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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. GO has been operating
since 2002, and the website and its related services
were revamped in 2008. The platform used has been
specifically developed for educational settings, and
enhanced for the requirements of the GO
programme.
Our
GO coordinator is Mary
St George.
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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 (and on increasingly frequent occassions,
around the world!).
Classes
meet twice weekly 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
are able to visit the GO website and
see for yourself exactly how it works at http://ultranet.giftededucation.org.nz
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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. Since then
it has been required to be self-funding.
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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. However, it is now available to schools,
by negotiation. to allow groups of identified gifted
students to work together on the programme.
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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 is
$450.00 per term.
Costs
for school groups enrolled on the 'GO Team' programme
are calculated on a case-by-case basis.
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| How
can we apply? |
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Contact
our GO coordinator, Mary
St George, and she will post an application pack
out to you.
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