Faye+-+Wilford

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Hi I'm Faye Mayo.I'm the Deputy Principal at Wilford in Petone.I currently teach years 6-8

I would like to develop my knowledge and practice in Excel. I see me using these skill in two ways (1) in my class in maths e,g,statistics or geometry (2) for administration and management tasks I also plan to use on -line resources to support and add variety to my French teaching. Term 2 The areas I personally need development with this programme are being worked on. though its not always so easy to find the time as much as one would like. Excel is used by the students in my maths class We have been progressively building up their skills .It does save time especially in the creation of graphs from data collected. Research on line for our Inquiry topics has been a big learning curve for some students especially those with access to computers at home.I've worked on how to develop shorter pathways to the information they need i.e.keywords and the like. We found stunning information on Matariki and ideas and inspiration for our Wearable arts.

Term 3 I have been using one of our Graphire tablets with a student who has dysgraphia, because it has the capacity to change scrawl into clear font script it has released him somewhat interms of him sharing his written work with other members of the class,Also he know does all his work on the our p.c which has increased his output and made for 100% better presentation of his work and a most importantly a happier and achieving student. Following on from The latest I. T. expo where I did workshops on Kid Pix and Innovation. I have been teaching my students how to use both these tools.They love Kidpix and have been having a glorious time ceating the most colorful and creative slide shows .Using Inspiration was an easy move from the Thinking maps we are very familiar to what is basically the electronic version .This has been a really useful tool especially for our Inquiry work. Personal P.D continues .We are using our last lot of funding for individual upgrading either on our own or with our IT leader or other staff with high competency in I.T.