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Jody: Can we put the suggestion that was posed at the MYe meeting which Ali brought up - that a few sessions of Tuesday sport are released for faculty PD (circulating system) whereby we can have a good block of time to develop something? Tuesdays are hopeless for practical sessions - you need hours to sit and do. I would like to spend such sessions actually writing assignments that are collaborative and therefore more creative. We could share information re new technologies, eg. podcasts. I am not going to really bother if I haven't seen its effectiveness, or been shown how and where you can find them etc. I don't have an iPod either, (another brand) so do they still work? I would love to be able to organise more group activities - eg. trips to Melbourne, etc. You can't do this on your own and you can't do it without a real focus for the entire year level. You need time to plan and justify such activities. We could also overhaul sections of the curriculum TOGETHER and have good input, instead of it being an insular activity. Food for thought... Marg: I assume, maybe incorrectly, that the suggestion was being presented from MYe, which is a bigger and more influential body than we are. I would much prefer to meet and work through this face to face. However, the input here will give us a great starting point should we ever get such luxury! I would like to note what a professional and proactive a group I am Head of. You are all very passionate about History and performing wonderful things in class. In my other role I am trained to work with you on designing research projects. I am doing this with a small number of staff now and am happy to be booked on BookIt for this to occur. My lastest piece is for Amy in Year 7 Science (see the library folder in courseware, library, students) which is not developed collaboratively: I have just come in on the end of what she has prepared and made an introduction from the research perspective. If you email me your worksheet and let me know when you are coming I can be booked to team teach with you. Preferably we would sit down before you wrote the topic and discuss possibilities. I would then research your info and either both of us (all of us) or one of us would write it up. Di: What about VELS? can we use it Marg: I believe we should be basing our curriculum on VELS. Most of the statements are broad and the intrapersonal, personal, ICT strands are vital aspects of what we have always done in History.