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Comment on "Secondary schools and the Pasifika Education Plan 2013-2017"
This latest article - http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11207352 How does this impact on the NCEA Pasifika students in your classrooms? Please share your thoughts.Comment on ""Children aged between three and five are better at using smartphones than tying their shoelaces" Do you find this alarming or not?"
Just a quick poll here to gauge community feelings on this. While the research in this article, Children better with smartphones than shoelaces - study high...Comment on "eCompetencies in new Zealand: A teacher's journey"
Its rather interesting that there seems to be two areas that have been left out that are now in the news, especially around 21st century learning. One is computational thinking, the...- I am pretty sure that this student can attribute part of his focus to the NCEA PowerUp initiative, as his church was one of the "power stations" (study centre). http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11155827
Comment on "STATEMENT: "The rate of change in education is too slow for our priority learners - Māori, Pasifika, students with special educational needs? Do you agree or disagree?"
..., where she too has found the benefits of technology with her diverse (priority) learners – a real inspiration. So, we do have plenty of good news stories - we just need to &ls...Comment on "Herald article today: Students should take driver licence-style tests before they can take mobile phones and tablets to class. What do you think?"
In today's article in the Herald, Test urged before kids use phones at school a visiting expert from Australia, Adolescent psychologist, Michael Carr-Gregg a...- Kids news Interviews with famous NZ authors Resources frm Sheena Cameron
Comment on "A news item in the Herald yesterday asks, "Will naming and shaming cyber-bullies help curb the problem? What do you think?"
You can see what the rest of the nation thinks @ http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10827027- Thanks Rachel for the article, it really outlined the 'pros and cons' debate for gaming in education. In this case, some of the benefits can far out-way the fears - de...
- ...the VPLD and the role they can have in supporting and developing COPs. Newsletter - the idea behind askin...the listserv lately, wasn't only that we could have a regular stream of news coming through but that we co...