supporting advisors use of ICT

1. d igital d ozen a collection of ways in which staff at school support services use ICT Issue 1 - Aug - 08 Rochelle Jensen – [email_address]

2. **Lots of staff at ‘School Support Services’ are making use of online surveys to gather prior knowledge and evaluative feedback. **The following tools are commonly used to create the surveys, and collect and analyse the data. Survey Monkey Free Online Surveys “ This is a great tool to capture peoples thinking. I have used it to get evaluative feedback after taking a staff meeting; asked for perception prior to taking a course so that I can see where the thinking is forming.” Ruth Pepper gather, analyse and use data NZC – Effective Pedagogy – Use may relate to: Teaching as Inquiry

6. emphasising key ideas with wordle ** Wordle is a fun tool that allows you to create “word clouds” from the text that you provide. **The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text. You can tweak your clouds with different fonts, layouts, and color schemes. Cynthia recently made use of wordle to highlight key ideas in literacy workshop. NZC – Effective Pedagogy – Use may relate to: Providing sufficient opportunities to learn

7. finding files on your computer Dee Reid is hooked on google desktop . Finding files has never been easier! ** Desktop search – Free Install **This application allows you to search your computer as easily as you search the web with Google. **You enter the keywords and google desktops finds the documents in your hard-drive.

9. facilitating shared learning with wikis **A wiki is a web –page that enables anyone who accesses it to contribute or modify content. ** The most common tool used to set up a wiki is wikispaces . Jean Gilbert has set up a ‘ Learning Languages ,WaikatoResource wiki ’. Mary Jamieson – created a wiki for use with sector leaders . NZC – Effective Pedagogy – Use may relate to: Facilitating Shared Learning

10. ** Skrbl is a favourite amongst many staff because it allows for the quick web-based collection of ideas. facilitating shared learning with wikis Often used by advisors to determine what participants want to achieve from professional learning. NZC – Effective Pedagogy – Use may relate to: Facilitating Shared Learning