SWSR ICT conference 29&30 March 2011

Inspire Innovate ICT Conference 2011

… chatroulette?

… emailed or sms’ed?

… twittered?

… skyped?

… Facebook?

77% have adjusted the privacy settings in their account

82% of Australians who use the Internet are currently members of social networking sites

and 76% are members of Facebook

only 36% have read the Privacy Policies

18 to 29 year olds are more privacy-aware than older Australians, with 85% adjusting their privacy settings,

compared to 65% of over 55s

Of the 77% who have adjusted their privacy settings, only 2% have set their content to share with everyone

Successful Language Learners: Whole school ESL language and literacy

pilot project

Schools Participating

Government schools Catholic schools

Auburn PS Auburn North PS Auburn West PS Fairfield PSOld Guildford PS Villawood East PSWiley Park PS

Parramatta DioceseHoly Family, East GranvilleSt Oliver's, Harris Park

Sydney DioceseSt Joachim’s, LidcombeSt John’s, Auburn

SLL School Locations

Students

Teachers

Community

Leadership

The Four Elements of the

SLL Project

SU

CC

ES

SFU

L LAN

GU

AG

E

LEARNERS

Students and Staff

4,957 students

4,440 ESL students from 50 language backgrounds

809 refugee students

11 principals

80 school executives

283 teachers

12

Windows Movie Maker

Photostory3

Audacity

Prezi

Edublogs

BlogEd

Web 2.0 toolsWikis

Video conferencingConnected Classrooms

Bee Bots

iPod Touch

Wii

Using ICT to Support Teacher Learning

MOODLE NING

Engage cross-sectoral communities

Create strong partnerships

Engage school communities

Sustain interest

Range of professional

learning opportunities

Involve members

Build lasting relationships

Data-driven need

Bring together 3 different education systems

EducationNings

Ning An online networking tool

Ning Networks

The SLL Ning provides an online network for various groups including systems, schools and roles.

Ning

Ning

Ning

Widgets to

support teacher

and student learning

Shelfari on Ning

Delicious on Ning

Social Book Marking with Delicious

Online Surveys

Using ICT to Support Student Learning

Bee Bots

Bee Bots http://bee-bots-downunder.blogspot.com

The Mode ContinuumProfessor Beverly Derewianka, University of Wollongong, Australia

School Radio StationSchool Radio Station

Wii Game

Wordle and Wordsift

Blogs

Blogs

Using Mini Vid Cams

ESL Scales data from one SLL School

Are we improving Student Learning?

NAPLAN mean growth from year 3 to year 5 for all SLL Schools compared to all schools in NSW

Are we improving Student Learning?

Ms Bush’s bright, brainy, brilliant bunch: http://msbush.edublogs.org . Please visit this site to find links to Edublog set up on the right side bar under the title: ‘Useful sites for maintaining your Edublog’

Ms Mourad’s Absolutely Sensational Learners: http://msmourad.edublogs.org

Other Resources

References

A web2.0 farewell

Text to Speech Animations www.xtranormal.com