School+Visits

First School Visit Information **Confirmed School Visits**
 * 26th May - St Edward the Confessor School**
 * 27th May - St John Fisher College**
 * 31st May - St Eugene College (Burpengary)**
 * 3rd June - Chisholm Catholic College**
 * Mt Maria College - TBA**

**School Visits** School visits will commence late in term 2 after the initial PD day. I will be visiting all teachers in the program and would be very appreciative if you could give me some out of class time to discuss the following points. I anticipate the visits shouldn't take more than half an hour. Items I would like to discuss include...

1. To gain feedback on how you are using the software with you particular classes 2. To make any suggestions on ways to use the software in relation to the topics you will be covering in your class. If you have a plan of work you intend to cover during the term this will be a good reference point for me to start. 3. To answer any further questions you have on software usage and how to best apply it to teaching in your classes 4. I would also like to collect some **sample files**. These can be something you have used the software to demonstrate or teach. They could also be work that the students have done with the software. So when you have completed an activity using the software please click on the FWC circle at the top left corner and choose “Save As” to save a copy of the file to disk.

** Presentation ** - I am also available to give a presentation to other staff in your school who may be interested in using the software. As the license does not restrict the usage of the software in the school, we would be very happy for other staff to make good use of the 31 licenses as well. This presentation or short training session can be done while visiting the school to gather feedback or on another date. Please contact me directly if you ahve not already made arrangements for this.

Mark Christensen Business Manager Heulab

4 || Term 3 Term 3 || Second PD day the be held at catholic Education Brisbane venue on 22nd July. Feedback on initial implementation of resources in maths lessons and support for teachers in terms of how to embed technology into their digital pedagogy. Follow up school visits by Heulab staff to assist with program implementation. Assisting teachers on an individual basis to customize resources and technology usage to their specific needs. || · Meeting with Catholic Education to discuss project progress, reassess and plan for final implementation phase. ||
 * Project Schedule including school visits**
 * ** Item ** || ** Stage ** || ** Description ** ||
 * 1 || Term 2 || Initial PD Day on 13th May for teachers to focus on National Curriculum and IT integration. Software usage and digital pedagogy training also to be covered on this day. The PD day will be held Catholic Education Brisbane venue. A virtual learning environment will be set up at this session and teachers will join. ||
 * 2 || **Late Term 2** || **Initial school visits to be conducted by by Heulab staff within 3 weeks of the first PD day to follow up and assist in the setup of teaching programs and resources as well as to cover any more in-depth training as required.** ||
 * 3
 * 5 || Term 4 || Focus group on feedback. These focus sessions can be conducted in person or by teleconference to revise the activities and successes of the project as well as to assists in planning and adjustment for the implementation of the remainder of the project.
 * 6 || Term 1 2012 || PD Session – Centralized PD session for teachers on the project. This session will focus on project feedback and creation of a road map to take teachers forward from their experiences within the project and further expand their use of technology in mathematics teaching. ||