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The **MYLU** is priveleged to be selected to present at the //[|Third International Middle Years Of Schooling Conference]// being held in Adelaide, Australia from August 5 - 7th, 2006. Our presentation is titled "Engaging The Digital Native - Use Of New Technologies In The Middle School Classroom." This wiki is a planning tool for the MYLU team as they collaborate on their presentation and its content.


 * Our Abstract.** ( as submitted to the organising committee)
 * Engaging The Digital Native – Use Of New Technologies In The Middle School Classroom.**
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__Graham Wegner__ (Coordinator & 5/6 Classroom Teacher) Marg Thanissorn (6/7Classroom Teacher) Annabel Howard (6/7Classroom Teacher) Natalie Brook (5/6 Classroom Teacher) Trent Clayton (6/7Classroom Teacher) Lockleys North Primary School MYLU (Middle Years Learning Unit) team Adelaide. The MYLU (Middle Years Learning Unit) team at Lockleys North have embarked on a journey to redefine and present an engaging and relevant curriculum to their middle school students in line with their school’s shared vision. Through the use of interactive whiteboards, they have looked at ways to model new literacies, present concepts and make better use of established and emerging technology tools for learning. The team will talk about and present their journey as they have pushed the boundaries of their own learning as “digital immigrants” in a bid to effectively cater for their “digital native” students. The teachers will show how they have used blogging for personal reflection and connection to other educators and new technologies to become more digitally fluent. They will demonstrate the changes made to their classroom, show collaborative initiatives and highlight the improvements this approach has brought to their students’ learning. (We can arrange for our choice of IWB, ActivBoard to be set up for our presentation. Our team will bring their laptops with support material.)
 * The name of the presenting author should be underlined.**
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