PD for Information Literacy program

Dear HOD's, this is a quia survey on your faculty PD requirements in helping you deliver your specific Information Literacy skills. Please answer the survey honestly.
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  1. What is your faculty?


  1. Do you need any assistance in delivering your departments specific Information Literacy skills?

    Yes
    No


  1. What areas would you like to get assistance in? Be very specific naming the skills or programs needed eg Dyknow use in the class for teaching not just monitoring of slates.


  1. Has your faculty delivered the allocated Term 1 Information Literacy skills as per the portal spreadsheet? Select the years you have delivered to in Term 1.
    all year 7 skills
    most year 7 skills
    very few year 7 skills
    all year 8 skills
    most year 8 skills
    very few year 8 skills
    all year 9 skills
    most year 9 skills
    very few year 9 skills
    all year 10 skills
    most year 10 skills
    very few year 10 skills
    all years (7 to 10)


  1. If you have not delivered all your allocated Information Literacy skills, can you please indicate which skills were not delivered? Please indicate the area and skill. eg Using Devices 2, Skill 1 and 2.


  1. Can you explain why this skill was not delivered and when are you planning to deliver it eg. I didn't use DyKnow in my first topic as it was practically based but will use it in my topic in Term 2 or is it a lack of expertise? Please comment and could this be an area for training that we could look at.



  1. Have you ticked off in the portal Information Literacy skills spreadsheet your faculty delivered skills for term 1 2013?

    Yes
    No


  1. Can you tick these off by the end of this term? (If you have not delivered all of these skills just tick off what you have delivered.)
    Yes
    No


  1. Do you have any preference for how this assistance can be delivered?
    Outside trainer
    In-house trainer
    Remote training via video eg such as a webinar or go to meeting etc


  1. When we deliver in-house PD eg StCathsConnect portal page, comment on the pace and amount of information/skills covered during these sessions. Is there too much, too little, is it too slow or too quick?


  1. Have you implemented any of the Alan November strategies from his last visit and PD day. If so, explain what stratgies you used and what you did?


  1. Alan November is coming back to spend a day with us in Term 2. How would you like for this day to run? Some of these suggestions may not be possible but still give me an indication.

    Working with HOD's for some part of the day
    Working with faculties for some part of the day
    Working with a range of students for some part of the day
    Working with a year group or part of a year group for some part of the day


  1. What focus would you like Alan to work on for this day?

    Better searching ( he focused on this in 2012)
    Students as digital farms (idea of students creting content)
    Students invloved in real world problems
    Social networking and its role in education
    Harnessing mobile technologies and apps at school
    Gamification and its role in education (the use of games at school as a learning tool)
    Creation of online courses
    Electronic publishing
    Collaborative environments


  1. If there are any other ares not listed above that could be our focus for Alan November's day in Term 2 please add below?


  1. Any other comments?





Mr H
Senior Chemistry Teacher
St. Catherines
Sydney