3. To provide professional learning
and support for school leaders
and build the capacity and
profile of the profession.
4. Palnet
⢠For principals by principals
⢠Online professional development communities
⢠Supported, facilitated, collaborative
⢠For school leaders â all sectors, all levels, all across
Australia
⢠Connecting international best practice to local needs
⢠Storage of professional evidence
⢠Platform complementing other systems
⢠Closed and open communities and information â
your choice
12. Thoughtleaders
Their roles as Principals and aspiring leaders:
⢠Modelling ICT learning and development
⢠Supporting colleagues (mentoring/facilitating)
⢠Building ICT resources in education and school
leadership
⢠Creating and extending international
educational networks and communities
13. 10 facilitated groups
⢠Australian Curriculum
⢠Change leadership
⢠Leading Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander education
⢠Leading ICT
⢠Data and reporting
⢠Rural and Remote education
⢠School governance and autonomy
⢠Social inclusion
⢠Special education
⢠Standards
14. Palnet 2.0
⢠Changed tagline
⢠New streamlined
âsupergroupsâ
⢠Archived old groups
⢠New thoughtleaders
⢠Education consultant
⢠Webinar series
15. Upgrade 2013
⢠New hosting arrangement with Catalyst IT, Sydney
⢠Upgrade from Mahara 1.4 to 1.8
⢠Re-evaluated customisations, some to become core code
⢠Better security
⢠New Elastic search
⢠Responsive theming for small devices