Term 1 Enabling e-Learning Calendar of Events 

Tēnā koutou, talofa lava and welcome to a new year of inspirational and innovative e-learning activities online. We have some exciting events planned for you this term, here in the Enabling e-Learning communities, as we work our way through 2013. 

You may wish to bookmark the following events from the Enabling e-Learning calendar into your calendar. Feel free to tell your friends and colleagues! 

Join our discussions

• Karen Melhuish Spencer has started a blog post on, e-Learning plans to shout about! and has set a challenge for us to be brave, dive in and Finish this sentence: "This year, my/our e-learning focus is ...."

 FORUM: Appraisal and your e-learning goals for 2013: from March 1st

This forum will unpack some thinking behind 'teaching as inquiry', registered teacher criteria as well as some practical ideas/examples for how schools are already addressing this. In the Enabling e-Learning | Professional Learning group. 

 FORUM: Trialing teaching with purpose: from March 11th

How do we harness technology to collect/collate data to help us identify our priority students' needs better? This forum will touch on practical ideas for using e-tools in the classroom and beyond. In the Enabling e-Learning | Teaching group.

 FORUM: Establishing systems for maintenance and management of devices: from March 25th

This forum will explore practical systems for booking, managing, powering, and securing devices in classrooms, so that e-learning goals and aspirations can come to fruition. This could include systems for hardware (desktop, laptop, COWs, mobile devices). In the Enabling e-Learning | Technologies group.

 FORUM: Literacy progressions, e-Learning and OTJ's: from April 17th

This forum supports the LIVE webinar event on How can we use e-tools purposefully for assessment, with a specific look at practical ways to support literacy progressions through the use of e-learning tools. In the Enabling e-Learning | Teaching group.

Your input and ideas are valued and welcome in all of these forum discussions. What we need is the voice of many!

Sign up for our free online workshops 

All events can be found in the Enabling e-Learning calendar. 

Using mobile technologies in a junior classroom - one teacher's story: March 27th, 3.45pm

Josie Woon will share her story of how she has used the Virtual Learning Network to enhance her own knowledge while trialing iPad in her classroom to support the diverse needs of her priority learners. With Tessa Gray and Josie Woon. REGISTER NOW!

How can we use e-tools purposefully for assessment in the context of literacy in a primary school setting?: April 17th, 3.45pm

This webinar will touch on ways we can use e-tools to collect/collate data to help us identify our priority students' needs better. Guests tbc. REGISTER NOW!

The weekly e-Learning Round-Up: Every 2 weeks

Enjoy our weekly digest of e-learning from across the VLN groups communities. Published every fortnight - straight to you!  Every member of the Enabling e-Learning group receives this via email.