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Digital stories

• Multimedia General New
  Allanah King - Connecting with the world (4:05 min)

  "Nelson Teacher Allanah King talks about the benefits of "opening the classroom walls to the outside world" through blogging, podcasts, and wikis, including the authentic audience, the celebration of school events and engagement with the local community."

  http://www.edtalks.org/play.php?vid=146

  
• School story General
  Te Awamutu - you have a message (12 min)

  This video is the result of much discussion, planning, filming and editing by 27 Year 6 to 13 students from the Rosetown Learning Community who have a clear message for their teachers and community about how they learn and what they want from school.

  http://nzcurriculum.tki.org.nz/digital_stories/school_stories/te_aw...

  
• Multimedia General
  Sharon Freisen - New roles for teachers (10:17 min)

  Edtalks presents Sharon Freisen, who warns against trying to put new technologies over old practices.
  

  http://edtalks.org/play.php?vid=100

  
• Multimedia General
  Ewan McIntosh - Assessment (5:49 min)

  Edtalks presents Ewan McIntosh talking about developments in formative and individualized assessment in Scotland, and encourages the use of blogs as online learning logs."

  http://edtalks.org/play.php?vid=101

  
• Multimedia General
  Ewan McIntosh - E-portfolios (5:15 min)

  Edtallks presents Ewan McIntosh talking about free tools that can capture the learning journey for students, comparing these with e-portfolio software. He suggests there is value in seeing the thinking (“all the mess”) that goes into the production of the final product.

  http://edtalks.org/play.php?vid=102

  
• Multimedia General
  Ewan McIntosh - Game playing (5:12 min)

  Edtalks presents Ewan McIntosh who describes how in a "flexible curriculum" games can be used as a basis for creative writing, speaking, across curriculum areas, and for cross curricular studies."

  http://edtalks.org/play.php?vid=103

  
• Multimedia General
  Ewan McIntosh - Identity in a digital age (7:23 min)

  Edtalks presents Ewan McIntosh. In the adult world the landscape has changed, people face many career changes in their lifetime. We have many identities, this is also the case for our students. Are schools recognising that students have multiple identities? Ewan describes the spaces we inhabit in this digital age - secret, group, publishing, performing and participation spaces...

  http://edtalks.org/play.php?vid=104

  
• Multimedia General
  Ewan McIntosh - Internet safety (3:50 min)

  Edtalks presents Ewan McIntosh, who discusses the new skills and attitudes associated with internet safety, emphasizing the need to work from established teaching and learning practices, and applying these when working with social media

  http://edtalks.org/play.php?vid=105

  
• Multimedia General
  Sharon Freisen - Inquiry as a disposition (5:32 min)

  Edtalks presents Sharon Freisen who asserts inquiry is more than just something that you do. Sharon discusses that the outcome of really strong inquiry work is deep understanding. "If a teacher is not reaching the point of deep understanding and awakening new questions within their own practice, they haven't undergone that process of inquiry."

  http://edtalks.org/play.php?vid=108

  
• Curriculum in action Secondary
  Two secondary schools have developed successful approaches to cross-curricular inquiry learning

  Stories from Motueka High School and St Catherines College

  http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/articles.php?action=view&id=7661

  
• Discussion General
  Canterbury, Nelson, Marlborough and West Coast regional story

  This "slice of action" comes from the Canterbury, Nelson, Marlborough and West Coast region. In these stories the importance of taking time to think about the intent of the curriculum and of including student voice are compelling themes.

  http://nzcurriculum.tki.org.nz/support_for_schools/100_sector_leade...

  
• School snapshots General
  Wellington High School

  One of Wellington High’s strategic priorities is to develop inclusive classrooms.

  http://centre4.interact.ac.nz/modules/kb/entry.php?space_key=468&mo...

  
• School snapshots General
  Springlands School - application and assessment

  "Springlands School is using schoolwide action research to explore how the key competencies are embedded in the inquiry learning process around which the school bases its curriculum delivery."

  http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/articles.php?action=view&id=7206

  
• School story General
  Salford School - developing school vision and inquiry learning

  The principal at Salford School outlines how inquiry learning fits with their implementation of the new curriculum

  http://centre4.interact.ac.nz/modules/kb/entry.php?space_key=468&mo...

  
• Curriculum in action General
  Oakura School set up new homes for penguins

  Oakura School discuss a partnership with DOC which led to learning and teaching for an authentic purpose

  http://centre4.interact.ac.nz/modules/page/page.php?space_key=468&m...

  
• Strategies General
  Principals professional learning communities

  Reflective groups for school principals have been operating in New Zealand for a number of years. This story follows a year-long trial in three Wellington primary schools that incorporated a new initiative into their Principals' Professional Learning Community (PPLC)

  http://nzcurriculum.tki.org.nz/digital_stories/research_stories/pri...

  
• School story General
  Creating a learning environment at Elmgrove School

  In the story, Tim explains the inquiry process (GROVER) the school has developed and embedded in their daily teaching and learning (2:55 min)

  http://nzcurriculum.tki.org.nz/digital_stories/school_stories/creat...

  
• School story General
  Teaching and learning at Takapuna Grammar

  The Takapuna Grammar professional development model was constructed around their own staff expertise. The staff created and were committed to "teacher professional learning circles" where all staff contributed ideas and thoughts about experiences and new learning that eventually became their teaching and learning philosophy (5:39 min).

  http://nzcurriculum.tki.org.nz/digital_stories/school_stories/teach...

  
• School story General
  Coley Street's development as a learning community

  Discusses an approach to teacher professional development (2:42 min)

  http://nzcurriculum.tki.org.nz/digital_stories/school_stories/coley...

  

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