CORE Education's Jedd Bartlett talks about data engagement. The creative ways we can represent and manipulate huge amounts of data using interactive data visualization and infographics means there are opportunities for improved understanding and interpretation for students and teachers.
Manu Fa'aea-Semeatu, HOD Performing Arts at Rutherford College in 2012, discusses with Togi Lemanu her school's website page for Pasifika parents and her ways of engaging Pasifika fanau in the learning journey of senior secondary students. She also discusses her support across schools for Pasifika student achievement.
Clint Samaseia teaches social sciences and Spanish at Southern Cross Campus in South Auckland. Here he shares his pedagogies for engaging Pasifika students in their secondary learning programmes with Pasifika facilitator Togi Lemanu.
Malae Aloali’i has taught English at Aorere College for over 10 years and establishes caring relationships with her students and fanau, and this impacts positively on student achievement. In this interview with Togi Lemanu, Malae shares her approaches to academic mentoring.
Director of e-Learning Derek Wenmoth outlines some of the many ways we can think about the benefits or the impact of virtual learning technologies and their use in schools, including the increases in global reach for learners and the way virtual learning can improve options for teacher professional learning and development.
Glenn Capelli's keynote presentation from ULearn12 is structured around learning in layers: philosophy/story, vocabulary/conversation, strategies/tools and the methodology stretch. Glenn provides examples that illustrate each layer, as well as advice and lessons he has learned from his own experiences.
Craig McDowell, Director of leadership, learning and development consultancy Aspire2Lead, talks about his work assisting and developing leadership. Craig was recorded at ELF11, where he was a contributing speaker.
Andrew Churches, Curriculum Manager for ICT at Kristin School, talks about First Robotics, an international robotics competition where groups of students (electronics, PR, Finance, logistics) work collaboratively to build a robot in only six weeks.
The Minister of Education Hon Hekia Parata addresses 1400 teachers during the opening session of the Learning@School conference in Hamilton on January 26th, 2012.
Tony Ryan discusses the need for schools to have transformational teachers, focusing on who we are as being more important than what we teach. He outlines four roles of a transformational teacher, 'Energiser', 'Connector', 'Entrepreneur' and 'Sustainer'.
Semisi Hau, a talented year 13 music student at Aorere College, talks to Togi Lemanu, Pasifika e-Learning facilitator, about his learning journey so far and his aspirations for the future.
As HOD Performing Arts at Rutherford College, Manu Fa'aea-Semeatu worked with Pasifika students to realise their full potential, catering for their abilities and aspirations through collaboratively designing personalised courses in years 11 - 13. She talks about acceleration in Pasifika student achievement as a result of collaboration to design personalised courses, particularly for gifted students.
Dr John Edwards is Managing Director of Edwards Explorations, an Australian-based company concerned with exploring and developing human potential. In this talk he challenges us to beware of siren voices and to make sure that rather than taking away a head full of information from professional learning opportunities, that we transfer this information into understanding for our own particular contexts.
This video was taken during the LEARNZ 'Expedition Challenge' virtual field trip in August 2012 to the Kermadec Islands, sponsored by Sport New Zealand. In this video you join four young people (Voyagers) from the 'Young Blake Expedition' and LEARNZ teacher Andrew Penny as they hike across this active volcanic island to a remote beach.
The studios at Hingaia Peninsula School are shared by three teachers and are composed of a central space which is surrounded by several breakout spaces which act as ‘caves’ and ‘campfires’. Teachers are able to truly combine classes and arrange learning according to student needs and interest.
Manu Fa'aea-Semeatu, HOD Performing Arts at Rutherford College in 2012, discusses with Togi Lemanu her school's website page for Pasifika parents and her ways of engaging Pasifika fanau in the learning journey of senior secondary students. She also discusses her support across schools for Pasifika student achievement.
Clint Samaseia teaches social sciences and Spanish at Southern Cross Campus in South Auckland. Here he shares his pedagogies for engaging Pasifika students in their secondary learning programmes with Pasifika facilitator Togi Lemanu.
Malae Aloali’i has taught English at Aorere College for over 10 years and establishes caring relationships with her students and fanau, and this impacts positively on student achievement. In this interview with Togi Lemanu, Malae shares her approaches to academic mentoring.
Semisi Hau, a talented year 13 music student at Aorere College, talks to Togi Lemanu, Pasifika e-Learning facilitator, about his learning journey so far and his aspirations for the future.
Manu Fa'aea-Semeatu shares ideas on how to nurture the desire for success in Pasifika students. She discusses award ceremonies, school management team structures that support Pasifika students to achieve their potential,and ways the Pasifika Parent Group and related Tohea parent site strongly support their children.
CORE Education's Jedd Bartlett talks about data engagement. The creative ways we can represent and manipulate huge amounts of data using interactive data visualization and infographics means there are opportunities for improved understanding and interpretation for students and teachers.
Director of e-Learning Derek Wenmoth outlines some of the many ways we can think about the benefits or the impact of virtual learning technologies and their use in schools, including the increases in global reach for learners and the way virtual learning can improve options for teacher professional learning and development.
The smart web is the name given to the developing trend to have all electronic devices connected to the internet in order to communicate and send and receive data. Mark Osborne presents the third of CORE Education's 2013 Ten Trends.
Combining user and control means customising the objects around you to enable them to solve your problems, rather than being a passive consumer of goods. Mark Osborne presents the second of CORE Education's 2013 Ten Trends.
In the first of the ten trend series for 2013 Mark Osborne outlines some of the ways educators can personalise learning. As students increasingly bring their own devices to school, teachers have many opportunities to guide students to be more active in their own learning.
Allanah King is a Blended eLearning Facilitator for CORE Education. In this talk she outlines the main reasons why she likes to facilitate learning with iPads.
Annie Agnew was an invited presenter at ULearn12. In this talk Annie describes how she realised we need to listen to the children to identify how they deftly weave their learning experiences.
Richard Knuckey from Queen Margaret College in Wellington discusses e-portfolios. Richard's school uses e-portfolios for collecting and sharing work in three ways: staff professional development; student progress; and as a learning tool.
Rebecca Power from Nayland Primary School describes some of the recent collaborations her school has been involved with. Rebecca challenges us to find ways to collaborate with other schools, other classes, whether that collaboration be big or small.
Pinelopi Zaka tells us about her Masters investigation into how blended teaching and learning is implemented in schools. Her research explored how teachers, students, and school leaders experience educational change with blended approaches.
Jo And Tara feel that the current NZC assessment system is eurocentric, classist, and out of date. In this talk they explain how they have come to this conclusion.
Dave Winter, project director of the connected learning community in Hamilton, talks about three things he considers as important in education today: Strategies to deal with the change that comes with the ultrafast broadband roll out; the digital society; and the connection between teaching as inquiry and professional learning communities.
Anne Kenneally is a 2012 CORE Education eFellow. She tells us about what she learned during her time as an eFellow and how she discovered the strength of letting learners lead the learning.
Paula Eskett is the school library manager at Riccarton High School in Christchurch. Paula is a 2012 CORE Education eFellow and has spent the year investigating increasing student engagement in research and learning through the use of mobile devices.
Helen King from Point England School tells us how encouraging creativity through music, animation, and movies enhanced the learning of her students.
Jean Rockel from the University of Auckland shares with us her insights into the significant shifts and developments that have influenced the care and education of children up to the age of two over the last two decades, and highlights concepts to consider for the future. Part 1 of a four part interview.
Jean Rockel from the University of Auckland discusses her ideas about some of the things teachers should be aware of when caring for capable, competent children up to the age of two. Part 2 of a four part interview.
In this video Jean Rockel acknowledges the very real challenges and constraints she believes impact on the care and education of children up to the age of two. She proposes some important concepts to consider as we strive to support our youngest learners in this significant time in their lives. Part 3 of a four part interview.
Jean Rockel from the University of Auckland describes working with children up to the age of two as a privilege. In this video Jean shares us with some key points to consider about ways teachers can strengthen their professional responsibilities. Part 4 of a four part interview.
While others were requesting ‘no earthquake talk’ in their centres after the Christchurch earthquakes, the team at the team at the New Brighton Community Preschool and Nursery embraced the experiences associated with the earthquakes as a learning experience.
