GCSN Newsletter - 4 November 2011

Upcoming events

Physics resource writing workshop Level 2 NCEA: Thursday 17th November
Chemistry resource writing workshop Level 2 NCEA: Thursday 24th November  
If you want to be part of these teams and have not been contacted already then email Carol at camoffatt@gmail.com

Mathematics NCEA Level 2: Workshop for resource writing for 2012 NCEA level 2  will be held after seniors finish. If you want to be part of the team please contact Margot McKeegan at margot.mckeegan@ccc.govt.nz    Teacher Release funding is available

BYOD technical workshop - Thursday 24th November @ South Learning Centre
-more details for these workshops will be on the Events calendar soon (link on Events calendar : see here

Other items and news

BYOD on-line group
Following the successful Bring Your Own Device ( BYOD) workshop at the recent ULearn conference in Rotorua, an online group has been established on the Virtual Learning Network :  Read here   Membership of the VLN is free - you can set up your own account very easily and then add yourself to the BYOD in Schools group.

 Great to hear from techday.co.nz about the efforts of GSCN in arranging for Internet NZ to provide bridging arrangements for six months for those  twenty secondary schools in Christchurch that have been provided with video conferencing units.   read here

Important reminders

Pegasus Group: next meeting at New Brighton Library at 1pm on Wednesday 30 November
Parklands Group: next meeting Wednesday 16th November at 1pm at New Brighton Library