Emma+-+Randwick

This is your space to introduce yourself and say what are your goals for using ICT effectively this year. At set points throughout the year, there is an expectation that you will update this page with information on how you're progressing. You might also consider the use of photos and other media to do this with. At the end of the year, we will be asking you to post a presentation to this space about your overall progress throughout this year. This could be easily achieved by making a presentation in Powerpoint/ Keynote and using web 2.0 tools to add it here.

Hello everyone! :)


 * I finished my Graduate Diploma of Teaching (Primary) last year in July. I worked for two terms teaching Yr 4-5's in Upper Hutt. My partner and I bought a house in Waiwhetu, Lower Hutt late last year. I was lucky to receive a position at Randwick School teaching Yr 7-8's for 2008. I thoroughly enjoy teaching the students and the staff are wonderful. One of my greatest experiences was doing volunteer teaching in Ghana, West Africa for 4 months in 2005 (I had a round-the-world ticket and visited 15 countries).**


 * My ICT goal for 2008 is having a class wiki space - including a learning log, which students can use to discuss what they have learnt and completed at school.

Kia Ora Emma - how are you going? It must be great to have access to working computers and the internet!!! (maybe not after the news last night) By the end of week 7 you will be expected to update your journey in ICT either your personal journey or what has been happening in your classroom.

How are the kids going with their wikisite? Are they updating these regulary and what systems do you have to make this successful? What other ICT "things" are you looking to do in your classroom or with your own ICT? Ariana & Margaret

6th August 2008 Progress to date: We have a class wikipage which is up and running. Each student has their own wikipage off our class wikipage. The students have published writing on their pages, and are yet to discuss what they have learnt and completed at school, we will start that this term. We sometimes spend our library time on the pod, updating our wikipages (we need to do more of this). We are also going to focus on creating powerpoints - related to the topic - Olympics - one which we hope to present at assembly. We will continue publishing our writing on word/publisher and use techniques (such copy and paste images, use various fonts/colour/size of writing, using margins, creating borders, underline/bold).**
 * Em**