James Rasmussen discusses assessment for learning at Newlands College. James challenges educators to look at what assessment is being done in schools, and if this is really getting to the heart of the focusing inquiry of the teaching as inquiry cycle and changing teaching practice to meet the needs of students.
Richard Knuckey from Queen Margaret College explains how his school has undertaken 1:1 laptops. At Queen Margaret College they have decided to have all students use the same device. Richard explains the reasons behind this decision, the challenges they have faced, and how they have overcome these challenges.
In this high energy talk, Ben describes the journey that Wellington High went on to introduce 1 to 1 computing. He outlines the challenges they faced and celebrates the reasons for facing those challenges. Ben's school did not specify the device that students should use, rather they solved the problems that come with students using a range of devices.
Claire Amos, Director of elearning at Epsom Girls Grammar, outlines ten tips for encouraging students to take the lead in a bring your own device approach.
Donna describes how her school has approached one to one laptops. She provides us with many questions about how this innovation challenges teaching and learning. Donna explains that this approach is a shift away from "this is how I’ve always done it to this is the way I’m going to do it"
Rachel (@rachelboyd) is the DP and elearning leader at Waiuku Primary School. In this talk Rachel shares how she has used Facebook and Twitter to engage with her school community.
Naketa Ikihele has encouraged teams to look at and share their personal and teaching journeys using multimedia. Sharing histories and journeys as a team builds solid foundations and provides opportunities to recognise the huge experience and richness that each team member brings. Naketa challenges us to honour our own journeys and to share in the journeys of others.
Kate Le Fever describes how SOLO is a process for enabling students to gauge where they are at with their learning and plan next steps. At Kate's secondary school they have rolled SOLO across year 9 to 11 in a number of different subjects. This enabled the teachers to have a shared language of learning and made a connection across the different subject areas.
21st Century learning specialist Silvia Rosenthal Tolisano asks the question: is the iPad a tool to transform learning, or a tool that will replace what we have been doing up till now with laptops? Silvia describes some of the potential and the benefits she sees for ipads in learning and teaching, including mobility, cost and the evergrowing range of apps.
Tamara Bell challenges teachers in English medium schools to increase achievement for Māori students by teaching te reo Māori. Tamara works for CORE Education as a National Facilitator for the Blended eLearning team and an Online Facilitator for Te Manawa Pou Te Reo Māori Online.
