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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>Hi all,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>we are looking at dragging our Junior IT classes into the 21st century and to incorporate some Web 2.0 functionality and new hardware.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Some examples of programs we would like to implement more effectively are:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Flash, Moodle, Dreamweaver, Scratch, VB net, Jing, Audacity</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Examples of hardware are:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>bluetooth enabled devices, </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>headphones & microphones, </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>webcams, digital cameras & video</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>We want to jazz up our ICT curriculum and make it more relevant and engaging for our students and to implement in the classroom some of the things that our students use computers for at home. Rather than reinvent the wheel it would be great if anyone out there who has implemented any of the above software and hardware can let us know how it went and what they have learnt on the way. If you have other resources that have been used successfully we'd like to hear from you as well.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>At the moment we pretty much teach only MS Office, email & some internet skills in years 7 & 8 and know that there is a world of rich resources and ideas out there but find it hard to know where to start.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Looking forward to hearing from you</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>James Gibney</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>St Helena Secondary College</DIV></BODY></HTML>