Earlier this week I participated in the Google Summit and so am fully googled inspired. : ) I would like to share some of my new learning with you all. One of the google features I have not made full use of in the past is the google form. Many of...
I introduced my granddaughter to blogging over the holidays. Her mother is off touring in the USA and I thought it would be an ideal time for the two of us to work on improving her writing which her teacher tested for and judged (triangulated, no...
I shared the following notes with arthistorynet last week, during a discussion about how teachers had experienced their year implementing the newly aligned achievement standards and re-vamped prescription for level 3 art history. My focus for the...
As I draw breath after the report writing mini-marathon we all have at this time of year and reflect back over my own experience of the year I would have to say it was a mini-marathon also - run at sprint pace!
This discussion from the VLN Enabling eLearning professional learning community, relating to PLD in today's environment, is an excellent summary of opportunities and challenges we face. The VPLD programme offers a blend of ongoing virtual...
Some of the key questions that will be addressed during the session are: Rangatiratanga – can you be a rangatira if you are not Maori? What does it mean to be a rangatira? How do I move ahead with students who don’t look, sound, or think like me?...
Links are being added to the VPLD group page for you to access before, during and after our Hui.
Check them out at the top of the homepage.
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This interview, Changes to the way students are assessed, was recorded on May 2nd 2013 on Radio NZ's Nine to Noon, with Dr Karen Poutasi, chief executive of the New Zealand Qualifications Authority, and Mark Brown, Massey...