The Tawa Literacy Cluster is engaged in a pilot trial of a literacy programme - this "slideshare" is modelling the use of Slideshare as a way of displaying content to all.

1. Tawa Literacy Pilot
~Professionallearningina
blendedlearningenvironment~

2. Agenda for Day 1
• Using the online environment and e-community
• “Learning online” – Skype call - Derek Wenmoth
• Getting started - signing up, access and features of
the online environment, trouble
• The interactive online learning process
• Working with online partners
• Where to go for help
• The way ahead: where to next?

3. Working in the online world…
Videoconference link with
Derek Wenmoth
Director eLearning

4. Expected outcomes of the trial
~ Participants ~
Educational outcomes for participants:
• Increased theoretical and pedagogical
understanding of the inference comprehension
strategy
• Effective implementation of the metacognitive
learning approach to teach the inference
comprehension strategy
• Increased ability to recognize the behaviours that
readers exhibit when using the inference strategy

5. Expected outcomes of the trial
~ Students ~
Outcome for students:
• Students will learn to infer to get extra
meaning
• Students will demonstrate the effective
use of the inference strategy

6. Getting Started
• Signing up and profile
• Access to the site
• Features of the online
environment
• Trouble shooting ~ where to
go!!!

7. The learning process
• Introducing the facilitated
learning model
• Working with online partners
• Where to go for help

8. The way ahead
• Where to next?
• What’s the plan of action?

9. Tawa Literacy Pilot
~ see you online ~