent and child viewing off site. Early stages as photo uploads have been difficult.

· Know more about wikis and blogs · Access the ICTPD website once a week. · Review policy on Internet use/safety. · Allow time for personal upskilling. __Evidence__
 * 1) Staff to set personal goals with reference to the cluster web site
 * Dorothy**
 * Shannon has shared her wiki with the staff
 * Internet safety procedures are under review
 * Have learnt to create a PowerPoint and have presented this to parents.

· To be able to understand at least 50% of what goes on in lead teacher meetings · To access the Otakou cluster website at least once a week __Evidence__ · To access the ICTPD website at least once a week to check out what new goodies are available __Evidence__ · To access the Otakau website page once a week and look around to see what’s new. __Evidence__ See login details ]
 * Tom**
 * Access to the cluster website ongoing. Downloading of presentations on thinking tools, use of Googlesketch, downloading reporting template, thinking keys.
 * Sheree**
 * Some access if the cluster website, using links to others sites for maths and visual art.
 * Shannon**

· To access the Otakau website page once a week and look around to see what’s new · To get my class to use the computer for more than just educational games. __Evidence__
 * Candy**
 * Cluster website access has been limited recently due to username/password issues however these are rectified now and access has been restored
 * 1) Staff to set School Management Goal (if applicable)

Had demonstration from SchoolMaster SMS provider. Decision made after teaching and office staff consultation to go with SchoolMaster.


 * 1) Individual Goals – Class related

· Become familiar with the classroom protopages · To use a thinking tool in the classroom __Evidence:__
 * Dorothy**
 * Used a Y chart with a student for behaviour modification.
 * Shared thinking tools with the staff at staff meeting
 * All staff are using thinking tools/graphic organisers as part of Social Studies 150th theme.
 * Using thinking tools as a follow up to group reading e.g. PMI

· To give the children time to explore the tools that exist within our school · For the children to be able to teach and learn with each other · To use a thinking tool in the classroom · To be able to manage this protopage site along with the Room 4 one without spending hours on it __Evidence:__ > Started with a thinking tool KWL thinking tool (Appendix 4). From the 'what we want to learn' section, the children developed questions which were then thinned out through a voting process. > These questions were uploaded to protopage, each question with it's own tab. a comment box widget was placed under the question and children were asked to research through books, internet searching, interviews etc the answers to these questions, then post them to the appropriate tab, quoting the source of the answer and their own name for accountability. [|www.protopage.com/pboroom4]
 * Tom**
 * Protopage is open throughout the school day, as rewards, children access their own tab to explore and experiment. Success criteria are posted on the site for the children to work towards achieving level 1, 2 and 3.
 * Used the Room4 protopage for social studies.
 * Used a tournament prioritiser to find what we thought the most important idea in a particular group of books about school. A challenge to scan to information for the 16 most important ideas. From there, lots of discussion in small groups before finalising the winner of the tournament. (appendix 3)
 * Time spent about once a week flicking through children’s own tabs for new items and content. Occasional postings on their own tabs to comment on what is happening in the tab.

· For the children to develop the essential skills to manage a web search for educational purposes · Computers used for more than just publishing · To use a thinking tool in the classroom · To have Web 2.0 tool (protopage) up and running in the classroom. __Evidence:__ · Use of Google and Google Image searching for topic related research · Google Images and information being adjusted, resized and imported into Moviemaker and PowerPoint presentations. · Children developing folder/ file management skills and systems within the classroom intranet · Scanned images from home being emailed to school/classroom email address for use in classroom projects · Use of Thinking Hats. Blue hat in conjunction with a KWL chart at the beginning of the 150th topic. Development of questions, find answers to these and present the answers. (appendix 5) · Black hat – debate about life in the city and country 100 years ago linked to reading/writing. · Green hat used in the form of a ‘concept cave’. Children had to choose two question in the cave, then research and answer these using known thinking tool templates. · Thinking tool Y chart to learn about life on the peninsula 150 years ago – link to literacy. · Use of PMI to sort researched information into valid/not valid for use in PowerPoint presentations.
 * Sheree**

· To get my class to use the computer for more than just educational games. · To share and use more ICT hardware within the classroom environment · To use a thinking tool in the classroom · To manage my classrooms protopage and to have each child add something to it. __Evidence:__
 * Shannon**
 * In Room 3 we have used the thinking hats to think about 'Sunday best' clothing from the past. We had many ideas for the __black hat__ such as: it would be uncomfortable, it's boring, it's stiff and starchy. Then for the __yellow hat__ we had conflicting ideas because someone thought it looked good. This generated a discussion that it is ok to have conflicting ideas as people think differently.
 * Using computer to download photos from cameras to view.
 * Using the data projector to use with Jump Jam
 * Started a Social Studies topic with a KWL and used a Venn diagram to compare school clothes from the past and present
 * Have a class protopage and wikispace. Children are yet to add to the protopage

· To get my class to use the computer for more than just educational games. · To use a thinking tool in the classroom · To manage my classrooms protopage and to have each child add something to it __Evidence:__
 * Candy**
 * Thinking hats used as part of the 150th reunion topic. Mainly black hat to look at the negative things about living in the past.
 * Protopage only being added to by teacher but plans for children to add to it at reading time.