DAY ONE Monday 8th September International Literacy Day "Literacy is the best remedy"
CONVENOR: PRIDE (Libby Cass) Pacific Digital Strategy and Pacific Education |
Time | Activity | Responsibility/Comments |
8.00 -09.00 | Registration | Workshop Secretariat |
9.00 - 10.00 | Official Opening | Dr Priscilla Puamau, PRIDE Team leader |
10.00 -10.30 | Workshop Introduction | Libby Cass, PRIDE, Workshop Coordinator |
10.30 - 11.00 | Morning Tea | |
11.00 - 12.30 | The Pacific Digital Strategy and Schools RICS and OLPC overview OLPC hands on | Ian Thomson, RICS and Oceania OLPC Project Coordinator, SPC
David Leeming, OLPC Coordinator, SPC and Technical Advisor, People First Network
Mr Michael Hutak, Director Oceania, OLPC |
12.30 - 1.30 | Lunch | |
1.30 - 3.00 | OLPC: The education project in the Pacific progress, goals, issues, outcomes, setting up a project | Ian Thomson, RICS and Oceania OLPC Coordinator, SPC |
3.00 - 3.15 | Afternoon Tea | |
3.15 - 5.00 | Demo of school server, content generation and management - | David Leeming, OLPC Coordinator, SPC and Technical Advisor, People First Network |
Evening: Opening reception |
DAY TWO Tuesday 9th September CONVENOR: SPC (Ian Thompson) Setting the Scene global and regional |
Time | Activity | Responsibility/Comments |
8:30 8:40 | · Devotion · House Keeping | Participant
Convenor |
8:40 9:00
| Overview of Day 1
| Critical Friend |
9.00 - 10.30 | Keynote Addresses Global Perspectives
A rights based approach to teaching and learning resources in education: applying children's rights to school library and information literacy
Libraries in the Knowledge Society : Supporting information access, literacy and learning communities through school libraries |
Emmanuelle Abrioux, Education Chief, UNICEF Pacific
Elizabeth Jones, Northern Area Manager, National Library of New Zealand, School Services
Participant discussion on country presentation facilitated by the convenor |
10.30 - 11.00 | Morning Tea | |
11.00 12.30 | Country Presentations
Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia - Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia - Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia - Kosrae, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue
Presenting the regional situation on information access, IL and ICT in education. | Country presentations 10 minutes each
Country 1 -7 |
12.30 1.30 | Lunch | |
1.30 3.00 | Country Presentations
Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu.
Presenting the regional situation on information access, IL and ICT in education | Country presentations 10 minutes each
Country 8 -15 |
3.00 3.15 | Afternoon Tea | |
3.15 5.00 | Explanation of group work responsibilities and expectations
Group work | Libby Cass, PRIDE (15 minutes)
Groups discussions to draw out parallels and differences between the presentations and the Pacific context. Respond to group question and begin to prepare group presentations on template provided (90 minutes) |
Evening: Free evening |
E village open till 10pm |
DAY THREE Wednesday 10th September CONVENOR: UNESCO (Abel Caine) Regional training in Information Literacy/Libraries and ICT |
Time | Activity | Responsibility/Comments |
8:30 8:40 | · Devotion · House Keeping | Participant
Convenor |
8:40 9:00 | Overview of Day 2 | Critical Friend |
9.00 10.30 | Information literacy and library training in the Northern Pacific
Group work | Ms Jane Barnwell, Director, Pacific Resource Center, Pacific Resources for Education and Learning (PREL)
Groups discussions (30 minutes) to draw out parallels and differences between the presentation and the Pacific context. Respond to group question and continue to prepare group presentations on template provided |
10.30 11.00 | Morning Tea | |
11.00 12.30 | Information literacy and school library development the Cook Islands experience Group work | Elizabeth Jones, Library Manager, Northern Area Manager, National Library of New Zealand, School Services and Kathy George, Literacy Advisor, Cook Islands Ministry of Education
Groups discussions (30 minutes) to draw out parallels and differences between the presentation and the Pacific context. Respond to group question and continue to prepare group presentations on template provided |
12.30 1.30 | Lunch | |
1.30 3.00 | Teaching Library Studies: the Micronesia Experience
Pacific Library Education in the 21st Century | Pamela Bidwell, Coordinator for the Diploma in Library/Information Studies, School of Education University of the South Pacific
Liviana Tabalala, Coordinator for the Certificate in Basic Skills in Library/Information Studies , University of the South Pacific Library and Pamela Bidwell, Coordinator for the Diploma in Library/Information Studies, School of Education, University of the South Pacific |
3.00 3.15 | Afternoon Tea | |
3.15 5.00 | Group work | Groups discussions (105 minutes) to draw out parallels and differences between the presentation and the Pacific context. Respond to group question and continue to prepare group presentations on template provided |
Evening: Free |
E village open till 10pm |
DAY FOUR Thursday 11th September CONVENOR: PREL (Jane Barnwell) E learning platforms |
Time | Activity | Responsibility/Comments |
8:30 8:40 | · Devotion · House Keeping | Participant
Convenor |
8:40 9:00 | Overview of Day 3 | Critical Friend |
9.00-10.30 | Keynote presentation
OLPC and how to use in the classroom | Ian Thomson, RICS and Oceania OLPC Project Coordinator, SPC |
10.30 11.00 | Morning Tea | |
11.00 12.30 | Keynote presentation
Moodle as an e learning platform | Ala Lesuma-Fatiaki
Instructional Designer, Distance and Flexible Learning Support Centre (DFLSC), Centre for Educational Development and Technology (CEDT), University of the South Pacific |
12.30 1.30 | Lunch | |
1.30 3.00 | Keynote presentation
Supporting Pacific Knowledge Societies | Abel Caine, Adviser for Communication & Information, UNESCO Office for the Pacific States |
3.00 3.15 | Afternoon Tea | |
3.15 5.00 | Group work | Groups discussions (105 minutes) to draw out parallels and differences between the presentations and the Pacific context. Respond to group question and continue to prepare group presentations on template provided |
Evening: Free |
E village open till 10pm |
DAY FIVE Friday 12th September
CONVENOR: UNICEF (Nikhat Shameem) CONTENT AND GUIDELINES |
Time | Activity | Responsibility/Comments |
8:30 8:40 | · Devotion · House Keeping | Participant
Convenor |
8:40 9:00 | Overview of Day 4 | Critical Friend |
9.00 10.30 | Panel discussion
Developing resources which are culturally and linguistically relevant to the Pacific and the need for quality digital content for One Lap Top per Child (OLPC) Oceania
| Panellists:
Elizabeth Jones, Northern Area Manager, National Library of New Zealand, School Services
Jenny Evans, Head of Distance and Flexible Learning Support Centre (DFLSC), Centre for Educational Development and Technology (CEDT), University of the South Pacific
Ian Thomson, RICS and Oceania OLPC Project Coordinator, SPC
Jane Barnwell, Director, Pacific Resource Center, Resources for Education and Learning (PREL) |
10.30 11.00 | Morning Tea | |
11.00 12.00
12.00-12.30 | Keynote presentation Effective learning in the information landscape: Research and assessment of school libraries, information literacy and student achievement
Group work, finalisation of group presentations | Elizabeth Jones
Northern Area Manager, National Library of New Zealand, School Services
30 minutes for groups to finalise presentations |
12.30 1.30 | Lunch | |
1.30 3.00 | Group presentations Group 1
Group 2
Group 3 | Group 1 - 3
15 minutes for each group, with participant discussion on presentations facilitated by the convenor |
3.00 3.15 | Afternoon Tea | |
3.15 5.00 | Group presentations Group 4
Group 5
| Group 4 - 6
15 minutes for each group, with participant discussion on presentations facilitated by the convenor |
Evening: Dinner and trivia quiz. |
DAY SIX Saturday 13th September
CONVENOR: PRIDE (Dr Priscilla Puamau) OUTOMES |
Time | Activity | Responsibility/Comments |
8:30 8:40 | · Devotion · House Keeping | Participant
Convenor |
8:40 10.30
| Presentation on key points from workshop and statement of action | Sereana Tagivakatini, Workshop Rapporteur, PRIDE |
10.30 11.00 | Morning tea | |
11.00 12.30 | Workshop summative evaluation
Workshop participant evaluation
Critical friend to distribute and explain questionnaire and participants to complete.
Responses from development partners or observer
Workshop closing, Where to from here? | Critical Friend
30 minutes
Critical Friend & participants
30 minutes
Development partners or observer
15 minutes
Libby Cass, PRIDE
15 minutes |
1.00 2.00 | Lunch | |
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Evening: Free |
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