Teacher+Guidelines

On the front wiki page for each year group space is a grid with links to the individual pages of each teacher within that year group. All teachers were introduced to this page at the term one Year Group meetings and were shown how to do some basic editing and most teachers signed up with a Wikispaces account which allows you to upload files and pictures to the page (scroll down to the bottom of this page if you need to know how to get a wikispaces account). I have helped some teachers to get started with their pages and so for some great models, check out Karen Chao's page and Stu Devenport's page.

Expectations by Term

Term One/ Two
Give a little background information about yourself and state what your ICT goals within your classroom programme. Try to avoid generalisations such as 'I want to authentically integrate ICT into my classroom programme' and have more focused and measurable goals such as 'I plan to use the track changes feature in a word processor to improve the quality of children's writing'. ALL teachers need to have at least one specific goal recorded on the wiki page though you may want to add content from other ICT work you do.

Term Two/ Three
Diary your progress towards your goals on your page. Add pictures or files to your page to help illustrate this process. All teachers should update their page at least TWICE in each term.

Term Four (or whenever you reach the end of a goal cycle)
Put together a Powerpoint presentation outlining the process from start to finish. Again, include pictures (but make sure the picture files are not too large) and links to any online resources to support your message. Here is the outline of what to include in your slides: 1) What your goal was and why you selected it (you may have a syndicate or school wide goal and that is fine) 2) How you planned to implement your goal (SMART goal setting is one example - Specific, Measurable, Action Plan, Realistic, Timeframe) 3) What you actually did in your classroom with photos and other evidence such as quotes from the children or your own anecdotal notes (only take photos where children can be recognised if your school has permission to have pictures of children online). 4) The impact of this on the learning of the children ie not just that they enjoyed it or that they learned how to use the software but the impact on other areas of learning outside of ICT such as aiding reading comprehension or motivating children to produce more written work 5) The challenges and lessons learned - be honest here. If the goal was not that well suited or difficult to manage then say so. Share with others how you worked through any issues so they can benefit from your experience. 6) Your next steps -what will you do as a result? What will you keep and what will you discard? Where can you see this heading?

For those not that familiar with Powerpoint, I have made a template using the headings above that you can click on below to download to your computer. The guidance for what to add to each slide that I have written on this wiki page is included as the last slide on the template (which you can delete when you have finished your presentation).

Uploading to SlideShare When you have created your Powerpoint, load it up to a SlideShare account (you can get your [|own account from here] or perhaps you could look at having a school wide account) and embed it to your wiki page so that others can share in it. If you do not know how to do this, don't panic as it is very straightforward and your lead teacher can support you in this. Below is a presentation on how to use SlideShare (and this is an example of what a SlideShare presentation looks like on a wiki page): media type="custom" key="766769"

We will be devoting time during the year group meetings in week two of term four to look through the wiki pages so if you are able to have your presentation up by then, that would be fantastic. However, this may not be possible for many of you so the final deadline for uploading presentations is BEFORE the last principal and lead teacher meeting on the 28th of November. Any that are not completed will be followed up as these presentations will form a major part of our final Milestone report to the Ministry. This really needs to be done.

Getting a Wikispaces Account (if you didn't get one at the year group meeting) //If you didn't get a Wikispaces account, go to this address to sign up: http://www.wikispaces.com/site/for/teachers. If you don't see the same screen as the picture below, you may be signed in to an account on the computer you are using. If so, sign out (top right corner) and then try the link. Select a username and password and enter in your email address. Unless you want to make your own Wikispace website, choose to NOT make a space and then click join. An email will be sent to your account and when you click on the link within the email, your account will be activated. You will need to remember your username and password so write them down somewhere safe!! There is a 'Sign In' link on the top right of a wikispaces page.

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