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Group: Secondary ESOL Online (VLN)
Topic: Dictionaries in Christchurch
Started by Shelley Liken 20 Mar 2023 6:40am () Replies (1) Last reply by Shelley LikenHi Everyone, I'm having trouble sourcing some dictionaries in time for a summative in W9. Does anyone in Christchurch happen to have a Eng/Khmer, Eng/Portuguese, or Eng/Thai dictionary they could lend me for Thursday of W9. I will...Group: Secondary ESOL Online (VLN)
Topic: Supporting ELLs in mainstream classrooms
Started by Karen Jamieson 05 Jul 2018 3:12pm () Replies (6) Last reply by Sandra AitchisonI am putting together a presentation for some staff at my school on how they can support ELLs students in their mainstream classes, from years 9 - year 13. If anyone has any tools, strategies, resources or ideas that'd be happy to share, it...Group: e-Learning: Professional Learning
Topic: e-Learning and digital technologies resources going forward
Started by Tessa Gray 04 Dec 2020 1:20pm () Replies (1) Last reply by Tessa GrayKia ora koutou ma, well here we are, nearly at the end of an interesting, challenging, at times stressful year and as a profession, we kept our heads up and continued with the mahi as best we could. We adapted fast to distance teaching and learning...Group: e-Learning: Teaching
Topic: 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...Group: e-Learning: Teaching
Topic: 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...Group: e-Learning: Teaching
Topic: 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...Group: e-Learning: Technologies
Topic: Revised Technologies content in Enabling e-Learning
Started by Tessa Gray 16 Oct 2020 1:07pm () Replies (1) Last reply by Tessa GrayThere's so much to see in the revised Technologies content in the Enabling e-Learning website (TKI). Here you'll find easy-to-use and up-to-date support material on topics such as: Communications technologies as well as technologies to...
Group: Play based learning.
Topic: In Search of...
Started by Karen Care 15 Oct 2020 8:25pm () Replies (1) Last reply by Karen CareDoes anyone have a copy of the Discovery Time book by Brenda Martin and Gay Hay that I could borrow or purchase?Group: e-Learning: Teaching
Topic: 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,...Group: Beyond the Classroom
Topic: Digital Resource: Using digital tools to connect beyond the classroom
Started by Tessa Gray 16 Sep 2020 4:14pm () Replies (1) Last reply by Tessa GrayDuring COVID-19, many educators experienced (first-hand) the benefits of using technology to connect, share, enhance and blend learning, while making more authentic connections between home and school. This pick-up-and-go teacher...Group: Beyond the Classroom
Topic: Enabling e-Learning discussion: Engaging with the community at Newbury School
Started by Tessa Gray 09 Sep 2020 3:15pm () Replies (1) Last reply by Tessa GrayWe learned a lot during COVID-19, especially how technology can help bridge the gap between, home, school and students and enable rich distance learning to be guided and facilitated by teachers. In this latest Enabling e-Learning snapshot we take...Group: e-Learning: Leadership
Topic: Covid 19- Lessons learned going forward
Started by Tessa Gray 13 May 2020 3:52pm () Replies (5) Last reply by Tessa GrayAs we near the end of self-isolation, schools will start shifting a focus towards onsite teaching and learning. For some learning remotely has been a challenge, some would have found it difficult to engage full stop, while others may have found...Group: e-Learning: Teaching
Topic: 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...Group: Innovative Learning Environments
Topic: Forging connections within and across the ILE's
Started by Helen H 06 Aug 2020 1:41pm () Replies (5) Last reply by Tessa GrayTeaching in a school of close to 600 students (6 studios), sometimes it can feel like we are 6 little separate schools. Can you please share any ideas you have for strengthening and broadening relationships across a school for both students and...Group: Beyond the Classroom
Topic: Using digital tools to capture learning
Started by Tessa Gray 06 Aug 2020 12:04pm () Replies (1) Last reply by Tessa GrayDuring COVID-19, many of us experienced a more blended approach to teaching and learning using digital platforms to share and capture learning. Some schools are now conducting their three-way learning conversations online, using video tools like...Group: e-Learning: Professional Learning
Topic: Interactive forum: New codes and standards for teachers
Started by Tessa Gray 14 Nov 2017 12:49pm () Replies (4) Last reply by Jane Armstrong BosAs you know, the Education Council has updated the older Practising Teacher criteria to the new codes and standards for New Zealand teachers. Our Code Our Standards has been crafted by teachers, leaders and teaching experts to articulate...Group: Enabling e-Learning
Topic: Techweek don't miss out!
Started by Tessa Gray 20 May 2019 12:13pm () Replies (2) Last reply by Tessa GrayThis is just too much!!! Gaming for kids, Lego Mindstorms and lego challenges, virtual reality experiences, coding, robotics, geospatial, 3D printing, Minecraft, coding, using technology for good and human advancement... and much much...Group: e-Learning: Teaching
Topic: 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...Group: e-Learning: Teaching
Topic: 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...Group: e-Learning: Teaching
Topic: 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...Group: e-Learning: Teaching
Topic: 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...Group: e-Learning: Professional Learning
Topic: Digital resource: Collaborative teaching and learning for ākonga and kaiako
Started by Tessa Gray 18 Jun 2020 5:20pm () Replies (1) Last reply by Tessa GrayAre you working more closely with your colleagues during and post COVID-19? Have you found yourself taking feedback during this time and planning for improved practice going forward? Then you might be interested in collaborative teaching...Group: e-Learning: Teaching
Topic: 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),...Group: e-Learning: Teaching
Topic: 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...Group: Beyond the Classroom
Topic: Digital Resource: Using digital tools to flip learning
Started by Tessa Gray 02 Jun 2020 2:49pm () Replies (1) Last reply by Tessa GrayMany of us have now had a taste of distance teaching and learning and while some of us may be planning strategies going forward (if this should ever happen again), others are wanting to continue to use effective practices, such using digital tools;...Group: e-Learning: Teaching
Topic: 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...Group: Digital Citizenship
Topic: Digital Resource: Digital citizenship when learning from school and home
Started by Tessa Gray 08 May 2020 3:51pm () Replies (1) Last reply by Tessa GrayThis pick-up-and-go teacher resource collates some practical examples and ideas for ensuring our learners are safe online when they engage with web content, communication technologies as well as social media - both at school and at home....Group: e-Learning: Teaching
Topic: 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?...Group: e-Learning: Teaching
Topic: 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,...Group: Enabling e-Learning
Topic: Online maori books
Started by Karoria 08 Jul 2015 2:53pm () Replies (3) Last reply by Jane Armstrong BosWe will be using chrome books and we are wanting maori books online, preferable ones that are read along....Group: Blended e-Learning Literacy
Topic: They're here! Kid-speaked Literacy Progressions
Started by Mary-Anne Murphy 15 Jul 2014 8:05am () Replies (53) Last reply by Jane Armstrong BosAfter much work, collaboration and moderation both the writing and reading progressions have been kid-speaked for your use. Many thanks to those people who assisted with this process! tinyurl.com/nzliteracyprogressionsGroup: e-Learning: Teaching
Topic: 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...Group: Enabling e-Learning
Topic: General information to support your wellbeing
Started by Tessa Gray 27 Mar 2020 2:00pm () Replies (1) Last reply by Tessa GrayKia ora i te whānau, Day 2 Level 4. I trust you’re all well and truly settled in now and that you and your whānau are safe and transitioning into a new routine of living and working together from home. The Enabling e-Learning whānau joins...Group: Enabling e-Learning
Topic: Keeping ourselves connected online
Started by Tessa Gray 24 Mar 2020 1:02pm () Replies (3) Last reply by Tessa GrayKia ora i te whānau, We are truly entering into a complex and complicated time. We really are in this together as I sit at home next to my 11yr old son doing his writing task in Education Perfect as he talks to his friends in Discord. Now is...Group: e-Learning: Teaching
Topic: 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...Group: e-Learning: Teaching
Topic: 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...Group: e-Learning: Leadership
Topic: Ministry funded PLD national priorities and e-Learning
Started by Tessa Gray 10 Mar 2020 3:08pm () Replies (1) Last reply by Tessa GrayAs you will already know, schools can apply for PLD funding in Term 1 for the following national priorities: Maths, Science, Reading and writing and Digital fluency. Enabling e-Learning closely aligns resource creation and conversation...Group: iPad/iPod User Group
Topic: Old iPads - What are people doing?
Started by Mike Boon 27 Feb 2020 7:17pm () Replies (1) Last reply by Mike BoonHi Team, I'm having an issue with aging iPads. I've started at a new job and they have plenty of iPads which I would like to use for Seesaw and filming activities with iMovie and/or Flipgrid. How are schools or tech...Group: Digital Citizenship
Topic: Digital Citizenship Programme?
Started by Mike Shorter 18 Oct 2019 9:43am () Replies (4) Last reply by Tessa GrayKia ora Koutou, I am working on a Digitial Citizenship programme for our Year 7-9's for next year. I have found this resource: https://www.commonsense.org/education/digital-citizenship/curriculum which is free and comprehensive but based in...Group: Digital Technologies: Ideas, implementation, inspiration for the new curriculum.
Topic: STEAM Building Design
Started by Warren Grieve 01 Apr 2019 9:08am () Replies (2) Last reply by Jane Armstrong BosMy inquiry this year is for effective learning design for a STEAM area for our school. We want to have a range of specialists based in it but also be a flexible space acting as a resource area for other classrooms, as a resource bank for the school...
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