Myclasses

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Mount Albert Grammar School

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The students have four main internet services:

•school website: www.mags.school.nz

•mydesktop (intranet)

•myclasses

•mymail (webmail)

School Internet Services

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Our Interface for the Student Intranet

Using mydesktop

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Positive student perception

Effective student learningAccess to informationTools to communicate both waysMotivational effect

Students able to use computers at home or after 3.10 pm at school

.Complete integration with SchoolZone

Ability to share resources between schools

Overview - Benefits of Myclasses

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Our PD Process

Training of six keen staffPages prepared and used with studentsShow and Tell - staff meetingTraining of more staff by the six keen staffPages prepared and used with studentsStaff & student feedback gatheredProposal to Faculty to include myclasses goals in appraisal - acceptedMore departmental/individual trainingAdvanced session on interactive exercises2007 - train new staff, extra time allocation, more requirements

Chip, chip, chip away. Don’t let this drift away

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Features we like

Good support - Telecom & Editure

(myclasses)Easy for teachers to use

Pages prepared usually quickly updated in future

Learning object-friendly (Digistore - TKI)

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From our experience

Naming convention needed for consistency eg Y1O - English - Creative Writing(Year Level – Subject – Detail)

Files must have extensions - .doc .pdf .xlsImages must be web-readyUse Firefox, Explorer - not Safari (Mac)

Assigning members - be clear on how to do thisStudents – to import just your students and teachers to viewGroups – to assign whole year levelsMaintainers – can edit your materialImport Files – saves time if choosing individual students

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Sample Pages - English Film

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Sample Pages - Shawshank

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English Pages

Features:

individual class noticeboards & files boxes

Common course achievement standard properties

Imported properties - EPIC, Studyit, etc.

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Sample English Page

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EPIC and National Library Databases