1. Belinda Giudice Deputy Principal Merrylands High School Belinda.Giudice@det.nsw.edu.au CREATING A DIGITAL CULTURE @ Merrylands High School

2. ICT overview @ MHS Workshop presentation will highlight: Whole-school technology implementation & classroom innovation School organisation & admin TPL School promotion strategies TECHNOLOGY AT MERRYLANDS HIGH SCHOOL

3. Technology @ MHS 1:1 Lenovo laptops for all Year 9, 10 & 11 students 6 computer labs – including one high-tech multimedia room VC facilities 16 IWB’s 9 additional data-projectors Laptop banks 6 iPods 2 iPads TECHNOLOGY AT MERRYLANDS HIGH SCHOOL

4. DER implementation TECHNOLOGY AT MERRYLANDS HIGH SCHOOL

5. DER implementation TECHNOLOGY AT MERRYLANDS HIGH SCHOOL

6. Innovative approaches to teaching & learning STATE LEVELL RECOGNITION ACROSS 3 KLA’S Only school in NSW used in the CLI iPod trial (History Faculty) 1 of 3 PDHPE unit’s designed with Curriculum Support for DER NSW 1 of 6 schools in NSW to design & implement unit of work as part of AGQTP (Maths Faculty) University ICT Scholarship holder (Science Faculty member) 1 of 3 Microsoft Peer Coaches (Senior Executive member) 1 of 6 schools for Digital Citizenship trial TECHNOLOGY AT MERRYLANDS HIGH SCHOOL

7. Innovative approaches to teaching & learning Use of iPhones & iPods in the classrooms Embedding games into teaching & learning Angry Birds Xbox Kinect TECHNOLOGY AT MERRYLANDS HIGH SCHOOL

8. Innovative approaches to teaching & learning TECHNOLOGY AT MERRYLANDS HIGH SCHOOL

10. The wider school community TECHNOLOGY AT MERRYLANDS HIGH SCHOOL

11. Where our staff are at? TECHNOLOGY AT MERRYLANDS HIGH SCHOOL

13. Targeted Professional Learning

14. SDD’s

15. Faculty, Executive and Staff meetings

16. Student Laptop Team

17. Technology blog

18. Collaborative faculty programming

19. Xbox sessionsTECHNOLOGY AT MERRYLANDS HIGH SCHOOL

20. TECHNOLOGY AT MERRYLANDS HIGH SCHOOL Future directions & Questions….you’ll have to come to the session to find out more 