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 * Staff Meeting - 12 May 2010 ** 

Discuss with critical friend the 21 Century Pedagogy article **How are the comments made in the Collaboration section reflected in your classroom?** **What parts of this article are we in-tune with at Kairanga?** **What questions have we got about issues raised in this article?**  Altogether:  Read/Watch Understanding Digital Children  Wiki Introduction
 * research in groups for theme
 * discuss in groups what people already know and what they might want to find out
 * cultural and sporting sharing
 * planning in the seniors, eg. Assembly
 * fitness groups
 * perform up to the team's expectations
 * staff collaborations, eg. teams
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">importance of knowledge acquisition
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">thinking skills - higher order thinkers
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">social action as a component
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">social networking - safety, management, skills needed
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">meaningful and purposeful tasks
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Learning Pyramid
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">literacy or fluency
 * What are the reasons for using Digital Technology in the classroom?**
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">literacy vs fluency and making choices about the right tool at the right time for the right use
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">teachers having the fluency (time) in order to begin to integrate
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">seamless integration is the end goal - technical support, resources and professional development
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Digital Natives vs Digital Immigrants - How are we catering for Digital Natives in our classrooms?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">Kairanga Wiki [|kairangaschool] //(we all must have an online presence as a part of our ICT Contract - we must all contribute - collaboration - shows our individual and school journey//)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">Town and Country Wiki town-countryictpd

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Critical Friends: Go to your reflection page and write a comment about something that has spoken to you during today’s staff meeting.