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Teacher resource exchange for kura and wharekura
30/4/2012
This facility, on the Mātauranga Māori website, enables you to contribute rauemi that you have created for your akomanga, or make use of other resources created by kaiako, such as lesson plans, unit plans, activities, and assessment tasks.
Click here to add a resource.
You can also subscribe to our Ī-pānui/newsletter to receive monthly updates about resources and information to help support kaiako.
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Embedded Support in Audio
23/4/2012
Learning Media is piloting the use of embedded support in the audio versions of non-fiction texts from the School Journal, Junior Journal, and School Journal Story Library (years 5-6) and School Journal Story Library (years 7-8).
Embedded support is designed to assist students to use visual features, such as photographs and diagrams, to help them make meaning of the text.
The aim of including embedded support in audio is to help students to use the strategies highlighted in the audio file independently when they read other non-fiction texts.
Two embedded support items - School Journal and Junior Journal are currently online.
Teachers are asked to provide feedback after they have used the audio track(s).
ANZAC Day resources
18/4/2012
Here are some of the collections of material relevant to ANZAC day that can be found from TKI, Digistore, and a number of external sources:
Kia Mau - 28th (Māori) Battalion multimedia resources and social studies units
wickED Topic ANZAC Day
wickED Topic War and Peace
Teacher support material for School Journal stories and articles
Digistore film clips, audio clips, images, and more
English Online unit plans Anzacs and Us and Conflict and War
Arts Online Teacher resource exchange Anzac Day Cross arts ideas and Anzac Day music
NZ On Screen ANZAC Day collection
New Zealand History online Social Studies activities and The red poppy
National Library ANZAC topic collection
Image sourced from KeteScape
Getting the EOTC message across
17/4/2012
A professional development programme to equip educators to manage EOTC effectively using the resources available is currently being rolled out across the country.
Find out about the EOTC workshops coming to your area soon...
e-asTTle outage on Wednesday April 18th
17/4/2012
e-asTTle will be unavailable from 8:00am to 5:00pm on Wednesday 18th April 2012. This scheduled outage is to upgrade functionality.
e-Portfolios
16/4/2012
Find out from these school stories how e-portfolios are helping students to take increasing responsibility for their own learning. Technology enables the use of a range of media - video, sound, and images, as well as text to show both the learning process and final products.
To find out more you can also join the e-portfolio discussion in the VLN.
Resources for the revised e-asTTle writing tool now available
13/4/2012
The following resources are now on the e-asTTle website to support the implementation of the revised e-asTTle writing tool, available from the beginning of Term 2, 2012.
More online support will be made available in the near future, including updates to the Frequently Asked Questions. If you have a question you would like added to the website, please email us here.
NZC Update 19 - Selecting texts for students in years 4-8
11/4/2012
This Update introduces the new guidelines Selecting texts for students in years 4-8
When teachers are selecting texts from a wide range of sources, many of the texts don't have information on reading year levels.
The guidelines include a framework designed to help teachers select texts at an appropriate level of difficulty and to identify the characteristics likely to challenge or support learners. The framework can be used with texts from sources such as magazines, newspapers, books, and the Internet.
Find out more....
For Each and Every Child - He Taonga Tonu te Tamariki
26/3/2012
Teacher support material is now available for For Each and Every Child - He Taonga Tonu te Tamariki a children’s picture book that illustrates and explains the rights of the child. The book was sent to all schools by UNICEF New Zealand in November 2011 to celebrate the 22nd anniversary of the signing of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCROC).
The support material is based on three key themes and relates to the social sciences and health and physical education learning areas of the NZ Curriculum at levels 1–4. Activities in each theme can be adapted to meet the needs of students and will support teachers to develop a social inquiry approach to teaching and learning.
You can download the teacher support material here
NZ Sign Language Week, 30th April - 6th May 2012.
26/3/2012
NZ Sign Language Week celebrates one of the country's official languages, New Zealand Sign Language (NZSL).
It helps promote the language as well as raise awareness about New Zealand's Deaf community and the issues/challenges it's members face each day.
You can register now for the very popular FREE NZSL Taster Classes - free 45 minute NZSL classes on site at your workplace or organisation (between 9-5pm, 30 April - 6 May 2012)
Find out more.....