Useful+websites

Useful websites[[image:j0296963.gif width="145" height="147" align="right"]]

 * [|ICT PD Online newsletters 2010]
 * [|ICT PD Online Newsletters 2009]
 * [|ICT PD Online]
 * [|ICT PD Cluster spaces in ICT PD Online]
 * [|Tessa's netvibes page with links to other cluster wikis]
 * http://e-learningleaders.wikispaces.com/


 * Effective and active leadership is a key element to the success of this contract. Principals will also require some support with thought leadership. External leadership may be called upon to support this, or thought leadership can be mentored from within the cluster. Leading Learning wiki
 * Distributed wealth of knowledge will be enable teachers to develop e-learning leadership capacity. Additional material to support teachers as facilitators of adult learning can be found @ Facilitation Strategies wiki >
 * This contract is about whole-school change, so some help can be found @ Core Change management wiki

Leaders will be mentored to make evidence-based decisions as part of self review teacher/reflective practices and everyone will enter into this journey at different levels, so self review rubrics, continuums will aide in teachers in the initial stages of this contract. This involves individual goal setting and tasks. Some valuable resources on teacher self review and teacher continuums can be found @ http://ictpd-strategic-planning.wikispaces.com/Strategic+Planning+Process under section 4 as well as ICT PD Online newsletters ([|31 July 2009], [|14 August 2009], [|28 August 2009]) Also see resources @ http://rellco.wikispaces.com/From+Pedagogy+To+Practice and []

Any ICT related surveys for teachers/students are also useful places to start. EG [] If you are interested in developing some reflective practices - such as learning journals, blogs entries etc, then some templates for teacher reflection/action research can also be found @ [] and []

More specific support on how facilitators/lead teachers can mentor teachers on the ICT PD contract can be found @ [|A chain of influence] (Teacher professional development effects on students)

Also useful is the template when working with teachers: From [|Instep learning case 4*] identify the students’ learning needs and how the lesson will address those needs;
 * discuss the key principles underpinning the teaching;
 * discuss how they will be able to tell that students are learning what they need to learn;
 * identify the teacher’s goals for their own practice and learning;
 * clarify the teacher’s and facilitator’s expectations of the observation.

Two great resources on how to have fertile learning conversations and strategies for handling difficult conversations can be found @ http://facilitationstrategies.wikispaces.com/Managing+difficult+situations

Additional material on the teacher/reflection cycle from Helen Timperley can be found @ http://leadinglearning.wikispaces.com/Helen+Timperley+reading


 * http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/21st+Century+Teacher
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 * http://gettingtrickywithwikis.wikispaces.com
 * http://elearningbop.wikispaces.com/Literacy+Progressions+and+ICT
 * []
 * Maori resources from Peak cluster
 * http://hooked-on-thinking.wikispaces.com/
 * [|How to sheets from E-Best cluster and material from Lyn Ross]
 * Top Ten Ideas wiki from Tessa Gray