e-Learning Round-Up | 27 March 2012
Tēnā koutou,
Welcome to this week's updates of e-learning activity from across the VLN Groups. Enjoy the following posts and feel free to contribute your own thoughts, experiences or resources in any area that's of interest you.
Have a great week, everyone.
Karen, Tessa, Jane & Nick | Blended e-Learning Online Team
This week it's ...Monika Kern
Monika currently teaches Art, Music and ICT to Year 7&8 students in a small town in the Far North. Monika has recently started a couple of dicussion threads on Choosing a suitable MLE and How to set up a web based teaching unit? Thank you for sharing your thoughts here, Monika. Hopefully you glean some helpful tips from the responses shared.
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.
e-Learning in the VLN Groups
Leadership & strategic direction
More resources for Leadership and e-Learning>>>the Enabling e-Learning website.
Professional Learning
Life can get pretty hectic online, so does anyone have a great tip/trick/tool to help make this easier?
Check out e-Learning & Professional Learning>>the Enabling e-Learning website.
Teaching and Learning | Digital Citizenship
This thread shares some practical ways to use blogs for learning within the classroom and connecting with a wider audience beyond.
Monika asks for a web based platform that will enable her 200+ students to share their learning with her. Do you have any practical suggestions for her?
Kevin brings a whole new lens to BYOD devices in relation to accessibility for all learners. Read more>>> Via Kevin.Prince.
This is a wonderful Junior Literacy site - with lots of printable resources to support phonics and reading in the classroom. Via Kim Gempton.
Written, oral and visual language
A couple of our Year 2 classes are using Kidpix for their daily story writing. Read more>>>Via ictmrsh
Māori myths, stories from doc and accessing Digistore >> Te Pātaka Matihiko Diginews out now!
More suggestions rolling in. Do you have any of your own to add?
Shape collage
How to make a shape collage of photos to embed on your blog Via Karen Duligall.
QR Code treasure hunt
A generator that creates the QR codes for your treasure hunt. Via ictmrsh.
Animoto
Make a video slideshow of photos really easily. Via Karen Duligall.
Vocaroo.com
This is a useful, easy-to-use tool for children to listen to their own oral reading. Via Danielle Burroughs.
Choosing a suitable MLE
How do we choose the most suitable Manged Learning Environment? Add your thoughts.
Clarie Amos shares an extensive range of resources and invites you to share with any Moodle or Google users in your school. Via claireamos.
Ultra-fast broadband and your school - what's happening?
Jane Armstrong summarises the outcomes from the webinar with Douglas Harré in this post.
Ultra-fast broadband – what difference will it make?
Jane Armstrong shares stories of how ultra-fast broadband is already making a difference in schools.
iPad/iTouch technology
Students working with ipads
‘Blended learning refers to a mixing of different learning environments. It combines traditional face-to-face classroom methods with more modern computer-mediated activitiesʼ (iPads)Via Simon Evans.
Student reflections on using iPads via Simon Evans.
MindMeister iPad app is free at the moment. Via Innes Kennard.
Check out e-Learning and Technologies>>> the Enabling e-Learning website.
Beyond the Classroom
Check out e-Learning and Beyond the Classroom>>the Enabling e-Learning website.
Enabling e-Learning Events
Online webinars:
Enabling e-Learning webinars:
Find the recordings here for 2011/2012 sessions you may have missed, including When ultra-fast broadband comes to you, where to start? - with Douglas Harré
Other e-learning events
DEANZ Conference 2012
Open, flexible and distance learning, 11 Apr 2012 - 13 Apr 2012. Karen Melhuish (Blended e-Learning team) will be presenting on how Enabling e-Learning can suport professional learning for schools.
Creative Commons in Schools
Wednesday April 11; 12:00 PM, Southern Cross, 39 Abel Smith Street, Te Aro, Wellington
Contact: Creative Commons Aotearoa NZ
Ignition: 2012 Emerging Leaders' Unconference
16 Apr 2012 - 17 Apr 2012 at Albany Senior High School, Auckland.
Mobile Devices in Classrooms
19 Apr 2012, Albany Senior High School, Auckland, Learning Network NZ
Target audience: teachers and leaders at all levels of education.
- EduCampTT: St Francis Xavier Catholic School - Saturday 5th May 2012
- EduCamDunners: St Clair School, Saturday 5th May, 2012
- EduCampAKL: Stonefields School, Saturday 21st July, 10am-3pm
- EduCampWelly 2012: tbc - contact Karen Melhuish and Tim Kong
- EduCampCHCH 2012: tbc
