Point Of Learning With Pete Hall. Leadership In Teaching And Learning.

About: This week we meet Stephen Gordon,  syndicate leader and teacher at Sunnybrae School in Auckland. Stephen has helped implement google apps for education at Sunnybrae, and today he talks about how that went, and some of the problems they overcame to manage that change smoothly. When we think about implementing new technologies in our schools, we often talk about big ideas like 'collaboration' without acknowledging the nuts, bolts and pitfalls of what happens when we make significant change. Today we hear what happens when passwords are displayed on the classroom wall, when students know more about online collaboration than their parents and when students need to respond to big changes in teacher practice. Even better, halfway through, we will hear from Stephen's students themselves! Kids always tell it like it is and it was so great to get some student voice for this podcast.    Key Points: Drop in sessions for parents to help them see how things are done Inviting parents to be a part of the learning on