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Check Dates Carefully!!!! School Weeks may differ at your school! Monday 8 March, Term 1, Week 6 (Max of 10 attendees) This workshop will focus on how teachers can use e-learning/ICT tools to target specific learning needs in Literacy rather than a whole class approach. The day will include hands-on work for teachers to develop their own confidence and competence to deliver a learning experience that will make a difference for targeted students. We will explore the available MOE e-learning resources and other resources to help you target specific student(s) need in your class. We will explore the purpose, meaning and authenticity that ICT learning experiences can bring to your literacy programme. A term after the course, you will be asked to reflect and evaluate your work since the workshop, these evaluations will be shared on the cluster wiki.

ICT SKILLS These workshops are about far more than ICT skills, you will have an opportunity to focus on one or two tools in this workshop, this will depend completely on you and the needs of your student(s). ** (Creativity in the Classroom) **

Monday 29 March, Term 1, Week 9 (Max of 8 attendees) In this workshop we will explore creativity. We will look at some of the thinking and work of Ken Robinson (creativity expert) and discuss how we can guide student to produce quality creative work. The ICT work will involve digital media (sound, image, video) and how students creativity can be expressed through or with video. You will take part in this work and then plan to use (sound, image, video) in similar ways in your own classroom. Your students can create work for a meaningful purpose and influence a real audience. A term after the course, you will be asked to reflect and evaluate your work since the workshop, these evaluations will be shared on the cluster wiki.

ICT SKILLS These workshops are about far more than ICT skills, you will have an opportunity to focus on using video in class, we will also look at ways you can share this work (wikis/blogs/teachertube). It will be up to you where you focus your learning.

** Supporting ESOL/ At Risk and Special Needs Students through E-learning **

Monday 10 May, Term 2, Week 4 (Max of 12 attendees) This workshop would be perfect for teachers with an interest in inclusive classrooms or those who have students with needs that are challenging to meet. Several guests will be a part of this workshop, sharing invaluable perspectives and practical ideas to help create a classroom where everyone can learn and belong- without the teacher having a breakdown. We will spend time discussing and sharing the collective knowledge in the room; this shared knowledge will become a wiki page of links to resources. We will look at 'Assistive technologies' and MOE assessment resources and supportive material that you may not be aware of. In the afternoon as a group we will support one another to plan and develop adaptations and resources to meet the needs of students with specific needs in your classroom. A term after the course, you will be asked to reflect and evaluate your work since the workshop, these evaluations will be shared on the cluster wiki. ICT SKILLS These workshops are about far more than ICT skills, you will have an opportunity to focus on one or two tools in this workshop, this will depend completely on you and the needs of your student(s).

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 172.8%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 152%;">(Using the Inquiry Process in Literacy and Numeracy) <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 12pt;">Monday 24 May, Term 2, Week 6 <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: right;">(Max of 12 attendees) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 13pt;">Questions are an invitation to make meaning! We will explore how teachers can use questions and objects to stimulate co-constructed learning in the classroom. In this approach students experience ownership of learning but are skilfully guided by the teacher to explore new concepts in literacy and numeracy. All the magic of discovery is retained for the learner along with the structure and focus of targeting specific teaching focuses. Using teacher-selected objects the students engage in careful observation and questioning to guide the exploration of a new targeted concept. Every teacher will develop their own resource wiki to store digital objects for planning and preparing for a unit of work in Literacy or Numeracy. A term after the course, you will be asked to reflect and evaluate your work since the workshop, these evaluations will be shared on the cluster wiki.

ICT SKILLS These workshops are about far more than ICT skills, you will have an opportunity to work at your own level building a wiki as a teacher resource. Want support to learn to wiki, this is a good place to start.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 172.8%;">**<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 15pt;">(Using Gaming in the Classroom- best for teachers of Year 5 and up and looking for a challenge) ** <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 120%;">Monday 14 June, Term 2, Week 9 <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: right;"> **(Max of 6 attendees)**

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 13pt;">Identify what gaming (games) could bring to the classroom in term of value in learning for students - along with what could you teach, or the students learn through gaming in place of business as usual or games as a reinforcement activity. Participants input on the day will be a vital part of developing collective expertise. We will explore how fun, humour and gaming would not be an add on to your classroom programme or unit of work but could be your classroom programme or unit of work. You will have time to plan to use a game to explore concepts with your class and do things differently. A term after the course, you will be asked to reflect and evaluate your work since the workshop, these evaluations will be shared on the cluster wiki.

ICT SKILLS These workshops are about far more than ICT skills, you will have an opportunity to collaborative learning to make a game, we will use game-maker and scratch (and anything else the group thinks of or comes up with)

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 120%;">Monday 23 August, Term 3, Week 6 <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: right;">(Max of 10 attendees)

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 13pt;">We all have a culture! Is there a place for students to express themselves and their culture in your classroom? Would you like there to be? This workshop will explore culture, particularly what is of value to the students in your classroom and their families and ways that students could express this and how ICT can help. Sometimes you are not aware of your own culture until you are confronted with another. We will look at ways ICT can connect your students with a variety of cultures outside of the classroom and a collection of other resources available to you. In this workshop you develop your own ICT skills and plan for a group of students or one student who would benefit from expressing their cultural voice (telling their story) using an ICT tool in a relevant context. A term after the course, you will be asked to reflect and evaluate your work since the workshop, these evaluations will be shared on the cluster wiki.

ICT SKILLS These workshops are about far more than ICT skills, you will have an opportunity to focus on digital story telling or using video in class, we will also look at ways you can share this work (wikis/blogs/teachertube). It will be up to you where you focus your learning.

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 120%;">Monday 30 August, Term 3, Week 7 <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: right;">(Max of 10 attendees)

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt;">This workshop will focus on how teachers can use e-learning/ICT tools to target specific learning needs in Numeracy (rather than a whole class approach). The day will include hands-on work for teachers to develop their own confidence and competence to deliver a learning experience that will make a difference for targeted students. We will explore the available MOE e-learning resources and other resources to help you target specific student(s) need in your class. We will explore the purpose, meaning and authenticity that ICT learning experiences can bring to your numeracy programme. A term after the course, you will be asked to reflect and evaluate your work since the workshop, these evaluations will be shared on the cluster wiki. ICT SKILLS These workshops are about far more than ICT skills, you will have an opportunity to focus on one or two tools in this workshop, this will depend completely on you and the needs of your student(s).

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<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 120%;">Monday 13 September, Term 3, Week 9 <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: right;">(Max of 12 attendees)

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 13pt;">There are many "thinking tools" available to classroom teachers. You probably use some or many in your classroom already. To begin, we will take a step back from the tools in this workshop and discuss THINKING and if/ how it can be taught. We will look at what some experts say about how we can teach students to question, think and reflect. We will then evaluate some of the tools (including digital) available to us in the classroom to facilitate this and discuss how these could be used effectively. Teachers will select a tool to use and evaluate back in their classroom. Resources can be made at the course and your teaching toolbox can begin to develop. You can make resources and/or develop a digital toolbox. A term after the course, you will be asked to reflect and evaluate your work since the workshop, these evaluations will be shared on the cluster wiki.

ICT SKILLS These workshops are about far more than ICT skills, you will have an opportunity to focus on one or two tools in this workshop, these will be mostly web-based free tools to use for different purposes promoting different types of thinking in your class. It will be a really mixed bag, you can focus on ones that suit you.

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