2. Te Rerenga School Who are we? 4 teacher school in rural Coromandel. Populated by students from beach communities of Matarangi, Kuaotunu and Whangapoua. Roll of 72. ICT contract Part of an ICT contract for the past 3 years Peninsula rural schools cluster involves Whenuakite, Coroglen, Te Rerenga, Tairua and Colville schools. ICT facilitator: Jan-Marie Kellow Advantages Has provided us with exposure to practical ICT classroom tools Encouraged collaboration between Coromandel schools in the cluster through networking days. Given us time and confidence to integrate technologies into classroom programmes.

3. Our session involves Exciting ICT tools we have used and found successful: Debby – Fotoflexer Steve- Activboard Anna – Voicethread, Glogster, Wikispaces, Penspace and other useful websites

4. ICT programmes Voicethread www.voicethread.comwww.voicethread.com Glogster www.glogster.comwww.glogster.com Te Rerenga School room 4 wikispace: http://tererengaroom4.wikispaces.com/

5. Voicethread examples Examples embeded to class wiki http://tererengaroom4.wikispaces.com/ 2008 Year 4/5 class Dancing Matt. Objectives in centre of voicethread. Read from draft writing. http://tererengaroom4.wikispaces.com/Voicethread+2008 http://tererengaroom4.wikispaces.com/Voicethread+2008 2009 Year 7/8 class Swine flu. Opinion piece as response to NZ Herald article and swine flu extensive news coverage. What does it mean for us in Te Rerenga? Read from draft writing. http://tererengaroom4.wikispaces.com/Class+work+2009#home http://tererengaroom4.wikispaces.com/Class+work+2009#home 2009 Year 7/8 class Writing evaluations. Oral responses (interview/teacher conference) to published work. Not completed, view from voicethread www.voicethread.com http://voicethread.com/#u174102.b575554.i3083942www.voicethread.com http://voicethread.com/#u174102.b575554.i3083942 Sam

6. Voicethread www.voicethread.com www.voicethread.com Why use this tool? Opinion based, collaborative pieces Students hear themselves. Oral language development Interesting way to share and gain feedback. Once students have exposure it’s easy to use Wider audience for work Differentiation – meets diverse needs Meaningful assessment

7. Glogster www.glogster.com Online interactive posters. Sound, visual, video, movement. Potential for language learning, presentation cross curriculum. Embed easily into wiki for sharing Class examples: http://tererengaroom4.wikispaces.com/Photos www.glogster.comhttp://tererengaroom4.wikispaces.com/Photos

8. How do I teach these tools? Either myself or a student models with the data projector/activboard briefly to reading group. Use your experts! Pass it on (reading group/individual). Loop Recording time practice then read, classroom requires silence. Recording 3, 2, 1. Emphasize ruining it for others. Activities room. Setup laptop and microphone external. Integrated with guided reading programme. Let the children experiment, make mistakes and learn. Skills are transferable. You don’t need to know every inner working of the tool for it to work.

9. Wikispaces Penspace wiki www.penspace.wikispaces.comwww.penspace.wikispaces.com Te Rerenga School room 4 wikispace: http://tererengaroom4.wikispaces.com/ Room 3 wikispace http://tererengatidbits.wikispaces.com

10. Other ways we use internet in class Storyline online http://www.storylineonline.net/http://www.storylineonline.net/ WickEd http://www.tki.org.nz/r/wick_ed/http://www.tki.org.nz/r/wick_ed/ TES www.TES.co.uk register and then search resource bankwww.TES.co.uk Primary resources www.primaryresources.co.ukwww.primaryresources.co.uk Audacity www.sourceforge.net Free downloadwww.sourceforge.net Comiclife. Free download

11. Audacity Free download from: http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ Recording and editing softwarehttp://audacity.sourceforge.net/