Virtual Learning Network

www.nzherald.co.nz - An interesting story via the New Zealand Herald about Bucklands Beach and the way they have integrated technology through their school: "Bucklands Beach Intermediate, with a roll of 850, has a long association with computers, having started with...

campustechnology.com - For the NMC Horizon Report: 2012 Higher Education Edition, researchers and analysts identified six technologies that have the potential to break down linguistic and cultural barriers, make education more affordable and efficient, open up new...

www.northernadvocate.co.nz - An interesting news story from the Northern Advocate (10 December, 2011): "The kids of a Far North school - Kaikohe West -  who traded books and set lesson times for laptops and self-management have notched up their school's best progress in...

www.elearning.tki.org.nz - The Minister of Education, Hekia Parata, has confirmed the next 150 schools to receive government-subsidised internal network upgrades, in readiness for ultra-fast broadband. Full information on the Schools Network Upgrade Programme (SNuP) can be...

www.youtube.com - YouTube is launching a brand new tool to help teachers and students access video content safely. “YouTube for Schools” is a portal that helps curate education materials and videos on subjects such as history and maths while filtering out...

www.elearning.tki.org.nz - News update on the availability of Lion has been posted on Enabling e-Learning on TKI.

www.c4lpt.co.uk - Another interesting list this year via Jane Hart, who writes: "This year as for the last couple of years, the #1 tool is Twitter. But here are a few observations on this year’s list. The list is dominated once again by free, online social...

www.educationalleaders.govt.nz - This is a Principal's Sabbatical Report, on the Educational Leaders' site Paul Armitage, Thorrington School To investigate how best to utilise a Learning Management System (LMS) to enhance and complement teaching and learning.

cms.eun.org - Virtual Learning Platforms in Europe: What can we learn from experience in Denmark, the United Kingdom and Spain? (Caisse de Depots, 2011) [Via Trevor Storr, MLE Reference Group]

/pg/pages/view/118405/moodle-app - Peter Potter profiles the new app for Moodle and finds it to be full of exciting possibilities. Check out his post.