Sharon Friesen addresses a number of misconceptions about 21st century teaching, and discusses the instructional practices and expertise required of a teacher in today’s classrooms.
Ewan McIntosh discusses the new skills and attitudes associated with internet safety, as separate from digital literacy, emphasizing the need to work from established teaching and learning practices, ...
Sharon Friesen talks about inquiry being a disposition cultivated during teaching and learning, rather than a process that “gets done” by students. She talks about successful inquiry leading to de...
CORE's Curriculum Project Leader, Mary Anne Mills, provides a background to the revised NZ Curriculum, where co-construction and collaboration played a major role. Mary Anne outlines the focus on stud...
Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach, digital learning consultant, educator and teaching graduate, describes the way professional learning communities have lead to change in teacher practice for teachers in hundreds...
Cheryl Doig, experienced educator and leader, explains the concept of "Learning Walks". These take place once a professional learning community has been established, and can lead to insightful observa...
Rangiora teacher Erin Freeman describes how she integrates ICT into her teaching programme,with students using wikis for publishing their novel studies, and communicating with Kenyan students on an en...
Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach, digital learning consultant, educator and teaching graduate, describes establishing a professional learning community; from platform, shared purpose, selecting champions, govern...
Margaret Austin, Vice President of the Royal Society of NZ, outlines what she believes are critical education issues; including the importance of research-informed teaching and learning, changes to te...
2008 eFellow Michael Fenton researched ways to bridge the gap between technology enthusiasts and skeptics. He describes his research, and provides a new take on how educational institutions might use ...