MAGS & Telecom - TUANZ Innovation Award Finalists

The School was one of three finalists for a Telecommunications Users Association of New Zealand innovation award, the TUANZ Education Award 2006.

Although we are currently still in the process of developing this system for full implementation, many subjects have support pages already. A selection can be viewed here.

To gain access, enter the name astudent and the password telecom . The nomination was for the support given by our teachers to our students' learning by Telecom's new online learning environment .

This page is designed to assist teachers from other schools who may wish to use the product.

Professional Development

Although our teaching staff have found myclasses to be a very user-friendly system, effective implementaion requires comprehensive, regular, step-by-step professional development.

We have a three-year implementation plan which will be followed by on-going training and development. The programme is as follows:

2005

• Four very interested staff attended a three-day course facilitated by a myinternet trainer during the July Holidays.
• These staff created pages for their classes over Term 3.
• At the end of the term, we had a "show and tell" at a staff meeting. Myclasses had a very positive reception.
• Further interested staff were offered training in the September holidays.
• About 10 staff attended the training, created pages to use with their classes in Term 4.
• All staff who had used myclasses were asked to provide feedback.
• A proposal was submitted to and accepted by Faculty to formalise the use of myclasses in 2006.
• Whole-staff PD in department groups was facilitated during the junior exams.
  
  

• The requirements for myclasses are incorporated in the school goals and are part of performance appraisal.
• Every course is to have a support page e.g. Year 9 Science, NCEA Level 3 Biology.
  
• The page must contain the course outline, any assignments set and useful weblinks. (For equity reasons, teachers must still supply a hard copy of assessment criteria to students.)
• Every teacher must create at least one page for one class during the year.
• Professional development will be provided at beginner level for new staff and at a more advanced level for experienced staff.
• A formal review of progress in 2006 will be done during Term 4.
  
  

• Paul Thompson appointed as Project Manager.
• Elise Goddard to continue to work with English and Languages.
  
• On-going professional development.
• Introduction of eLFs to all staff.
• Promotion of other properties - Forums, Vote For, Calendar, etc.
  
• A formal review of progress in will be done at the end of Term 3 each year.
  

• All images must be web-ready (photos need to be down-sized to 72 dpi)
• All files must have their extension (e.g. .doc. xls. pps .pdf)
• Your school must have conventions for naming the pages so the menus have consistency and files so that they do not look messy.
  

Links to Documents and PowerPoints for Teachers

Staff Feedback

Basic Training Instructions - Word version

Basic Training Instructions - Pdf version

Junior Science using Myclasses PowerPoint

Senior Science using Myclasses

Creating interactive properties for Myclasses

These instructions were created by Elise Goddard, Director of Information Literacy, and Paul Thompson, Head of Junior Science and Myclasses Project Director, Mount Albert Grammar School.

Schools are welcome to use or adapt these files for their own non-profit purposes.

Teachers can also view example pages by clicking here .

User Name astudent
Password telecom