South+Otago+High+School's+Journey

- over the last 3 years the school has progressed from a position where teachers were using ICT intermittently to produce word processing and accessing the internet to a situation where most teachers are reporting that they regularly use ICT to provide learning experinces in thier classrooms - the confidence in ICT has also impacted in streamlining the miriade of administration and management tasks required of a teacher, eg: electronic reports, sharing info, emailing meeting agendas - teachers now expect to have a ICT resources available in all facets of thier job when these are not present teachers are quick to request them - teachers have moved onto a stage where they are acutely aware of the benefit of using ICT in their day to day teaching - the sessions with David were the best way for teachers to learn, however this is maybe not the most efficient use of the PD resources and careful thought must be put into the structure of PD sessions in planning the future of ICT PD beyond the contract - there were a few staff members who did not take PD opportunities - reasons for this vary from a phobia of ICT to over confidence - also issues arising from timetabled work load have influenced some people's pick up of PD - this could be addressed in the future by having ICTPD sessions outside of timetabled school time - teachers have become more aware of the changing climate of technology in the outside world and most attempt to keep up with this and incorporate into planning etc