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Digital Resource: Exploring digital technologies in STEAM/STEM
Started by Tessa Gray 18 Nov 2020 5:16pm () Replies (2) Last reply by Tessa GrayHere's the latest dynamic pick-up-and-go digital resource curating Enabling e-Learning content about effective ways digital technologies can be taught through STEAM/STEM and Makerspace pedagogies. It also links to effective pedagogies such as...Digital Resource: Integrating digital tools into innovative learning environments
Started by Tessa Gray 04 Nov 2020 3:45pm () Replies (1) Last reply by Tessa GrayPossibly more exciting than the America election today , is the release of the latest pick-up-and-go digital teacher resource; that brings together a small selection of resources from Enabling e-Learning (TKI) on how digital technologies can become...Digital Resource: Using digital tools to support language, culture and place based learning
Started by Tessa Gray 22 Oct 2020 5:10pm () Replies (1) Last reply by Tessa GrayHere's another Enabling e-Learning pick-up-and-go teacher resource that captures how digital tools can be used to support inclusive practices that celebrate language, culture and identity. This teaching resource shares how digital...DISCUSSION POST: Game-based learning and game design
Started by Tessa Gray 24 Sep 2020 12:28pm () Replies (1) Last reply by Tessa GrayThere’s a growing body of work to support current theories about the power and potential of games, to aid learning and performance - from the classroom to the boardroom. It is interesting to see how close learning theories (ie socialist,...Enabling e-Learning forum: What does an online programme of learning look like?
Started by Tessa Gray 08 Apr 2020 4:07pm () Replies (12) Last reply by Tessa GrayAs close to 5 million kiwis continue to slow COVID-19 by staying home in lockdown, educators are having to think about different ways of planning and facilitating learning from a distance using e-learning tools and effective pedagogies. There are...Year 9 and 10 Digital Innovation and Design course at Aorere College
Started by Tessa Gray 29 Jul 2020 2:03pm () Replies (1) Last reply by Tessa GrayWith the introduction of the Digital Technologies into NZC and Marautanga o Aotearoa, some of us in primary schools might be asking, how do we fit everyone in and year 9 and 10 teachers we might be thinking how do we integrate Digital Technologies...Place-based learning and culturally responsive practice in a localised curriculum
Started by Tessa Gray 28 Aug 2019 1:04pm () Replies (3) Last reply by Tessa GrayYou don’t have to remind a kiwi just how special Aotearoa is, so having a focus on place-based education enables students to connect even more with local Māori knowledge, histories, skills, techniques, and tikanga (values and...Managing multiple digital platforms - discussion pre-webinar
Started by Tessa Gray 21 Jul 2020 11:46am () Replies (2) Last reply by Tessa GrayDuring COVID-19, many of us were thrown into a new reality charged with planning programmes of learning that were stimulating and sustaining; enabling students to socialise with each other, engage with content, create and co-construct new learning...Engagement in technology through authentic learning opportunities
Started by Tessa Gray 25 Mar 2019 1:28pm () Replies (5) Last reply by JMKellowAnyone who attended last week's Technology Online webinar will know how good it was - where several examples of Technology in action were shared that had natural links to designing/creating/presenting using digital tools and...NZQA and assessment online
Started by Tessa Gray 15 Oct 2014 4:24pm () Replies (12) Last reply by Tessa GrayYesterday we hosted a webinar in conjunction with the Ministry of Education on, NZQA and updates regarding moving towards assessment online. The room was 'packed' with many teachers joining us from around NZ. Steve Bargh (NZQA),...Using Minecraft for game-based learning in the classroom
Started by Tessa Gray 29 May 2019 5:05pm () Replies (4) Last reply by Tessa GrayIt’s the month of May and we get to celebrate the 10 year anniversary of Minecraft, where apparently we’ve watched pixel blocks being arranged a whopping 436 billion times so far! So what makes Minecraft so loved? Five years ago, the...Digital resources to support literacy learning online
Started by Tessa Gray 19 May 2020 2:05pm () Replies (1) Last reply by Tessa GrayKia ora e te whānau, A number of teachers and kaiako lately have been looking for online digital resources to support literacy (both at school and at home). Literacy can mean so many things and there are many online platforms to support...Whakawhanaungatanga - Getting to know our learners
Started by Tessa Gray 11 Mar 2014 10:06am () Replies (16) Last reply by Tessa GrayIt’s the start of the year, which usually means a whole new class of students to teach. Who are they exactly? Where do they come from each morning? What spins their wheels and makes them individual? What preferences do they have for learning?...Digital resources for ANZAC Day
Started by Karen Spencer 20 Apr 2012 5:10pm () Replies (14) Last reply by Jane Armstrong BosWhat are you doing for ANZAC Day with your students? ANZAC Day is a local, authentic occasion to explore our role and place in New Zealand history and society, to explore global geography, to consider ideas around citizenship and duty,...Break out the games pt 2: Unlocking clues and hidden messages
Started by Tessa Gray 02 Apr 2020 1:52pm () Replies (1) Last reply by Tessa GrayKia ora e te whānau, we’re all heading into week two, where our family’s (friends and neighbours) wellbeing continues to be a priority. Please take this time to focus on what matters most. As we move into facilitating distance...Digital Resource #2: Using digital tools help get to know each other - Whakawhanaungatanga
Started by Tessa Gray 25 Mar 2020 4:02pm () Replies (1) Last reply by Tessa GrayHere's another Enabling e-Learning digital resource focused on e-learning tools and processes that help strengthen relationships and encourage students to practice and share who they are through; pepeha, mihi whakatau and learning...Digital Resource #1: Using video to support and enhance writing
Started by Tessa Gray 18 Mar 2020 5:12pm () Replies (1) Last reply by Tessa GrayThis year the Enabling e-Learning team is excited to bring you a series of fit-for-purpose digital packages that enable you to quickly access ideas and resources to teach with, through and about Digital Technologies; some of which enable you to...IT related career pathways beyond school
Started by Tessa Gray 04 Sep 2019 8:52am () Replies (2) Last reply by Tessa GrayThe world our youth inherits is influenced by; climate change, population change automation/technology, pressure on environments, land and resources, as well as technological developments that see a billion-fold increase in computers and...Recorded Interview: Digital tools to support Māori language, culture and identity
Started by Tessa Gray 04 Dec 2019 11:30am () Replies (1) Last reply by Tessa GrayThere are a growing amount of digital tools to nurture and strengthen Māori language, culture and identity for all our learners. In this interview, Te Mako Orzecki talks about his experiences championing te reo Māori and tikanga Māori through...DISCUSSION POST: Break out the games in your classroom PT1
Started by Tessa Gray 30 Oct 2019 2:30pm () Replies (1) Last reply by Tessa GrayGames in the classroom is a theme we often return to in Enabling e-Learning. Break out the games in your classroom is the first of a series of four discussion threads, posted this year and the next talking about the value and place of...
e-Learning: Teaching
Explore how and why we use ICTs as part of effective teaching and learning.