Beyond the Classroom
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Haere mai, talofa lava and welcome to the Enabling e-Learning: Beyond the Classroom public group.
As the video from our Beyond the Classroom page shows, we aim to support schools to empower and educate their families and whānau, with and about technologies.
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Brief description: Beyond the classroom - Connecting school to the wider community with and about technologies.
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- Tessa Gray added a new discussion topic Digital Resource: Using digital tools to connect beyond the classroom
- Tessa Gray added a new discussion topic Enabling e-Learning discussion: Engaging with the community at Newbury School
- Tessa Gray added a new discussion topic Using digital tools to capture learning
- Tessa Gray added a new discussion topic Digital Resource: Using digital tools to flip learning
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Potato Planting at the Pā
Kia ora koutou! A key part of the vision of Te Ika Unahi Nui is for our boys to learn practical skills that will support them through life. No doubt challenges will come their way in the future and it is our responsibility as a whānau...A whānau that meets and eats together stays together
Engaging with whānau A significant feature of Te Ika Unahi Nui is building relationships with whānau through holding regular meetings in their houses. From the outset engaging with the whānau was a priority and I therefore wanted to...A day at Puniho Marae
I had the privilege, on Monday, to be able to spend the day with Jason Ruakere on his marae. This was very much a step outside of the comfort zone for this city lover. For me it really was like being in another world. I was out of the city. The pace...Tramping in the footsteps of our ancestors
Kia ora koutou! Last Sunday I drove a van load of excited boys to the start of the Pouakai track at the top of Mangorei Road, south of New Plymouth. I greeted the maunga with a mihi, said our karakia and then we set off. We meandered through the...The benefits of authentic learning environments
Kia ora koutou and welcome to Spring! Kaupapa Taranaki maunga plays a prominent role in the identity of the boys, their whānau and the school community. The learning focus for the boys this fortnight has been to build an understanding...iPads are a great tool for supporting shy learners in the classroom
Kia ora koutou, Kaupapa This week the boys have been learning about Karakatonga Pā which was located at the headwaters of the Waiawakaiho river prior to the arrival of Pukeonaki maunga. Learning intentions The boys will learn about...
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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...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...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...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;...DISCUSSION POST: How do students travel with their data?
Started by Tessa Gray 06 Nov 2019 8:02pm () Replies (1) Last reply by Tessa GrayHow do students (and teachers) travel with their data? It's fast approaching that time of the year, when students and teachers either transition from one school to another, or leave school altogether. This week we're lucky...Using digital technologies and social media for good
Started by Tessa Gray 31 Jul 2019 5:37pm () Replies (2) Last reply by Jane Armstrong BosAs parents and educators, we want our young people to be innovators and change agents - empowered to make a positive difference in the world they live in. But what happens if our young people are increasingly being exposed to negative social...
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Online Safety for Parents
By Allanah Kingwww.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.Literacy tips and tricks for parents
By Tessa Gray/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)...Children’s commissioner's report | Parents', families' and whānau contributions to...
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,...Engaging Parents through Home School Partnerships
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.Schools are using social networking to involve parents
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...
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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...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...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...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;...DISCUSSION POST: How do students travel with their data?
Started by Tessa Gray 06 Nov 2019 8:02pm () Replies (1) Last reply by Tessa GrayHow do students (and teachers) travel with their data? It's fast approaching that time of the year, when students and teachers either transition from one school to another, or leave school altogether. This week we're lucky...Using digital technologies and social media for good
Started by Tessa Gray 31 Jul 2019 5:37pm () Replies (2) Last reply by Jane Armstrong BosAs parents and educators, we want our young people to be innovators and change agents - empowered to make a positive difference in the world they live in. But what happens if our young people are increasingly being exposed to negative social...Flipped learning and the changing role of the teacher
Started by Tessa Gray 09 May 2019 3:33pm () Replies (1) Last reply by Tessa GrayThroughout the Enabling e-Learning community, we’ve hosted discussions about flipped learning before, to help build understandings about flipped learning. We’ve hosted a webinar sharing how one teacher (Angela Stensness) has...Homework and authentic learning
Started by Tessa Gray 07 Sep 2012 1:07pm () Replies (10) Last reply by Tessa GrayI've often heard parents talk about the onerous task of 'doing homework' - like it was a task designed for them, rather than their kids. Does 'new ways of designing curriculum', mean we should be thinking about 'new ways to assign homework...
Online Safety for Parents
By Allanah Kingwww.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.Literacy tips and tricks for parents
By Tessa Gray/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)...Children’s commissioner's report | Parents', families' and whānau contributions to...
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,...Engaging Parents through Home School Partnerships
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.Schools are using social networking to involve parents
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...They were born in another time
By Barbara Reidgeorgecouros.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...10 Ways to ensure parents won't need to ask 'what did you do at school today?'
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...Parents and Educators should work together to teach digital citizenship
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...
Potato Planting at the Pā
Kia ora koutou! A key part of the vision of Te Ika Unahi Nui is for our boys to learn practical skills that will support them through life. No doubt challenges will come their way in the future and it is our responsibility as a whānau...A whānau that meets and eats together stays together
Engaging with whānau A significant feature of Te Ika Unahi Nui is building relationships with whānau through holding regular meetings in their houses. From the outset engaging with the whānau was a priority and I therefore wanted to...A day at Puniho Marae
I had the privilege, on Monday, to be able to spend the day with Jason Ruakere on his marae. This was very much a step outside of the comfort zone for this city lover. For me it really was like being in another world. I was out of the city. The pace...Tramping in the footsteps of our ancestors
Kia ora koutou! Last Sunday I drove a van load of excited boys to the start of the Pouakai track at the top of Mangorei Road, south of New Plymouth. I greeted the maunga with a mihi, said our karakia and then we set off. We meandered through the...
Beyond the Classroom
Beyond the classroom - Connecting school to the wider community with and about technologies.
