Establishing vision and values
17/05/08 | No comments
The planning for better student outcomes site has some focus questions to help schools thinking about establishing vision and values.
All blog posts tagged "vision"
This blog contains many ideas and resources for talking about the curriculum in your school. Click on the find more link to see the full blog posts.
Possible futures
14/02/08 | No comments
Secondary Futures provides a toolbox of resources for thinking about the new curriculum. The toolbox comprises trend cards, scenarios, wildcards and storycards. There is also a virtual tutorial to show you how they can be used. This site states it will help people "work out what their preferences for education in the future might be.
Opportunities and challenges
12/02/08 | No comments
It is clear that the New Zealand Curriculum is stimulating both hope and excitement as well a sense of challenge and concern. How can we navigate past and through the challenges and enable the spirit of the curriculum to live?
Why reinvent the wheel?
10/03/09 | No comments
The New Zealand Curriculum Exploratory Studies examine schools' experiences as they explore and implement the revised New Zealand Curriculum. The report raises some areas of debate which would make interesting staffroom discussion points:
Student engagement in school
21/11/08 | No comments
Michael Wesch discusses a common statement made by teachers that 'some children are not cut out for school'. He then makes the point that School is Learning and therefore is it fair to say that 'some children are not cut out for learning'?
Does your school website reflect your vision?
17/11/08 | No comments
Red Beach School was one of the first schools to submit a digital story for the New Zealand Curriculum Online site. This was not the end of their journey. The school has continued to shape and grow into their vision and this is reflected in their school website.
Time 4 innovation online conference
27/05/08 | No comments
The time 4 innovation online conference facilitated by the ICTPD team runs from 26th May to 13th June. The resources are still available online once the conference is finished and well worth having a look.