Early Childhood Education ICT ULearn08 Pre-conference Workshop Programme

“Christine, do you know I am 4 years old and I can do anything?”

Welcome to the ECE ICT Pre-Conference Workshop. We have planned an innovative and
engaging programme for you today. The timetable for the sessions is written below. Please
read it and choose which workshops you would like to attend. Due to number restrictions it
may not be possible to you to attend your first choice. Registrations for the workshops will be
held half an hour before the pre- conference begins. If you have a laptop please bring one.

Time Workshop 1 Workshop 2 Workshop 3

10.00-10.55 am ECE ICT PL Facilitation Team

Sharing our Stories - An overview of Innovation

11.00-12.30 pm Atawhai Playcentre Campus Creche Next Generation

"This is my story" - Pre-school & Childcare Company
Enhancing learning Rotorua Girls High Ltd
using modern School Childcare Wow, You'll be
technology: Attitude plus pen proud to know I'm
Atawhai's ICT and paper: two online: e-portfolios
experience, a teachers’ personal in early childhood
journey for children journeys of ICT
and adults discovery

12.30-1.15 pm Lunch
 Time Workshop 1 Workshop 2 Workshop 3

1.15-2.45 pm Geraldine Greenhithe Rototuna Early

Kindergarten Kindergarten Education Centre &
" Do you know Gael Children as innovators Sunshine
that I'm a in self assessment Kindergarten
perseverer. Sarah's using ICT Photostory 3 in action
not, she's a risk in ECE: Experiences
taker."- Habits Of from kindergarten and
Mind in Early childcare
Childhood

2,45-3.15 pm Afternoon Tea

3.15-4.30 pm And what about Me?

Teacherʼs Stories and So What for Me?

Abstracts for Workshops:

Atawhai Playcentre - Anthea Lees and Nicky Nicholson

"This is my story" - Enhancing learning using modern technology: Atawhai's ICT experience,
a journey for children and adults

This presentation looks at Atawhai Playcentre's journey with ICT's and how they are used to
enhance childrenʼs learning. It will cover technologies such as digital cameras, photostories and
digital microscopes and how they are used by both children and adults. Teachers will have a
hands on opportunity to use the digital microscopes. We will look specifically at how these
technologies fit in our mixed age (0-6years) free play setting and how both the children and
supervision team use technologies to record learning. Atawhai Playcentre is currently participating
in the MOE funded ECE ICT Professional Learning Pilot Programme.

Campus Creche Pre-school & Rotorua Girls High School Child Care - Sally Johnson &
Margaret Jones

Attitude plus pen and paper: Two teachers’ personal journeys of ICT discovery

Be prepared to be inspired by the journey of two mature early childhood teachers, one who two
years ago had no desire to touch a computer, the other who in order to do her assignments, got
her son to set up Word so she needed to do little more than turn the computer on and off. Hear
how these teachers kept handwritten notebooks of ʻhow tosʼ as they went on a journey of self-
discovery and learning, about ICTs, overcoming their nervousness through professional
development and peer support. See how they are now exploring ICT and have become the
inspired learners that they are today. Sally and Margaret will also share ways in which their new-
found confidence has enabled them to use ICT successfully with the children they teach. Campus
Creche Pre-school and Rotorua Girls High School Child Care are currently participating in the
MOE funded ECE ICT Professional Learning Pilot Programme.

Next Generation Childcare Company Ltd - Lorraine Geurts, Rachel Jones, Maree Mosalen &
Bernette Peters

Wow, You'll be proud to know I'm online: e-portfolios in early childhood

The use of e-portfolios have greatly contributed to increased dialogue and shared meaning
making between children, parents, families and teachers at Next Generation Childcare. Parents
and whānau are contributing to the curriculum more and more and are deeply engaged in their
childʼs learning. Teachers, children and families are learning with and alongside each other,
navigating their way online and exploring the complexities of ICT. Participants will have the
opportunity to explore the journey of the children, teachers and families at Next Generation
Childcare and the impact e-portfolios are having on the community of learners and consider the
potential for these in their own contexts. Next Generation Childcare is currently participating in the
MOE Funded ECE ICT Professional Learning Pilot Programme.

Geraldine Kindergarten - Tracey Nelson & Haidee Walsh

" Do you know Gael that I'm a perseverer. Sarah's not, she's a risk taker."- Habits Of Mind in
Early Childhood

Hazel is four years old and already confidently communicating with clarity her perception of herself
and her peers as teachers and learners. We have adapted Art Costaʼs “Habits of
Mind” (www.habits-of-mind.net/whatare.htm) for our early childhood environment. In this workshop
we will tell the story of how the Habits of Mind have become embedded into our daily practice at
our kindergarten. We will then facilitate a discussion about how the habits of mind can become
part of your practice. Geraldine Kindergarten are participants in the Ministry of Education funded
ECE ICT Professional Learning Pilot Programme.

Greenhithe Kindergarten - Margaret May & Chris Dowdell

Children as innovators in self-assessment using ICT

We will discuss the ways in which the children we are working with are using our ICT tools to
revisit, refine and deepen their learning experiences. We will address what self assessment
through ICT tools such as Comic Life and I Can Animate, means to us and how we see this
happening in action within our Kindergarten environment. We will share how our children are
'leading the way' as we upskill ourselves to facilitate, support, extend and enhance the myriad of
possibilities that ICT tools offer. Greenhithe Kindergarten is currently participating in the MOE
funded ECE ICT Professional Learning Pilot Programme.
Comic Life is PC and MAC based computers. I Can Animate is for Mac based Platforms.

Rototuna Early Education Centre & Sunshine Kindergarten - Rochelle Wolvers & Lisa Grey

Photostory 3 in action in ECE: Experiences from kindergarten and childcare

We are two teachers, one from a kindergarten in Wellington and one from an all day care and
education centre in Hamilton who have discovered the multiple benefits - including literacy,
assessment, strengthening relationships with families - of a simple, downloadable programme
called Photo Story 3 (for PCs only). This session will be a presentation of the different ways we
have used this programme with the children followed by a hands-on workshop in which
participants will have an opportunity to make their own photo story. To make this experience
meaningful please bring a few of your own digital photos. Sunshine Kindergarten and Rototuna
Early Education Centre are currently participating in the MOE funded ECE ICT Professional
Learning Pilot Programme.

This is an equipment based workshop for PC Platforms