FOS News

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Meeting Minutes - Term 4 Week 6

Present: George, Logan, Madi, Emma, Jack, Connor, Julius, Reed, Libby, Holly
Apologies: Anthony

Agenda:

1. Teaching Tips for TWTs - what do you do if you get more kids than you had expected? What about breaking them into groups so they are either doing different things or helping each other. Could you give them practice at teaching each other (get two to watch someone else teaching someone and then give them feedback).
2. FOS News - Logan and Connor to gather these Wed.
3. New Tool - http://ed.voicethread.com/ username and password emailed to you.
   

Fendalton Friends Chalk Challenge

Meeting Minutes - Term 4 Week 5

Present: Libby, Emma, Madi, Jack, Connor, Logan, Laura, Julius, Reed
Apologies: Holly, Anthony
Absent: George

Agenda:

1. Digital Safety - what does this mean at FOS? Being safe when using digital equipment, not searching for icons, doing things that improve your learning, when you go on a website if anything bad or inappropriate happens then what to do,treating equipment with respect and safely.
   
2. TWT programme -going really well. The TWTs are listening well. Remember that you are the leaders of this so assert yourselves if you need to.
   
3. FOS News - we are trying to get a copy of all news items from the whole year to put on the FOS youtube account. Connor and Logan started this. We need someone to take responsibility for this and they need to liaise with the Room 10 people. On Mondays (or after assemblies) they need to put the imovie into the Class iMovie Backup > FOS News.
   
4. Library & Sports Blog - getting all classes onto these two key blogs. Julius/Connor - how is the joining up of the classrooms to the library blog going?
5. Google Apps - every TWT will get their own FOS google account (if their parent agrees). This is something TWs may not get as they already have their own gmail account.

Actions:

• Rob to list which TWT is in which area and set up a checklist for the register of who turns up.
• Julius/Connor - identify a TWT to help you do the job of connecting classrooms to the library/sports blogs. Work with Rob next week to make the checklist.
  

TWT training - reflection

Today at teach wizard training we learned how to use iphoto and how to use the camera proply

Also I am learning alot when I do this so thankyou Mr Clarke and Teach wizards!!!!

by Hannah Room eighteen

TWT training

Today we learnt.
About sharing photos.
What great photos need.
What smart album are.


From John

TWT training

Today we learnt about sharing and about how to take good photos. I learnt about iphoto.

From Olivia. Rm 19.

TWT

today we went to TWT training and we learnt about iphoto and picasa.
by sophie

What I have learnt.

I have learnt:

how to take awesome photos

how to take photos from different angles

how to share photos.

By Sarah Kate

Meeting Minutes - Term 4 Week 4

Present: Libby, Madi, Connor, Reed, Laura, Jack, Emma
Apologies: Anthony
Absent: George, 

Agenda:

Touch base re: Tech Wizard Trainee programme - the first sessions on blogging have run really well. The TWT know what job they are doing and are really keen! This is because of your great leadership. Rob has met with them once and again tomorrow to check out the photos of great learning they have taken. Please remember to book in the daily notices when you are running your sessions to maintain momentum. 
Picasa and iPhoto use - a couple didn't know how to do this. Please see the tutorials for iphoto and picasa in the TW blog.
FOS News - it would be great to involve the TWs in the uploading of FOS News to the school youtube account. These movies will then go live to FOS Live!

Actions:
All - book in TWTs training sessions.
Rob - set up gmail accounts for all TWTs.

Feedback - set up of Team 8 class blog

Well done Julius and Reed on the set up of the Team 8 blog! It is off to a great start.

Next steps - can you please activate the picasa account and the google docs account for the Team 8 google account.

Once that is done, please email Rob the username and password the class uses (this is so we can keep it on file for future reference).

thanks and well done,
Rob

TWT Training Session - Photos

Here are the photos of the Tech Wizard Trainees for 2008:

Tech Wizard Trainee Meeting - Term 4 Week

Agenda:

1. Questions about the programme - Badges, emails, FirstClass accounts.
   
2. Responsibilities - all tech wizard trainees must let the person running their meeting know if they cannot make it for whatever reason.
   
3. Job Descriptions - every TWT will need to decide on a job they will take responsibility for. You will become an expert in the school for this area. It is tied in with our new school web site FOS Live.
   

Meeting Minutes Term 4 Week 2

Present: Jack, Holly, Connor, Libby, Reed,
Apologies: Laura, Madi, Emma, George

Agenda:

1. FOS Live - Rob shared how this links in with the TWT programme. Photo sharing, blogging and iPhoto are important skills for all teachers and kids at FOS because of this.
2. Tech Wizard Trainee Programme - Tech Wizards have been assigned to an area of responsibility for TWTs. Rob will be meeting the TWTs Wednesday to look at which job they want to learn more about and will take responsibility for. TWs need to follow up on actions below.
   
3. Training the Board of Trustees Monday evening - thank you to those who helped. Very positive session.

Actions:

• In the TW Spreadsheet in google docs - decide when they will run sessions with their group each week. This needs to be communicated via the daily notices and followed up. One person in the group needs to be the leader for this.
• Rob to set a meeting for all TWTs to get them thinking about what they want to do
  

Meeting Minutes Term 4 Week 1

Present: Jack, Laura, Holly, Julius, Connor, Logan

Absent: Libby, Madi, George, Reed, Anthony

Agenda:

1. Roster - thanks Holly and Laura for sorting this out.
2. Tech Wizard Trainee Programme - we've made another job description for blogging TWTs. This is to give the extra kids an opportunity. 
   
3. Training the Board of Trustees next Monday evening - please complete this form letting Rob know if you can make it. We start at 6pm with fish n chips (yumo) then about 1 hour workshop for the BOT members:

Meeting Minutes Term 3 Week 10

Present: Julius, Connor, Laura, Holly, Jack
Absent: Logan
Apologies: Anthony, Reed, George, Madi, Libby

Agenda:

1. iPhoto skills for the photo competition -
   
2. TWT Programme Update - if there are any changes to the rating of TWTs (1-3) these must be in by end of the day Thursday 25th. Who is running it and what are you doing to test their teaching and skills? Rob suggests test them on something you have taught them (eg. iPhoto skills) OR on something that could go wrong (don't make it so hard that they stress out though!).
   
3. Finish 2.55 to advertise photo comp to classes.
   

Meeting Minutes - term 3 week 9

Present - Jack, Connor, Reed, Anthony,
Libby, Madi, Laura, Holly, Emma, Logan.

Absent- George(explained)

1. Tech wizard training schedule
2. Next week decide who becomes Tech Wizards
   
3. 
   

Meeting Minutes - Term 3 Week 7

Present: Jack, Logan, Holly, Madi, Emma
Absent: R10, 7 and others

Agenda:

1. Google Docs - looked at saving a search within your google docs account. This is especially useful if you have loads of documents in there!
   
2. Tech Wizard Trainee Programme - thanks for your hard work in this, particularly Holly and Laura. A weakness in Jack/Laura responsible for notices and bookings for TWT programme so that the younger kids know when and where, plus who is running the session. Check with Holly if you are unsure of when you are booked in.
3. iPhoto skills - learned quickly how to make a quicktime movie from some photos in iPhoto. make sure that Titles, Keywords and Ratings are always showing in iPhoto

Next Meeting:
Not sure if it will be week 8 due to arts week, we'll play it by ear. Items to look at

Rob's Photography Tutorials

Photography Competition