of IT; ITET; digital leads; curriculum/New Deal; ADEW. It was agreed that the main focus of the new Council should be on using Hwb as a teaching and learning tool within the classroom, including the development of case studies. The Digital Competency Framework will provide an expectation of what the ideal learner should look like, and it is important that teachers demonstrate how the tools can be used effectively to encourage pupils to reach for this. Any other business Hwb project Gareth Dacey – GD provided a brief overview of a project being jointly run for all Year 2 and Year 4 pupils in his and Ty Golding’s schools. Using a limited amount of funding from their consortium, they have developed a series of videos involving a traveller’ which ‘time demonstrate how they can utilise blogs and Hwb/Twitter in an innovative and imaginative way. The tasks are closely linked to the different strands of the Digital Competence Framework, with teachers ticking off each one to ensure that by the end of the project, all of the relevant areas have been covered. As a condition of the funding they received, they will also be preparing a case for the consortium. The Council were very enthusiastic the project and how this could inspire learners. HM offered to provide some the shelf’ assets/characters that could ‘off be used to develop similar projects in future. CO also requested that GD deliver a keynote on the project at the HwbMeet taking place in Cardiff on 17 May. ACTION: Hwb Team to link with GD over keynote at HwbMeet on 17 May. Summary of Actions
of IT; ITET; digital leads; curriculum/New Deal; ADEW. It was agreed that the main focus of the new Council should be on using Hwb as a teaching and learning tool within the classroom, including the development of case studies. The Digital Competency Framework will provide an expectation of what the ideal learner should look like, and it is important that teachers demonstrate how the tools can be used effectively to encourage pupils to reach for this. Any other business Hwb project – Gareth Dacey GD provided a brief overview of a project being jointly run for all Year 2 and Year 4 pupils in his and Ty Golding’s schools. Using a limited amount of funding from their consortium, they have developed a series of videos involving a ‘time traveller’ which demonstrate how they can utilise blogs and Hwb/Twitter in an innovative and imaginative way. The tasks are closely linked to the different strands of the Digital Competence Framework, with teachers ticking off each one to ensure that by the end of the project, all of the relevant areas have been covered. As a condition of the funding they received, they will also be preparing a case for the consortium. The Council were very enthusiastic the project and how this could inspire learners. HM offered to provide some ‘off the shelf’ assets/characters that could be used to develop similar projects in future. CO also requested that GD deliver a keynote on the project at the HwbMeet taking place in Cardiff on 17 May. ACTION: Hwb Team to link with GD over keynote at HwbMeet on 17 May. Summary of Actions