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Explicit teaching or explicit instruction has strong evidence of effectiveness in various curriculum areas, especially to support students who struggle to retain information and are at risk of underachieving.  The files below are: 1. A...

    Kia ora tātou   The MENZA Workshops and AGM is on tomorrow, which you can join in person or online. A great opportunity to celebrate what has happened in the last year and look forward to what will be happening in...

What is one piece of advice you would give to Seesaw users? 16 January 5 Replies 16 Views  Public discussion Created by Nicki Tempero   Many teachers will be beginning a new school year with...

As educators we’re often thinking about the strategic, logistical and pedagogical influences and impact of digital technologies on our learners, after all, An active and empowered citizen in a digital age is able to participate in digital...

What does Te Tiriti o Waitangi look like in your school? 7 February 0 Replies 867 Views  Public discussion Created by CORE Education   Some school has just started back (some students yet to return)...

In a school I've been working in, they wanted to revisit their school vision, their model for learning and basically reimagine what and how they teach. We started by gathering our collective beliefs about learning, so we could reshape our...

I might be a bit late to this party, but really enjoying the authentic integration of the Technology strands and Digital Technology learning areas (CT and DDDO) in these lesson sequences from Digital Ignition | Māpura Matihiko. For example, Think...

Kia ora tatou, Technology is a process-driven curricula, so Kiatakatū ā-Matihiko has produced an iterative model (right) that reflects the design thinking phases (EMPATHISE > DEFINE > IDEATE > PROTOTYPE > FEEDBACK) that fits well...

  What’s it about? If you were ever a Boy Scout, Brownie or Girl Guide you’ll no doubt remember the joy of accumulating badges for adventures completed and skills achieved - recognisable to all. The same thing applies if...

How clever is this young man? Living with a personal challenge he wanted to overcome, he quickly got to work with materials he knew - LEGO. It was only until the LEGO product was strong enough that he could build a prothetic arm...

Kia ora tatou, Technology is a process-driven curricula, so Kiatakatū ā-Matihiko has produced an iterative model (right) that reflects the design thinking phases (EMPATHISE > DEFINE > IDEATE > PROTOTYPE > FEEDBACK) that fits well...

Kia ora koutou, here's some examples (Piktochart infographic) to enjoy viewing over the coming long break. Do you have more to showcase or show off and add to this resource bank? We'd love to see more added below . Simply join this...

Programmable robots like Spheros, can have a lot of potential in the classroom. Here’s how some mini lessons played out yesterday, in a primary school setting. Resources: Introduction and 'how to' videos: directional...

As a result of collaborative partnerships and PLD support from CORE Education, Cobden School has strengthened processes to use evidence-based data to inform and improve their practice and the results have been outstanding for all involved. Click...

Sometimes it can be tricky making sense of the new Digital Technologies content, learning new terminology and finding ways for this to 'fit' naturally into our curriculum. For example, some questions emerging from year 9/10 teachers...

It’s encouraging to see the number of breakout sessions (among others on offer) in uLearn20 (virtual conference) this year pertaining to; identity, wellbeing, resilience, empathy in STEAM, movement for racial justice. This is a complex and...