The Victoria Centre now has a new 'Smartboard' located on Level 3 Room 1. Shirley has baptised the 'magic' machine with her Pre-CSWE group and some new students took to the machine with confidence and interest,
whilst others found that the eye-hand co-ordination will require some practice.
Others were keen to work on their own 'smartboard' at their desk!
The Smartboard has all the programs available to make it interactive but as yet does not have an Internet connection. There is a great deal of user support available free from the suppliers who install and give on-going PD to primary and secondary schools as well as the tertiary education sector.
This classroom will now become a 'hot' room and not a home room: all teachers are encouraged to make use of the opportunity to incorporate this very helpful learning tool into the delivery of their program.
A small but suitably attired group of staff members celebrated Sophie's 'big' birthday (it's not 21 and ends with zero) with a morning tea last Friday. Staff not normally at work on a Friday requested a second performance on Monday and so like Dame Nellie Melba, we had a reprise of the 'food' part of the celebration - but not the 'singing'. Thanks to all the well-wishers - may there be many more birthdays with zero!
