Manly+Village+PS

==== **INNOVATION AT MANLY VILLAGE Here I am at my first wiki course - it's lots of fun! At manly Village we are enthusiastic participants in the Northern Beaches Learning Alliance, participating in the //Penguin Project// and //Design, Make, Innovate// and our Staff Development Day smorgasbord of workshops. We are just beginning to learn about the oppportunities our videoconferencing equipment provides us with, which is becoming increasingly popular with the teachers and students. We started our journey with the DET's initial 2 day workshop, then began participating in some of the afternoon professional learning videoconferences. Some of these have been held during our staff meeting time, while others have been attended on a voluntary basis. Some teachers have linked with other teachers in the area so that their classes could be introduced to the video conferencing facilities, and associated etiquette. We now have all of the stage 2 enrolled in an hour long NASA videoconference, which includes a practical experiment component. This will be interesting as we're not quite sure how this will work with the limited space in our video conferencing room to conduct the experiments. Just a tip if you are thinking of linking up with NASA, the prices on the web page may not necessarily be up to date and payment needs to be wired or paid by credit card in $US. Some teachers will also be signing up for a similar conference at the Great Barrier Reef. We've got a long way to go and a lot to learn so any ideas from others would be great! Here is a useful link: [|www.nasa.org] ** [|Find out more about Manly Village] ====