The following is a brief description of the journey that one of my fellow MIT colleagues, Heather Matthews of Hornby Primary school, is undertaking with her MIT inquiry so far this year.

"I am looking to use a legend as a metaphor for self management and retell this as a digital book, linking specific parts of the story to self management characteristics".

Heather has developed a digital story book which she is trialing as a part of her inquiry.  The digital story book has been developed using Key Notes slides, and focuses on a legend incorporating some of the tamariki from her school as the main characters, as well as artwork that the students themselves have produced.

The resource will incorporate links to a key competencies matrix, that will enable students and teachers to delve deeper into student's knowledge and understanding of the current levels within the competency matrix. 

The next steps for Heather is to explore various technical digital options (effective software options), contextual options (Te Reo Maori, references to place names) and literacy options (publishing standards etc) to enable effective pedagogical gains to be made.