Although the mind was willing the body was not too co-operative !

And thats all I am going to say about that! (Still sulking!)

Yipee MIND BOGGING oopsi I mean "MIND SPRING".
I've learnt soo much I'd need two weeks to list everything.

Big Thanks to Ken, simon and of course the Princess (Ang).

However, I also thank us; Rawinia, Kathy and ME for bieng here, because if it wasn't for US there wouldn't have been anyone to teach and what would have been the point of that.

Big thanks for te katoa.

Ake, ake, ake AMINE.

Onya Ken!

We've just about finished the 2nd day of the lead teacher conference at Taupo. MindSpring (our new learning management system) got a real hiding and now we are ready to start getting lessons online!
If your lead teacher hasn't logged you in yet, you are in for a real treat - its easy and the kids will love it! Thanks to Ken from OtagoNet who came up and gave us his valuable knowledge and assistance.

See you on MindSpring.

File Management Session 2

The file below was to compliment the VC session that I was unable to get onto due to certain sites causing our network to fail! :(

Apologies to all that attended on a very cold morning!

If you would like to learn the basics of file management, please click here. (MS Word doc)
I will putting weekly sessions on the basics of this up so stay tuned!

Woweeee!

Well as one says, one must practice what one preaches! LOL! I have been experimenting with the mimio in the last few weeks and am about to embark on a training session today with a fellow staff member.(poor thing) I enjoy the fact that I can record the students work rather that having to photograph it hehe! I have become very vocal in regards to people touching my projector due to constant recallibrating(sp?). Overall though I am enjoying using it and think it will be a useful resource. Life has been going at a rate of one hundred miles an hour and I'm loving every second of it! We are currently hammering home Cybersafety and I would love it if a lead teacher is available during the school day to maybe skype in and have a chat with us in regards to this. ;0) Look forward to catching up and have a fantastic fun filled Mimio week!

Creating and Posting on Blogspot

Click here for a MS Word tutorial on how to create your own Blog - or how to just post in one!

(a bit rushed - let me know of any errors!)

FILE MANAGEMENT - ICT PD

ICT PD

File Management

1. Desktop – right click on desktop, scroll down to New. A folder will appear, you can rename it straight away.

2. You are able to drag folders into folders by left clicking onto folder that you would like to move and holding left click down, you then drag.

3. My Document – Organise Folders. Go to View on Menu Toolbar and change the way you would like you’re "My Documents" to be set out (thumbnails, title etc)

4. To change your folder to look like an icon – Right click on a folder that you would like to change. Scroll down to properties and click on “Customise” Tab (if you do not see a “Customise” Tab then you are unable to alter it) you then click on “Change Icon”.


5. OOpsi a mistake re - "READ ONLY" please read comment ... Thanx Paerangi

Taught by Mr Green