Well I have finally done I have sat the Word exam and actually passed.  Soooooooooooo relieved to have that under my belt. Am having definite flashback to what it was like to be a student and my empathy level with my students has increased considerably. Now just to get that lesson plan under my belt………… Am starting to see some ICT movement at school which is encouraging especially in those middle school years (5-8 at our place) where there is far more room for creativity within the curriculum at that age. Am fighting against the too young/not enough access to resources in the junior school and a very traditional looking senior school where you can’t possibly use ICT in your lessons too much as how will student possibly hand-write in their exams.  It will be an interesting challenge trying to change those mindsets I am hoping that doing the MIICT myself and being able to share these resources will help in someway. Anyway time will tell have to be patient and we have to get the infrastructure right. One thing at a time……Off to the Gold Coast tomorrow morning for a developing leaders conference hopefully it will be really valuable.

Well I have finally finished all of the Word training, I feel like I have learnt so much and can now use Word so much more effectively. My only problem is to retain the information! It has been incredibly bust at school this week with reports being due and this being the first reporting cycle on our new software. Always seems to be afew gliches but the support from TASS has been outstanding! I have really enjoyed using the word lesson plans and have begun to work on my lesson plan for submission. Looking at a mock up of a website for my year 11 class where that can show me where they have got their design inspiration from via hyperlinks. Will have to email this to Belinda and see if it is OK.  We had our conference call today it is good to hear other voices and know that it is not just you going through this crazy enjoyable thing alone! Well I had better get onto installing the practise exam and going through some revision. Hvae fun everyone and all the best for the exam!

Well this is week for and it has been crazy at school reports are due and I am getting millions of questions about them as we are implementing a new system called TASS.web and webbook.  So far so good…..so my MIICT stuff was a bit rushed this week but still some quite interesting things learnt in word especially about styles and templates.  At school at the moment in out ICT committee we are grapling with the policy behind web2.0 whilst wanting to get the kids out there so to speak also very aware of protecting them and teaching them to be safe online at the same time. Also making sure that the parents are comfortable with where we are taking them which is quite important. I think as a school we have a unique opportunity to take this tecfhnology that they are so native to and show them wisdom in how to use but also make it relevant to how they learn so we do indeed begin to speak their language. Anyway I certainly have much to think about and ultimately lots of policies to develop and staff to try educate and get onside. Hope your MIICT is tracking well!