e-Learning Round Up | 24 July 2012
Tena koutou katoa e aku rahi e aku nui. It is Te Wiki o te Reo Māori - Māori Language Week. You may wish to participate with the following discussion posts in the VLN groups space.
- Tō tātou reo - Tō tātou wero / Our reo - Our challenge: Moana Timoko has started a discussion where everyone is invited to share Māori phrases, greetings and sayings that can easily be used in everyday settings.
- Te Wiki o te Reo Māori: In this discussion post, Tania Coutts is encouraging others to share ideas about cherishing Te Reo in daily practice, as well as by utilizing e-learning tools.
- Celebrating Te Reo Māori: This blog post by Janelle Riki celebrates Te Reo Māori. Here you will find some fantastic ideas, resources and links to support the teaching of Te Reo Māori in classrooms.
- Arohatia te reo - Cherish our language & join me in a 7 day challenge: Moana Timoko encourages you to join her in to complete a 7 day Te Reo challenge for Māori Language Week - share a word, a phrase, a yarn every day.
Have a great week everyone - hei konā mai,
Karen & Tessa | Blended e-Learning Online Team
This week it's .... Diane Henderson. Diane is facilitating a cluster of 12 schools in the Ka-oro-hoki Cluster in the Far North. Diane and has often 'jumped in' online and most recently, has shared her inquiry focus in the e-Learning as inquiry forum discussion. Thank you, Diane, the community is all the more richer for your contributions.
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.
Leadership & strategic direction
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School makes electronic kit compulsory: Year 9 students at a Nelson college will be required to bring their own electronic devices to school from next year, in a move the school says will "revolutionise" education. Via Gerard Macmanus
- Information for ICT PD clusters can be found in the latest ICT PD Online blog. This includes information for exiting clusters, as well as live seminars on exiting requirements.
More resources for Leadership and e-Learning>>>the Enabling e-Learning website.
Professional Learning
RECOMMENDED: e-Learning as inquiry | An Enabling e-Learning event: This thread is now open, with guests Claire Amops and Mark Herring. You are invited to share how you are trialling or exploring an inquiry (with an e-learning lens) this term . Stop by, introduce yourself and share your focus for this term.
- How do you engage all your learners? Do we know what it looks like when we are engaged? Is this the same for everyone?
- How do you curate what you find on the web? Annemarie Hyde reflects on a need to sort and store material online. She asks, what are your preferences? Has anyone compared tools?
Check out e-Learning & Professional Learning>>the Enabling e-Learning website.
Teaching and Learning | Digital Citizenship
RECOMMENDED : Snapshot: Blogger, Wikispaces, Kidblog and iPads: New snapshots of learning (Software for Learning) showcases how a junior teacher is incorporating a range of e-learning tools, including iPads in her classroom.
HOT SPOT : Capturing evidence of student progress and achievement: Rigorous on-going conversations about how schools are collecting evidence using a variety of e-learning tools. Aligns nicely with the assessment strand in the e-Learning Planning Framework.
- Journal of Teaching and Learning with Technology - First issue available now. Via Tara Fagan
- Blended learning:Kerry Boyde has her first paper published in NZ Computers in Schools, on blended learning.
- Digital Citizenship and BYOD: This blog post highlights the issues when students bring their own device - as well as the need to address some mutually shared guidelines on their use. Via Barbara Reid
- Software for Learning blog > Media literacy - Breaking the 'Google images' habit: Suzie Vesper offers some alternatives to accessing 'copyright friendly' images using Creative Commons, rather than using Google images.
- SCORM based assessment for any LMS Moodle or SharePoint: Tom Neumann asks, Is anyone interested in this? Has anyone done some e-assessment?
- How best to search on the net? More great strategies and resources shared - to help refine results when searching the web.
HOT SPOT: Network for Learning and Ultra-fast Broadband | 'Learning without limits' seminar series: This series kicks off today in Christchurch - what kinds of questions and thoughts are people taking to the meeting?- How many tools do you use and how do you decide? Looking for essential tools for computers, laptops or mobile devices? Want to know what should/could be in your e-learning kete?
- BYOD and Distraction: Some food for thought in this blog post, considering the impact and possible distraction of BYOD in the classroom. Via Barbara Reid
- Blue/green screen video: Louise Tredinnick asks, Can anyone suggest the easiest and preferably free software to make a green screen movie? For both PC and Mac.
iPad/iTouch technology
- Integrating iPads into the maths programme: The sharing of issues, solutions and suggestions continue in this thread. Anything to add?
- MS Office type app: Community members respond to Monika Kern's request for an app that can do word processing and spreadsheets.
- Improving sound quality on iPad: Jacqui Sharp asked, my teachers are wanting to improve the quality of the sound when videoing groups on the iPad.
- Two bookmarks from iDave: iPad 1-30 in the Classroom: One iPad to 30 students and iPad Resource Collection (Kathy Shrock): Collection of iPad resources.
- Allanah King’s latest bookmarks on iPads.
- Managing large numbers of iPads: Iain Cook-Bonney asks, Is there anyone else out there with large numbers of ipads. How are they managed?
Check out e-Learning and Technologies>>> the Enabling e-Learning website.
For your calendar...
Enabling e-Learning events
>>>Don't miss out! Check out the Enabling e-Learning online events planned for term 3.
Forthcoming webinars:
- TODAY! >WEBINAR: Incorporating (free) LEARNZ virtual field trips into Teaching and Learning programmes,
24 Jul 2012
. How to make better use of the LEARNZ resources in your teaching and learning programme.
- THIS WEEK! >How are we engaging every learner? Sharing stories of effective practice, 25 July 3:30-4:30. A shared look at how we can design courses to allow every learner to bring their prior knowledge.
- Science in the classroom - unpacking the Science Learning Hub, 2 August 3:45-4:30. Join the national Science facilitators in accessing and unpacking the Science Learning Hub as a resource for teaching and learning.
Forum discussion:
- e-Learning as inquiry - Sharing our stories, From 16 July-10 August. This is your opportunity to share an inquiry, ask questions and share the inquiry process with Claire Amos (Epsom Girls Grammar) and Mark Herring (ITC2LEARN).
- Enabling e-Learning webinars: Find the recordings here for 2011/2012 sessions you may have missed.
e-Learning events around NZ
- Learning without Limits seminars: Nationwide in 24 locations, from 23 July for eight weeks.
- Virtual Incredible Science is happening: (24th-26th July) Free online event for children aged 8-12 years, and their schools and families.
- PadCamp Christchurch, Waimairi School, Saturday Sept 1st, 9.30 - 3.30pm
- EducampBOP: Tauranga Intermediate, Tauranga, Sept 22nd, 10am-3pm
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NZ-ED show: Telstra Clear Centre in Manukau, Auckland, 13th - 15th Sept. Tradeshow and educational exhibits.
- ULearn12, Auckland Sky City, October 10 - 12. Targets all educators, from preschool to tertiary. #ulearn12
