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=Welcome to Glentunnel School's wiki! = ​

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 ** Background ** In 2009, the Malvern Cluster was successful in its bid to win funding for a three year Information Communication Technology (ICT) Contract. We are one of 7 schools involved. We are working with Darfield High School, Darfield Primary, Hororata, Greendale, Springfield and Sheffield schools to promote improvement in teaching quality and learning outcomes for all students, and the strengthening of communities of professional practice supported through the smart use of information and communications technologies (e-learning).

We have a team of lead teachers involved in Professional Development (PD) sessions, run by e-Time in Christchurch, getting out there and learning about Web 2.0 tools such as wikis. These lead teachers then filter back new practices, ideas and skills to all of our staff through PD sessions which then impact on our students.
 * What does this mean for us? **

=media type="custom" key="5423734" width="418" height="301"= = = **__SAFETY __** Cyber safety is something we all need to be aware of and we need to educate our students/children. The safety blurb below should be shared with students (cut and past to class wikis) and discussed at home. I have also attached this link which you can use to teach your students. [|Educational site]  · **Only ** ever use your first name or a nickname when you are writing on this or other blogs or wikis · **Never ** use any other student’s last name  · **Never **  post any personal information–such as your home phone number or home address on this or any other blog or wiki  · **Never ** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 10pt;"> share any of you usernames or passwords with anyone and never log in as another student <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> · **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 10pt;">Always ** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 10pt;"> tell your parents or teacher right away if you come across anything that makes you feel uncomfortable <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> · **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 10pt;">Remember ** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 10pt;"> the “grandma rule” that anything you put on the internet could be read by your grandmother so only write things you could say to the nicest of grannies <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> · **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 10pt;">Be ** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 10pt;"> a good online citizen and never write or post anything that could hurt anyone else <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> · **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 10pt;">Always ** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 10pt;"> check with an adult if someone asks for your phone number or to meet you <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> · **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 10pt;">Never ** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 10pt;"> make arrangements to meet anyone over the internet without telling your parents <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> · **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 10pt;">Make ** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 10pt;"> sure you publish only your own work. Don’t under any circumstances use other people’s work and call it your own <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> · <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 10pt;">Make ** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 10pt;"> sure that you read over your writing before you post it to check the spelling and that it reads okay
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 10pt;">Here are some rules for us to follow: **

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