ICTPD

Information and Communication Technology Professional Development (ICT PD) Clusters

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Introduction: 

The ICT PD Clusters project is an initiative of the New Zealand Ministry of Education, outlined in the Digital Horizons – Learning through ICT strategy document 2002-2004 and continued in Enabling the 21st Century Learner, An e-learning Action Plan for Schools 2006-2010.

Under the ICT PD initiative, clusters of schools throughout New Zealand are contracted for up to three years to provide ICT professional development programmes.

The Ministry of Education provides funding for implementing the ICT PD programme which is aimed at:

  • Increased understanding by teachers, principals, students and school communities of the educational benefits of ICT;
  • Increased capability of teachers and principals to use ICT for their own professional learning;
  • Increased capability of teachers and principals to use ICT to facilitate improvements in students' learning and achievement;
  • Strengthened professional learning communities and increased collaboration within and across schools;
  • A developing rich resource of expertise, experience and materials in effective ICT use at a local and national level.
Contact: 
Marg McLeod
Website: 

ICT Professional Development Clusters
http://www.tki.org.nz/r/ict/pedagogy/schools_new/index_e.php

Ministry of Education 2008-2010 ICT PD Clusters

Time4 Innovation online conference

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This week the ICT PD Cluster programme annual online conference began. Time4 Innovation will be held between 26 May-13 June 2008 and will provide a place of focus for the innovation occurring in cluster schools, opportunities to explore relevant theory about effective learning, and a forum for discussion and sharing of ideas.

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