Dramanet Summary to 21st December [Final Summary for 2016]
Dramanet Final Summary for 2016 …to 21st December
What happened there?!? …just like that it seems, the school year has finished for us all!?!?
Whether you wrapped up the school year over a week (or more!!) ago or but a day or two ago (which I know was the case for some of you poor, tortured souls!!) I hope you are now finding time to re-charge and shift your focus to great times with the nearest and dearest in your lives.
I’d like to extend a massive thank you to everyone who has started, contributed or responded to, or shared their point of view in our discussions this year; it is all the many of you and your constant sharing and giving which make DramaNet the highly successful professional network and one of the best forms of constant and on-going professional learning that it is. Thank you all!
Here’s an overview of some recent posts which would be worth having quick one-click access to for when you next need to refer back to these…
Key discussions:
- An enjoyable thread asked teachers to consider good plays to study in a “post-Trump” 2017. Lots of great suggestions!
- Some great ideas and strategies were shared around questions asked regarding boys’ achievement in/through devising standards in NCEA. More here.
- Reflection on the recent round of NZQA external examinations for drama were discussed.
- Secondary teachers who have been thinking ahead to their plans and course for 2017 have been discussing:
- A teacher was after some info regarding compensation for additional hours/duties as a drama teacher.
- A question around assessment of the techniques standards at all levels and incorporating NZ Theatre with these.
- Some drama positions available for 2017 were shared via the list:
- Advice was sought, re: applying a combined dance/drama approach to senior courses in Performing Arts.
Events, EOTC & Live Performance Opportunities:
- Red Leap Theatre shared their series of Workshops for 2017 available for students and teachers.
- Unitec’s Shakespeare Season for 2017
- deVINE showing at the Basement Theatre in Auckland in February
- Auckland Arts Festival – Theatre for Schools
- Outliers – the 2017 EnsembleImpact schools tour.
Professional Learning and Development
- NZQA released a proposal for the next three year cycle of internal assessment and moderation Best Practice Workshops. Much discussion was had and then the final schedule for 2017 was released – books are now open for these.
- Do you teach clowning, physical comedy, bouffon, improvisation, mask work or comic acting? If so, there are some fantastic PD opportunities coming up in Jan/Feb – details here.
- The University of Auckland postgraduate opportunities in Education was shred.
- Do take some time to read the Arts Online Newsletter for Term 4. This contains different material to that shared on the lists directly and you do need to subscribe to it separately in order to receive a copy. The latest one was shared on Dramanet, here.
- The Drama New Zealand national conference for 2017, “ALL ABOARD” opened for registrations. Details here.
For Primary Teachers: Curriculum Level "Rubrics"
- A recent question posted related to drama rubrics and how to create junior marking schedules that incorporate multiple curriculum levels.
- This would also be one of the most common questions asked by primary teachers who incorporate drama in their classroom programmes, so while its focus was by junior secondary teachers, I’d highly encourage our primary subscribers to have a look at the perspectives and templates shared so far on this discussion to inform your own rubric design.
Finally, just this morning I shared some really interesting stats tables from our recent Arts Online team milestone report for the Ministry of Education, I hope [whether you are new to our Arts Online/Dramanet whanau or if, like me, you’ve been a subscriber since those very early years of the project] that these fun facts and glimpses of insight give you a sense of the bigger picture and inner workings of the project. I also hope you’ll all be affirmed and proud that YOU are a key part and reason for the success of the community too. This site, this forum, your contributions, your viewership and your involvement personify the Ako that is so central to effective learning, no matter what stage of life we’re all at.
This update will also be uploaded to our Twitter feed @ArtsOnline1. To access any of the threads on the Arts Online website archive simply type the username “artsonline” and the password “mailinglist” to do this.
Meri kirihimete whānau!
Ryan Benjamin
Arts Online Community Facilitator - Dramanet
http://artsonline.tki.org.nz/
https://twitter.com/artsonline1
