St+Therese+Journey

St Therese Journey

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Action Plans Action Plan 2008 Tech Ts Action Plan 2009 =Student Work= Years 2 and 3- Veronica || media type="custom" key="2233887" || Oral language lesson, learning about how to cook donuts. Students when then asked to retell the lesson. || media type="custom" key="3593532" || Laura's class- Year 5/6 || media type="custom" key="3586908" || used Bubbl to brainstorm their topic. || media type="custom" key="4134667" || 2 and 3 students created class blogs, used Comix for literacy and motion paths in powerpoint for literacy. || media type="custom" key="4135061" || || || Teachers were more confident with using Grokker with their students and less class time was spent surfing the Internet. Student outcomes – students created more attention grabbing impact beginnings and new ideas and skills for speech delivery. || media type="file" key="speech.wav" width="300" height="50" || Students discussed fables and completed their fable planning sheet. They discussed this with the teacher, they recorded themselves explaining their fable ideas using CrazyTalk. Students buddy taught each other to use Crazy Talk. || media type="youtube" key="7ZJHfxnRdpQ" height="262" width="325"media type="youtube" key="lXddBsyzFKY" height="262" width="325" || Put yourself in the picture and then write about it from that perspective. || || The children use the website [|www.pixton.com] to create a vsual storyboard to aid in their writing and to help in thier planning and braintoming stages. Through the use of the website the children could play around with different ideas and explor settings and characters with in a more vsual way, whch worked very effectively. The children then embedded thier work in thier individual blogs, along with their final narrative story. See Matthew's Blog as an example. Also listen to the audio interview with Todd (classroom teacher) about the effectiveness of using [|www.pixton.com] in this unit. || A Year 4/5/6 class class have been focused on writing and presenting a persuaisve argument. See embedded plan. The children have been using a [|PowerPoint presentation] on persuasive strategies and an online[| interactive persuasion map] to enhance thier persuasive writing and create a more convincing argument. The children posted their argument on thier individual blogs and created a poll whereby other students in the class could vote for or against their arguments. To create a more effectivem eans of looking at thier peers blogs and voting the children then created hyperlinks on their blogs. Here is an example of [|John Bosco's Blog] (Year 6 student)
 * Susan's Class Year 8 - Podcasting || media type="custom" key="3578964" ||
 * Rm 2- Clown Descriptions
 * Claymations - Yr 5/6 - Laura || media type="custom" key="2229299" ||
 * Nicki's Class of Year 1 students.
 * Whale Assignments using Blabberize.
 * Laura's year 5 & 6 class in the context of the school Explorers Inquiry Model,
 * Kerry - teacher of year 0 and 1 students and Veronica - teacher of year 1,
 * [[image:Monkeys.JPG width="187" height="160" align="center" caption="Dominique"]]
 * Speeches - Yr 5/6
 * Teachers revisited bubbl.us with a view of using this for student lead conferences. Teachers used the colours according to De Bono’s 6 Thinking Hats. Students then typed their student led conference so that they were prepared with their script that matched their bubbl.us. || [[file:Sarah's Student led confrence.doc]] ||
 * Teachers aware of how to use Bubbl.us in their classrooms and across curriculum areas. Student work is stored on bubbl.us logon, most recent work was about Celebrations. || [[image:St_Therese_Snrs_Bubblus_Celebrations_M4.JPG width="408" height="306" align="center"]] ||
 * Community Inquiry - group of 9 students looking at animating cartoons in Paint/MovieMaker so that they can become the tutors for the juniors. KC - Participating and contributing. || media type="youtube" key="pxQd9a8w61I" height="303" width="380" ||
 * =Fables 4 Literacy= ||  ||
 * Years 3/4/5 - Todd Reid - Fables for Literacy.
 * Year One Students learning how to animate their Easter Eggs || [[image:tupo.JPG width="412" height="135"]] ||
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 * =Green Screening=
 * =Narrative= ||  ||
 * A Year 3/4 class have been focused on writing and presenting a narrative story. See embedded plan.
 * =Persuasive Writing=

[|**interactive persuasion map**] || Laura Geaney and Theresa Fouhy attended the Learning at School Conference in February 2010. Here is a written interview with Therese about the shift in thinking about the use of e-tools in the classroom after attending the conference. || **How did attending the Learning at School Conference in 2010 shift your thinking about the use of e-tools in the classroom?** The Learning at Schools Conference was crucial in learning about the new and various e-learning techniques available to schools. There was a select number of courses available that offered exercises that could be implemented in the classroom immediately upon return.
 * =Learning at Schools=

Yes, confidence has improved greatly. As my own knowledge and confidence has increased so that children are learning to use the techniques independenlty and with more confidence. || The Year 7 and 8 classes displayed thier statistical data through creating a graph using Microsoft Excel. This tool allowed the children to create accurate graphs, which could then be further analysed in disucssions and for thier assignments. || || Room 3 Big Idea - 'Everything changes so that they can grow, move forward or become something else'. Year 2 and Year 3 students made movies to show how things change. Here is an example. || media type="youtube" key="OAWd6dpU6EY" height="282" width="350" || Be The Change This video was created after the children attended a 1 day retreat about how to 'Be The Change' in the world today in response to the video clip associated with the song. It allowed the children to reflect on the day and the choices that they had made. || media type="youtube" key="nrv3hteHglI" height="196" width="293"media type="custom" key="6442789" || Year 7 students had a go at using Marvin Avatar software for telling us about the trip to the Auckland Museum. Here is an example of their first attempt. || media type="youtube" key="YWyVadn_3T8?fs=1" height="282" width="350" || Year 7 and 8 students trained the Year 6 students with creating Marvin movies. Here is a quick video of a Year 7 student training. || media type="youtube" key="tLxO97PpZj8?fs=1" height="241" width="396" || Staff are creating wall displays that celebrate the children's e-learning and provide children with the knowledge that their work is valued. This is an example of work that has been used as part of a Year 5 and 6 class wall display relating to thier science unit on Adaptation. || || E-tools are also an important part of planning at St Therese. E-tools are incoporated to enhance the learning experiences that the children are provided with- Example Year 5/6 Adaptation plan. || || A greater understanding of e-learning programmes that are used within the school ,through professional developmen, allow planning that is specific to individual children, as well as specific learning areas to be addressed and taught more effectively and efficiently. || [|www.mathletics.com] || All staff at St Therese School are using the new Religious Educaiton Digital Resource in all Religious Education lessons. This resource has been warmly recieved and staff are finding it to have great benefits in planning, teaching and learning. || || The staff at St Therese continue to use the school website to motivate students, share work and encourage creative thinking. || [|www.sainttherese.school.nz] || E-learning tips and knowledge is shared between staff on a regular basis at staff meetings techie tips. This allows opportunities for staff to have discussions on what e-learning tools can enhance thier classroom programme and how to most effectively incorporate these. || || Through sharing of ideas between cluster members staff have gained knoweldge of new websites and e-learning tools. These tools have been incorporated into plans after being recommended by other cluster members, along with discussions about how they were used. ||  ||
 * Has your confidence improved and how has this effected your classroom environment?**
 * =Excel Graphing=
 * =Change=
 * =Intermediate Retreat=
 * =Marvin=
 * =Marvin Training=
 * =Wall Displays=
 * =E-learning in Planning=
 * =Mathletics=
 * =Religious Education Digital Resources=
 * =School Website=
 * =Techie Tips=
 * =StoryCreator2- Myths and Legends=
 * =School News Magazine=

Student-based Website features in School News.

The students are the stars of the school website. The new website puts the work and achievement of the students' at centre stage.

Students create most of the content || || Presentations for the Graduation and School Community Mass. This involved students defining and describing the following; Achievements during their time at St Therese School, leadership and their role in the Big Brother, Little Sister programme, their most memorable moments at St Therese School, their hopes and dreams for the future, the values they will take to their college, and introducing themselves to the wider community. || media type="custom" key="7735851" ||
 * =Year 8 Graduation=
 * =**2011 Strategic Plan**=

Here is the St Therese 2011 Strategic Plan showing the integration of eLearning. || media type="custom" key="7723995" ||