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**You will need to select ONE of the following workshops and follow the instructions to register.**

WHO DOESN'T LOVE TO TEACH POETRY? **Trish Harrison** **Abstract:** It becomes even more enjoyable for you and the students when you use your IWB. I will share ideas of how I use my IWB along with Voicethread to give my students an authentic audience for their poems. I will be using Promethean Activboard but most of my ideas can be used on any brand of interactive whiteboard eg Mimio, SMARTboard.

**Presenter Bio:** I teach Year 4 at Titirangi Primary School in West Auckland. My roles in the school are Senior Teacher and ICT Coordinator. This is my fourth year of using a Promethean Activboard and I find it the most exciting and fun way to teach. I presented at the first Austrailian and NZ IWB Conference at Westlake Girls, and ULearn Christchurch in 2009 and have been invited to present at the 2010 Austrailian and NZ IWB Conference in July.
 * Duration || Year Level || Teacher Capability || Required Skills || PC or Mac || What to Bring || Other ||
 * 60 mins || 3-6 || Intermediate ||  || Both platforms ||   ||   ||

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eLEARNING OR mLEARNING? **Belinda Johnston** **Abstract:** Recently I was lucky enough to attend a two week trip to California to visit schools and observe good practice in e-Learning and ICT integration. The schools varied from low decile state (district) primary schools to private colleges and even a school owned by Will Smith! I went on the trip expecting to see 1:1 laptop schemes and ways to possibly implement this in the future. What I actually saw blew me away and now the laptops are all but forgotten! I am now a convert to mLearning or mobile learning! At this workshop I'll be sharing examples and highlights from the trip and some of the implications for future e-Learning strategic planning. **Presenter Bio:** I am the Project Director/Facilitator for the Eastnet ICT-PD Cluster and also the e-Learning Facilitator at Elm Park School. I have been working with computers since 1983 when I learned word processing on a Wang - anyone remember them? I also later worked in the computer industry for five years before eventually starting my teaching career in 1995. media type="custom" key="6603619"
 * Duration || Year Level || Teacher Capability || Required Skills || PC or Mac || What to Bring || Other ||
 * 60 mins || All || Suitable for Principals, Senior Management, ICT Lead Teachers and anyone interested in mobile learning! ||  || Both platforms ||   ||   ||

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BLOGGING FOR BEGINNERS **Ruth Aw and Janelle Staples** **Abstract:** Want to get into blogging but not sure where to start? Wondering what a blog is and what to put on one? Then this is the workshop for you! We will be demonstrating how to add various gadgets to your blog (Voki, picture slideshows, a blog roll, inserting photos, text and videos). We will also discuss how to integrate blogging into your programme, different purposes for blogging and pointing you in the right direction of other exciting things you can do with your blog. We have set up a shared blog that all participants will have access to with links to blogs to inspire us, how to sheets and links to helpful sites. **Presenter Bio:** Ruth Aw is a Year 0/1 teacher from Shelly Park School who got into blogging last year after listening to Rachel Boyd's keynote presentation at our cluster expo. Janelle Staples is a Year 5/6 class teacher from Shelly Park School. We are both full time classroom teachers who are learning to integrate ICT tools and blogging into our daily class programmes.
 * Duration || Year Level || Teacher Capability || Required Skills || PC or Mac || What to Bring || Other ||
 * 60 mins || All || Beginner ||  || Both platforms || Laptops with internet access will be provided. ||   ||

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GOOGLE AND PUT YOURSELF IN THE PICTURE! **Sharlet Naidoo and Rita Lala** **Abstract:** At this workshop we will be introducing Google Earth, and Put Yourself in the Picture with Paint.net . We will show you how to use Google Earth with your Class and how it links into the curriculum (Maths/Reading/Writing). You will learn how to use Put Yourself in the Picture and gain a fabulous free resource that your kids will enjoy.

You will need to download both free applications before you come. www.getpaint.net/download.html www.googleearth.com Download software: www.getpaint.net/download.html www.googleearth.com ||  || **Presenter Bio:** We are both teachers at Botany Downs Primary School teaching in the middle school - Year 3 and Year 4. We are by no means 'experts' in ICT, but thanks to the Learning@school Conference in Rotorua, we have learnt a thing or two. Our penalty for that is to share!
 * Duration || Year Level || Teacher Capability || Required Skills || PC or Mac || What to Bring || Other ||
 * 60 mins || All || Beginner ||  || Windows Only || Laptop - with photos

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NUMBERS FOR MAC USERS MADE EASY! **Rochelle Stansfield** **Abstract:** This workshop will show users the basics in using 'Numbers' - this is useful for people who want to know how to do spreadsheets and graphs. **Presenter Bio:** Team Leader of the Year 6 team and ICT Lead Teacher at Cockle Bay School.
 * Duration || Year Level || Teacher Capability || Required Skills || PC or Mac || What to Bring || Other ||
 * 60 mins || Any || Intermediate ||  || Apple Only || Your TELA MacBook || Please ensure that Numbers (part of the iwork package) is installed on your Mac laptop ||

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THE MIGHTY GOOGLE **Amanda Signal** **Abstract:** Google is an everyday tool in a lot of classrooms - but are you using it in the best way? In this workshop I'll be sharing some tips and tricks for using Google to find the results you really want and that you can teach your students. We'll look at great Google search tools as well as how to teach students to search for images for their work. **Presenter Bio:** Amanda is a primary teacher from Summerland Primary, Auckland, NZ. Previously working as an eLearning specialist teacher across primary levels NE - Yr 6. Amanda currently teaches Y4 students and has a particular interest in embedding ICT's into the classroom to enhance student learning through extending the walls of the classroom.
 * Duration || Year Level || Teacher Capability || Required Skills || PC or Mac || What to Bring || Other ||
 * 60 mins || ALL || Beginner/Intermediate ||  || Both Platforms ||   ||   ||

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USING MOBIS IN CLASSROOMS TO ENHANCE LEARNING **Kathy Currey, Emily Denham and Pauline Whaitiri** **Abstract:** This will be a demonstration of how the Mobi (tablet) is used at Cockle Bay School. This resource has been recently purchased for a number of staff across the school, including our Music Specialist who has had a Mobi for over a year. The majority of staff who now have a Mobi were not necessarily the most confident ICT users, but have been able to use the Mobi in their classrooms with great success after intensive, ongoing PD. **Presenter Bio:** Kathy Currey is Cockle Bay School's Music Specialist and Pauline Whaitiri is the Team Leader of Year 2.
 * Duration || Year Level || Teacher Capability || Required Skills || PC or Mac || What to Bring || Other ||
 * 60 mins || All || Anyone ||  || Both Platforms ||   ||   ||

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