On Saturday I went over to Tauranga with Sharon Carlson Our Core Education Facilitator to present to 2nd yr students with the Bay of Plenty/Tauranga Polytecnic.It was a great opportunity to share our journey about blogging with them, the why, the outcomes and the amazing contributions staff, children and whanau are making to the kindergarten blog and their child's individual blog. They were easy to present to and asked questions at the end which was a good indicator for presenting on my behalf. I had incited some real interest!!!! A great professional opportunity with more to come.
Part of our contract is to disseminate our findings to whanau and the wider community. We have plans to disseminate to our colleagues who are interested next term by providing professional development workshops in blogging. We have teachers visiting our kindergarten seeking knowledge and information about ICT and we are creating a spotlight for the Ministry of Education about our findings. We will be having a whanau information evening next term to share with you our fantastic supporters, contributors and posters and for those who want to know more. Thank you for your support it continues to be a challenging and rewarding journey.
This is exciting to know our kindergarten is on the cutting edge of ICT innovation. This is having a real impact on how children's learning is communicated.
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