Virtual Learning Network

www.netsafe.org.nz - This article would make a good reference to make in the school newsletter as it supports parents to support their children on line.

/discussion/view/848789 - Anyone interested in parents as first teachers at home, might also be interested in a new thread on, Literacy tips and tricks for parents. Do you have any ideas for parents - so they can support their young ones to read (over the holidays)...

www.occ.org.nz - The Children’s Commissioner's report summarising the evidence about parent engagement in children’s learning has just been published: "This paper provides a rationale for greater focus on supporting homes, parents,...

manaiakalani.blogspot.co.nz - This blog post by Dorothy Burt shows how Point England work to engage their community through both digital and face to face opportunities.

www.21stcenturyfluency.com - This has been posted in the Committed Sardine blog; it is an EdWeek article by Nora Fleming that explores how US schools are: increasingly communicating with schools using multiple media, a "menu of offerings"; providing learning hubs to...

georgecouros.ca - “I am a parent of two boys aged nine and six. One of the ongoing concerns within our family is technology and electronic devices. How do we safely allow technology to be a part of their, and our lives, and still let our children...

gettingsmart.com - I think parents don’t like it, or, at the very least, get annoyed when they ask their children, “what did you do at school today?” and the answer is “nothing.” (I actually know this to be true, not from statistics or...

www.commonsensemedia.org - We’re all overwhelmed with how to prepare our kids to be citizens of a future world we can’t even imagine yet. Some advocates say the most important thing adults today can do for the next generation is to work in partnership with other...