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What is GO?
How does it work?
How is it different from other websites?
How was it developed?
Who can join?
How much does it cost?
How can we apply?
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| What
is GO? |
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GO
stands for "Gifted Online".
It is an interactive online version of One
Day School. After 5 years of operation it
is time to review and re-develop the site and its
provisions for gifted online learners, and the trial
of the new programme will be held in term 3, 2008.
It is expected that the new site will be open to all
by term 4. That gives you enough time to inquire,
apply, be assessed and be ready to GO
by September 2008!
Our
GO coordinator is Kathy
Williams.
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| How
does it work? |
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GO
has its own special website. GO students
work in "classes" of 12, all about
the same age, as in One
Day School, but coming from all over New
Zealand.
Classes
meet each week on the website in the GO
chatroom to discuss their current learning theme.
Children have a range of both online and offline activities
to choose from, and can meet with the GO
programme teacher in the website mentor room, use
the website bulletin board for reference, access
the newspage or research links checked by the GO
programme teacher, publish their work and talk with
each other via email.
Each
child has his or her home page. (All parts of the
site are password-protected in the interests of safety).
You
will soon be able to visit the new GO
website and see for yourself exactly how it works.
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| How
is it different from other websites? |
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We
believe GO is unique in New Zealand.
It is not just about "information technology".
It is about using computers to bring like minds
together to share ideas and interests, challenge each
other's thinking, experience true peer companionship
and build lasting friendships. Like One
Day School, GO cares about the whole
child and understands the need gifted children
have to meet others like themselves.
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| How
was it developed? |
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The
Centre put a proposal to the Ministry
of Education's contestable funding pool to develop
such a programme. It was awarded the funding needed
to build the website and to help monitor the programme's
development for the first three years.
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| Who
can join? |
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GO
was specially developed to help gifted children living
in isolated or rural communities or other areas where
there is not a One Day
School.
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| How
much does it cost? |
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As
with One Day School
fees, there is a cost-recovery charge. It is slightly
lower than One Day School
fees because GO does not need to rent classroom space
or purchase equipment and resources.
The
pricing for children enrolled using the new site will
be published by August 2008, but it will be NO MORE
THAN $450.00 per term.
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| How
can we apply? |
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Contact
our GO coordinator, Kathy
Williams , and she will post an application pack
out to you.
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