Natalie



Hi I'm Natalie Amadio and I am working at St Brigid's Primary School at Gwynneville. I am currently working in 3 roles- PE teacher, ICT Coordinator and Year 5 Teacher. I also work at the University of Wollongong teaching IT to 1st Year Primary Teaching Students- this is my first year! I teach Physie (which is a form of dance) once a week to girls aged between 5 and 12 and also play touch football. Let's just say I keep myself pretty busy and look forward to the weekend!!

I Have been teaching for 6 years, I started off casual teaching for a year, then went to England and taught in a school in London for a little while. When I returned home I started my job at St Pius X, Unanderra and now in my current job at St Brigid's.

This is my class...

Like I have stated, I work in 3 roles within the school and I am currently in the position of Middle Leader 1. Being in a job share position on Year 5 can be challenging and hard as I only have 3 days to get through my work. This is the first time I have taught PE in a primary school- it is quite fun, but very tiring! I teach all grades for half an hour lessons. This is my third year of being ICT coordinator and in a team teaching role. At our school we have found that this has worked well, because of the range of skill teachers hold. It also allows me to ensure that there is a consistent approach to teaching ICT in the school.

Things I hope to gain out of this course are... to learn more about blogs and wikis, and implement these in my class and school. Learn from others in the course and become an efficient user of technology. Also to become a confident presenter and participate in different forms or presentations to pass on any skills I may have.

Goals/ Projects for this year- create and use a class blog, create an easy and efficient way of communicating among staff, run a series of skill sessions for staff either during staff meetings or after school sessions and become familiar and aware of any new technologies.

Current tools and applications I use:
 * Garageband
 * Smartboards/ notebook
 * iWork/ iLife products
 * Rapidweaver- I used this to design our school webpage

My school website address: [|www.stbrigids.woll.catholic.edu.au]

My Class Blog (I have only just created this) []

I have implemented my HOME LEARNING BLOG with stage 3 this term. The kids seem to love it! Check out come of the comments on the home page:

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I have just started on a wiki for our Rainforest unit

[[stbrigids5rainforests:home|http://stbrigids5rainforests.wikispaces.com/

]] =MY EVALUATION=

Was the content appropriate? Did it meet the needs of the audience? Did I structure my presentation effectively? How effective were verbal my techniques? (pacing, projection, pitch and delivery) How effective were my visual techniques? (keynote/ppt, images, aids etc) Did I engage the audience? Did I encourage them to question, reflect and interact as a group? Did I challenge the group? if so how? Identify your strengths and weaknesses Solicit your own feedback What you and your audience have gained from this experience?