This week it's haere mai and welcome to....Giles Lancaster. Giles is a facilitator for the Cybersavvy ICTPD regional cluster and teaches at Marlborough Boys' College in the Technology Faculty. Giles has started a collaborative resource as part of the digital citizenship module development and invites us to grow this with him. A big thank you for your leadership and guidance in this field, Giles.

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

• What it LOOKS like: Greg Carroll asks if we really know what inclusive education looks like? What would the teaching, as well as the culture of a school, look like? It would be great to have examples, please add your own comments to this thread.

• The e-Learning Planning Framework - how and why to use it  |  NAPP Kōrero 16: Leaders talk about how the e-Learning Planning Framework can help them to review, where they are at, as well as identify and plan for where they want to be.

Professional Learning  

Check out e-Learning & Professional Learning>>the Enabling e-Learning website.

 Teaching and Learning  |  Digital Citizenship 

• Better feedback than a "good work" from the teacher: Some very high praise for a successful secondary school digital publication. Shared by Sam Cunnane.

• A news item in the Herald yesterday asks, ""Will naming and shaming cyber-bullies help curb the problem? A recent item in the New Zealand Herald sparks our own interest in this growing problem. What do you think?

• What do your students want to know about the Christchurch earthquake? Community members help with a request for primary-based questions, to support a collection of resources on the Christchurch earthquake. Do your students have something they can add?

Technologies & Infrastructure

•  ONE TO KEEP WATCHING: Network for Learning and Ultra-fast Broadband  |  'Learning without limits' seminar series: Are you exploring what the 'value proposition' of UFB might be in your school? Here are a couple of videos that might be useful to get conversation started.

• CURRENT: Using iPads in the classroom – benefits and considerations: Welcome to week 2 of this event. Schools are sharing tips, tricks and ideas for implementing iPads into the classroom. What is your school doing with these tools?

• Going BYO: Bring your own device [Infographic] | AvatarGeneration: A BYOD infographic around the pros and cons of BYOD. Via Allanah King

• Koren Pickard via groups: BYOD schools to visit: Onewhero Area School is going wireless and introducing BYOD. Are there any schools you’d recommend to visit? Via Koren Pickard

• Tawa intermediate - BYOD contract: Bookmark of Tawa Intermediate School’s BYOD contract. Via Barbara Reid

• Why BYOD is a disaster waiting to happen for schools | Cult of Mac: This blog post offers a few different points of view about initiating BYOD in schools. Could be something worth reading before you start perhaps? Via Allanah King

• Make QR Code that will talk back – Want to know how to make a QR code that will play an audio file (text to speech)? Via iDave. How would you use it?

Check out e-Learning and Technologies>>> the Enabling e-Learning website.

• Transforming teaching and learning with iPads: iPad activity: Open house scavenger hunt: This QR code activity has students and parents involved in a scavenger hunt. How else could we use this idea to connect with parents and whānau?

For your calendar...

Enabling e-Learning events

 UPCOMING LIVE WEBINARS:

• How you might use the e-Learning Planning Framework to plan and review progress?: 5 September 2012 3.45-4.45pm. Join this session to explore how you can use the e-Learning Planning Framework to plan and review progress in your school. This webinar is aimed at school leaders and participants in the NAPP programme.

• Incorporating (free) LEARNZ virtual field trips into Teaching and Learning programmes: 6 September 3:45-4:45. Repeat seminar. Join Barrie Matthews from LEARNZ and see how you and your school can use, or make better use of the LEARNZ free teaching and learning programmes online.

Don't miss out! Check out the new events in, Enabling e-Learning online events planned for term 3.

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.

• PadCamp Christchurch, Waimairi School, Saturday Sept 1st, 9.30 - 3.30pm

• EducampBOP: Tauranga Intermediate, Tauranga, Sept 22nd, 10am-3pm

• NZ-ED show: Telstra Clear Centre in Manukau, Auckland, 13th - 15th Sept. Tradeshow and educational exhibits. 

• Emerging Leaders Ignite evenings: 19 September, 2012, in Auckland and Wellington.

• ULearn12, Auckland Sky City, October 10 - 12. Targets all educators, from preschool to tertiary. #ulearn12

• International Conference on Thinking (ICOT): 21-25 January 2013, Michael Fowler Centre & Town Hall, Wellington

• Learning@School Roadshow 2013: 3-19 Apr 2013, Whangarei, New Plymouth, Palmerston North, Napier, Gisborne, Nelson, Dunedin, Greymouth, Christchurch