Tēnā koutou,
Welcome to this week's digest of e-learning activity from across the VLN Groups. Look out for the up-coming live Enabling e-Learning events. The next workshop is When ultra-fast broadband comes to you, where to start? with Douglas Harré on 22 March. These are FREE, so do share these workshops with your colleagues and friends.
Have a great week.
Karen, Tessa, Jane & Nick | Blended e-Learning Online Team
This week it's ...Moana Timoko
Moana is from CORE Education - He poutakawaenga au mō ngā tima Te Marautanga o Aotearoa me Blended e-Learning. Moana has been sharing her perspective on technologies throughout the Enabling e-Learning communties. Ka pai, Moana.
Each week, we like to say thank you by nominating a community member for active participation in the Enabling e-Learning / VLN Groups. They can download and add an Enabling e-Learning badge to their profile.
Building an effective BYOD plan
Derek shares his experiences from a recent a seminar hosted by TorqueIP, where Sam Gliksman talked about building an effective school BYOD plan.
The golden rules for your school's elearning strategy: Moana Timoko puts into context one of the 7 golden rules when she shares how her children interact with technology.
Have you used the e-Learning Planning Framework?
Some practical ideas for using the e-Learning Planning Framework tool.
Are Learning Management Systems getting the job done...what are your thoughts?
A thought-provoking post about LMSs and current learning theory, needs and trends. What do you think?
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P4C philosophy and ICT
Trish Ramsay is keen to know how many people do P4C and would be interested in ICT resources to enhance it.
Great ideas for technologies for your classroom
Ideas to inspire- a resource was shared recently in the NZC Online newsletter: You can filter the choice according to your teaching and learning needs.
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Can you help?
A question about schools' data plan sizes @ http://bit.ly/w2nYDE #NZ
Apps for reading
eBooks in Schools: A blog developed by New Zealanders, profiles links to interactive books and apps that are of particular interest to schools and libraries to support reading and literacy. Via Gillian Ross.
Need more resources for e-Learning and Technologies? Check out the Enabling e-Learning website.
How do you find out what your school community thinks about using ICT?
Rather than reinvent the wheel, does anyone have teacher/student/community questionnaires to share on, perceptions and use of ICT? Via Charles Newton.
Online webinars:
Enabling e-Learning webinars:
Find the recordings here for 2011/2012 sessions you may have missed.
Connected Cluster's blog: Connections 5 Open Meeting for Hamilton teachers
7 March 2012. All welcome.
DEANZ Conference 2012
Open, flexible and distance learning, 11 Apr 2012 - 13 Apr 2012.
Ignition: 2012 Emerging Leaders' Unconference
16 Apr 2012 - 17 Apr 2012 at Albany Senior High School, Auckland.
EduCamp series 2012
EduCampAKL 2012 date/venue confirmed (21st July). Other dates and venues are going up on the EduCamp home page.