Some of the exciting stuff at the moment includes:
- Deb has arranged some excellent webinars over the past few weeks. While I missed the third one from Mr Google the first two were very good.
- I've spent a bit of time looking at the level of uptake that some of our schools are buying into with Twitter as a promotional tool and to drive better communication with the parent community. Those schools where the Principal has led the way, I'm now starting to notice teachers following their lead. Good to see.
- The impact of our Parramatta visit early in the year is starting to create some big waves at my own school with perhaps for 2013 a total restructure of the BER project. It currently houses a computer lab and library. Perhaps next year it will become an open plan learning area for the 5/6 level. Borrowing again from the Paramatta experience, we have invested in an iPad Trolley but next year may go 1:1 in the senior area.
- The CEOM has just launched their video casting project which is really exciting. I have set it up on my MacBook but alas I have no one to connect to yet. When you set your up and want to connect ... I'm on.
- All schools are bust collecting data for Insight at the moment. If you want to collect some of your own data on anything happening at school, I use a free tool called SurveyMonkey online. The free version will allow up to ten questions. I use it as an evidence source for our AAP.
- Taking on new technologies: I'm using the strategy wherever possible, that if we are going to take on some new technology tool, let's try to take on one that has multiple uses. In that light, I think our school is going to become a BIG user of Evernote next year. The process has already started for our staff. Start here: Evernote for Schools
