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Name of School: **Macandrew** **Bay School** Name of lead teacher: **Megan Graham**

Milestone Report #4

We have had 2 staff meetings recently (week 1 & 6 Term 4) where some staff shared the web 2.0 tools they have been working on. All staff found this a valuable experience, as they were able to see and ask questions to learn more about how they are used within the classroom.

We have been working through our ‘flight’ inquiry this term, with many staff exploring new thinking skills with their students.

We have had some staff attending the recent cluster workshops (powerpoint and TKI) and more staff intend to go to the workshops on offer for this term including imovie, movie maker, and the planned visits to Elmgrove and Port Chalmers Schools.


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

Our cluster website goals include:
 * To log on as regularly as possible.
 * To use this site to help us learn more about inquiry and web 2.0 tools.
 * To view and use a variety of websites listed on the cluster delic-ious account that could be based around our topic.
 * To keep up to date with ICT happenings that are applicable to our own professional development.

Our personal goals include:
 * Showing parents how to access the class proropage from home.
 * Continuing to add information about the students learning to wiki’s, blog’s, and protopages already created.
 * To use the protopage as a way to access reading and maths activities.
 * Teaching the students how to take photo’s on the digital camera, and loading them on to a blog, wiki, or protopage.
 * Continuing to work through the inquiry unit for this term.


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

We have enrolled in training workshops for eMinera for marking attendence and curriculum assessment management. We hope to receive training for this soon.


 * 1) Individual Goals – Class related

Our class related goals include:
 * To access the class protopage from home to check their homework answers.
 * Take photos on the digital camera and load them onto a wiki, blog, or protopage.
 * Feel confident accessing our web 2.0 tools.
 * Generate intersest from the wider community, based around things they can see happening at school – through our blogs, wiki’s, and protopages.
 * Feel confident using book marked websites to access information for our inquiry topic.

Summarise.

All staff made progress with their web 2.0 tools and inquiry learning planning and implementation this term. We have had some staff attend the workshops recently offered, and more will attend the workshops later this month.

We have had 2 after school staff meetings based around ICT this term, and have enjoyed looking at other staff member’s web 2.0 tools and inquiry progress.

We appreciate the work done by the cluster facilitators this year in helping our Principal and Lead Teacher learn about web 2.0 tools and inquiry skills, so that they can pass these on to the rest of the staff.

We are looking forward to attending the Elmgrove and Port Chalmers School inquiry afternoons, and also the cluster showcase.

Thank you Sarah & Richard.