Welcome to my blog! I'm Karen Belt, a Deputy Principal, working at Lynmore Primary School in Rotorua, New Zealand. In the past I have taught Years 0 - 4 and used 1:1 iPads to engage and motivate learners and improve student achievement. This blog documents my teaching and leadership journey and my learning processes with iPads in the classroom. I am a Google Certified Educator #SYD17 and I'm proud of having been a member of the inaugural Manaiakalani Digital Teaching Academy(MDTA) program and a Spark Manaiakalani Innovative Teacher (MIT) and an inaugural Manaiakalani Google Class OnAir teacher.

Tuesday 26 September 2023

BOI Summit 2023 - Day 2

 Another day in the gorgeous Bay of Islands for Day 2 of the Summit.  

Today's session will kick off hearing from the MIT 2023 cohort.

Opening Session: Pecha Kucha

So many amazing ideas and it is great to see the professionalism during the presentations - I look forward to exploring some of the sites that have been created particularly the Talk the TalkMath Ventures and Literacy Land

Session 1:  Live Streaming with Drones

Technology has come such a long way - the drone is so easy to fly and seems really stable.  This opens up new learning for me and I'm excited to explore the possibilities. 

Session 2:  Automagic Autocrat

A great inspiring way to use Google Sheets and add-ons to create certificates or mail outs - definitely this is something I can see a use for in my kura particularly around end of year certificates & prizegivings - this will save many hours in manually completing the certificates.  A link to the slides is here.

Session 3:  Rapid Reporting

This session again opened my eyes to the possibilities of using Google Sheets to create many different things - while no longer needing to write reports, there are still many possibilities that my mind was working on while attending this session.  Slides are here. 

Session 4:  Mind Your Messages

Students are using online social media platforms more and more - often inappropriately - the students don't have the skills to do so effectively and responsibly.  Link to site here.


Rounding off the day was an inspiring panel discussion around Innovation and the impact it has had (and will have in the future) on Education.

Once again, a few days of inspiring Professional Development that I enjoyed being a part of.  A huge thanks to the organisers!

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