Participants+Planning

=Our Collaborative Planning = = =

What you need to do:
My aim is for you to return to school next term armed with something useful that you can put into practice in your classroom. There are heaps of ideas on this wiki already and you can certainly just have fun exploring all my ideas. However, I think you all have amazing ideas (an imaginations) of your own so...

It's time for you to get messy, make mistakes, play, explore and collaborate!
The choice is really up to you and your group. There are 4 possible ways you can approach this task, bearing in mind the fact that we have a time limit and there are so many possibilities for your classroom programme. As a group you can decide to do one of the following:
 * Create a lesson/mini unit plan
 * Brainstorm either a) all the possible classroom uses you can think of for one tool __**OR**__ b) all the possible ways you could use ICT for one particular curriculum area.
 * Take 1 tool (or 2 or 3 if you're really keen) and have some "sandpit time" just playing and exploring. Record any features you notice, pluses, minuses, usefulness in the classroom and so on. Your group has one __MUST DO__ tool if you decide to go with this option - but feel free to explore others.
 * Do all 3 of the above.

Not sure what to do? Check out the sample page I created for you. Sample Page

To edit your groups wiki page just click on the "Edit this Page" button and the page will go into edit mode. Click in the box you wish to add information to and start typing. I've learnt to hit "Save" regularly so I don't lose all my hard work. You don't have to worry about changing font size, colour, or anything like that (unless you want to or know how already).

If you want to look at something on another website at the same time try opening another tab. (If you're not sure how just ask).

Do you need some pictures to help with your tools exploration or simply to prompt your thinking for a writing project? Here is a link to [|my Flickr page.] You may use one of my photos or click on my Favourites to see photos I've "favourited". Many of these are licensed under creative commons - just check first and remember to give appropriate attribution. e.g

"[|Just Hanging Ou]t" by [|Keamac]. From Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/keamac/2380016146/. Licensed under creative commons.

Links to Group Pages:
To make things even easier (and because the teacher in me couldn't resist), I have narrowed your choices just a bit. Don't worry though,as you will all be able to access everyone else's ideas. Also I have left this wiki open so you can add contributions to other group any time you like.

  
 * Group One  || **Curriculum Area - Maths: Number & Algebra** ||  **Tool to Explore - Wordle** ||
 * Group Two || **Curriculum Area - Science/Social Studies/Technology** ||  **Tool to** **Explore**  **-** **Glogster** ||
 * Group Three || **Curriculum Area - English: Visual Language** ||  **Tool to** <span style="color: rgb(119, 26, 158)">**Explore** <span style="color: rgb(119, 26, 158)"> **-** **VoiceThread** ||
 * Group Four || <span style="color: rgb(119, 26, 158)">**Curriculum Area - English: Oral Language** || <span style="color: rgb(119, 26, 158)"> **Tool to** <span style="color: rgb(119, 26, 158)">**Explore** <span style="color: rgb(119, 26, 158)"> **-** **Skrbl** ||
 * Group Five || <span style="color: rgb(119, 26, 158)">**Curriculum Area - English: Written Language** || <span style="color: rgb(119, 26, 158)"> **Tool to** <span style="color: rgb(119, 26, 158)">**Explore** <span style="color: rgb(119, 26, 158)"> **-** **Wikispaces** ||
 * Group Six || <span style="color: rgb(101, 18, 135)">**Curriculum Area - Maths: Measurement or Geometry** || <span style="color: rgb(119, 26, 158)"> **Tool to** <span style="color: rgb(119, 26, 158)">**Explore** <span style="color: rgb(119, 26, 158)"> **-** **Choose a site from the Websites page.** ||