CORE Education June Newsletter: Tips, Tools, News & Inspiration For Educators

From the inbox overnight last night, and posted at a time for my Kiwi colleagues…  For my North American readers, let me recommend Derek Wenmoth’s video on “virtual learning” below.

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Latest news and information for educators Saturday 8 June – A Free Expo for Christchurch International experts, leading architects, and interactive displays are just part of what you will find at the free, CORE Modern Learning Environments Expo this Saturday. This is an event designed to get teachers, parents, children, and the community thinking about the possibilities for education in the twenty-first century. Let’s not just re-build our learning spaces, let’s re-think them too… When: This Saturday 8 June from 10am to 4pm Where: Wigram Airforce Museum, Christchurch To see a full lineup of speakers, exhibitors, and activities, visit the MLE website. ULearn13 We invite you to ULearn13, the biggest educational conference to hit Hamilton this year. Over 300 workshops to choose from Internationally renowned keynote and spotlight speakers Pre-conference day options Earlybird Registration available until 12 July. When:  9-11 October Where: Claudelands Events Centre, Hamilton Why: Teachers’ comments on ULearn Register now. Feature article Trains or Planes: Building a successful schooling system – by Derek Wenmoth I’ve been reflecting a lot lately on CORE’s mission: to ‘push the boundaries of educational possibility’. Most of the work we do at CORE involves working with educators, schools, and government agencies to introduce innovative approaches to what they do. Of course, the innovation itself isn’t the end we’re looking for, but is the means by which we are attempting to make a contribution to an education system that is relevant, future-focused, and ‘world class’… read the full article. From the CORE Blog Enhancing Workflow on an iPad – by Allanah King iPad Bingo at BYOD Conference at Albany Senior High School, Auckland In this blog post, Allanah, a Blended eLearning Facilitator with CORE, shares a creative method for developing iPad skills and ‘sharing the learning’. I didn’t want to spend the time just talking to the teachers at the workshop. I wanted them to talk to each other—to share the learning that they already knew, becoming teachers themselves; thus knowing how to work their iPad to do the basics before we went on to more advanced learning. I went down to the local supermarket beforehand, bought a package of the now famous iPad cleaners as prizes, and made up a bingo board for each person…read more. See the full blog post here Download and personalise your own iPad Bingo board From CORE staff blogs From Tania Coutts’ Impossible is Nothing – Monte Vista Christian School In this blog post, Tania Coutts recounts her visit to Monte Vista Christian School on her recent EDTour to California. Monte Vista Christian School is set on 125 acres in a rural area out of San Francisco. From the moment you walk in you can feel the rich heritage and see the culture of the school within the environment. I particularly love the HUGE posters of students in action throughout the school. There are incredibly homely environments scattered throughout the school where students can be seen relaxing, collaborating on projects or simply talking with friends. Each building and specific classrooms in the school have Stephen’s (Headmaster) wife’s special touch as an interior designer.  In each class you can ‘feel’ the environment…read more. CORE’s Ten Trends 2013 This Month: Virtual Learning View the video Virtual Learning is not bound by venue or time; and its implications and benefits for teachers and students are vast. How might you, your school, or centre embrace the opportunities it provides? Read the full article Investigate some of the links and examples below and participate in the discussion on the CORE blog. The Virtual Learning Network (VLN) Bundlr collection on Virtual Learning LEARNZ About CORE’s Ten Trends  LEARNZ update Bugman and the Bush Inspire Students Ruud Kleinpaste with Mararoa students on the Kepler Track Something happened on the Kids Restore the Kepler field trip in May: Web stats showed an impressive 142Gb of traffic over the first two days. Whether it was getting out in the bush with students from Te Anau schools, Bugman Ruud Kleinpaste’s passion, or a great activity for Primary Science Week, the field trip fired up imaginations all over the country. Last week’s Geospatial field trip is a must for social studies and geography teachers; and a great trip to do retrospectively. Visit the LEARNZ website to access the videos, activities, and audio files; and to enrol in these upcoming field trips: Wandering Whales – surveying migrating humpbacks in Cook Strait Freshwater Ecology – investigating water quality and biodiversity around Lake Taupo Remember, LEARNZ is free. Register now, then enrol in 2013 field trips. Latest from EDtalks New videos on EDTalks Over the last two weeks, a series of EDtalks videos featuring the CORE Education Pasifika team have been published on EDtalks. The discussions include building relationships with Pasifika students, cultural responsiveness, and personalising learning for NCEA Pasifika students. Malae Aloali’i: Building relationships with Pasifika students and fanau View the video Malae Aloali’i has taught English at Aorere College for over 10 years and establishes caring relationships with her students and fanau, which impacts positively on student achievement. In this interview with Togi Lemanu of CORE Education, Malae shares her approaches to academic mentoring. See also… School Management and Cultural Responsiveness Meeting Pasifika Learning Interests CORE Breakfasts Getting the Curriculum ‘Singing’ On 24 May, in Wellington, Rosemary Hipkins and Sue McDowell presented a seminar and workshop: Key Competencies as Capabilities – Why pedagogy matters. Both researchers for the New Zealand Council for Educational Research, Rosemary and Sue led participants through the Key Competencies Indicators Project and addressed issues for keeping the New Zealand Curriculum vision alive. Keep abreast of current educational trends Connect with other educators Explore topics in-depth with follow-up workshops CORE Breakfasts are a great way to incorporate Professional Development and learning into your week; they’re pertinent, engaging, and they’re happening all over the country. Don’t miss out! Find a coming Breakfast in your area Download the 2013 Breakfast programme Friend on Facebook Follow on Twitter Forward to a Friend Breakfast seminars: 25 June: Christchurch Claire Amos: Leading meaningful (and manageable) change – seminar and workshop 26 June: Dunedin Jane Carroll: Key components of early literacy – What can I do that will make a difference? 27 June: Hamilton Tania Coutts: Using iPads to support teaching and learning – seminar and workshop 28 June: Wellington Derek Wenmoth: Ten Trends for 2013 28 June: Auckland Mark Osborne: Ten Trends for 2013 Other Events: 8 June Modern Learning Environments Expo 15-16 June Emerging Leaders’ Summit 8 October ULearn Mobile 8-9 October ATANZ Conference 9-11 October ULearn13 Learn more Learn more Plan to kickstart the year with a staff PD conference like no other. Mark the date in your diaries. WHEN: – 22-23rd January WHERE: Skycity,  Auckland Feedback on LEARNZ “The level was just right for my students and the range of questions enabled even my lowest student to contribute [and made] the more advanced students consider their responses. … they said they did no real work watching the videos and completing the questions independently, however, the level of understanding was higher than is typically observed from text-based resources. I have a student who can not read or write, yet he was able to watch the videos as part of a whole-class activity and orally contribute, just like everyone else.” – Frank Usherwood, Bethlehem School.

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CORE Education May Newsletter: Tips, Tools, News & Inspiration For Educators

Yet another item from Wednesday’s inbox…  This one posted later in the day for my Kiwi readers…

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Latest news and information for educators ULearn13 – Call4Presentations closing soon! The deadline for submissions is 15 May, so if you have something to offer, our conference team is looking forward to hearing from you. Submit your abstract online now. Successful presenters will be notified by 17 June. For more information about ULearn13, ULearn mobile, and ATANZ Register for ULearn13, ULearn mobile, and ATANZ for three days of the most engaging and collaborative professional learning you will experience all year. Check out the exciting keynote and spotlight speaker line up. New Zealand Emerging Leaders’ Summit 2013 Is the Emerging Leaders’ Summit (ELS) for me? The ELS is open to all educators who are thinking about, or have just made, a move into middle leadership. We know there aren’t many opportunities to learn the ropes of leadership, but this is one you won’t want to miss: Talk to your Syndicate Leader or Head of Department about being part of this awesome event. If you’ve got more questions than answers about what it is to be a leader, this is the place for you. What is ELS? The Emerging Leaders Summit is a two-day masterclass designed to grow leaders. The summit, featuring inspirational educators from around the country, has been developed to act as the ‘missing Swiss army knife’ that every aspiring leader needs. It features a wide range of leadership tools that will make your life easier, and has been developed by Simon Breakspear and Mark Osborne, founder of Emerging Leaders-Aotearoa. Details: 15–16 June 2013 Albany Senior High School, 536 Albany Highway, Auckland Led by Mark Osborne Email Mark Osborne to talk about how ELS can help your career. Quicklinks: More information about ELS Register CORE events site. Curriculum Leadership Programme The Curriculum Leadership programme 2013 will consist of five modules, run in a five week cycle (term 2 to term 4): Understanding the context for change Learner-centred curriculum Future focus Key competencies: monitoring and reporting Developing a school curriculum Teachers will become more connected, confident, and capable as they engage with other educators to further their awareness and understanding of effective curriculum design. Facilitators: Mary Anne Mills Derek Wenmoth We are taking registrations for a Christchurch based programme. For other regions, please contact Mary Anne Mills. Learning@School Roadshow 2013 – we’ve parked the van 7 regions 1000+ delegates 2 winners! Local Dunedin presenter, Iain Cook-Bonney at Bathgate Park School Prize winners: The fabulous HP Envy X2 Tablet prize, supplied by principal sponsor, HP, has been drawn and won by each of these schools: Whau Valley School, Whangarei — won by Robyn Easterbrook Makarewa School, Invercargill — won by Bailee Reid Congratulations! You will be contacted in Term 2 to arrange prize delivery. See you all again in 2014 for more practical and affordable Professional Development. Feature article CORE White Papers A White paper is an “authoritative report or guide helping educators/clients to understand an issue, solve a problem, or assist with decision-making”. CORE’s white papers are intended to provide insights, promote discussion, and inform school leaders and teachers about educational themes and trends. They are downloadable, and free. Two new CORE White Papers were published this month: Modern learning environments by Mark Osborne Developing review processes for strategic and sustainable school improvement by Jo Wilson. An abstract from Jo Wilson’s white paper: “In recent years New Zealand Schools have been required to create a school charter to clearly articulate their vision, values and identified goals to the Ministry of Education and their school community. These charters often remain as stand alone documents, completed for compliance rather than as working documents to guide decision-making and direction. This paper explores options to address school review, community ownership and specific and targeted strategic planning to foster shared understanding and commitment to ensure that school charters can become the working documents they are intended to be…” Download this white paper. You can find these and other papers published throughout 2013 on the CORE website under Thought leadership. From CORE’s blog Universal Design for Learning at CORE by Chrissie Butler Universal Design in an engineering or architectural context is about creating solutions to problems that meet the needs of the most people possible at the outset. It is about avoiding the need for retrofitting. In the context of curriculum, how might the same principles impact on the way in which we design and organise learning environments and resources? At our recent CORE retreat, focused on “Where are we now?” and “What next?”, 120 staff unknowingly participated in an event that gave us first-hand experience of the potential of underpinning environments with a universal design approach… Read more. CORE’s Ten Trends 2013 Trend 2: User + Control View the videoUser and control is about being more than a passive consumer. Traditionally, many of us have been consumers of technology. The products are made and programmed by someone else, and we buy them and consume them as they are. But, as our demands on technology increase, and as the power of that technology also increases, we are more and more given the opportunity to customise those tools to meet our needs… Read more. Trend 3: The Smart Web View the videoHas your fridge tweeted lately? It might sound a bit funny, but shortly, not only your fridge, but most of your household appliances, your car, and even your house will be connected to the internet, and part of what we call ‘the smart web’. 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…read more Latest from EDtalks What we can Learn from Poetry and Story View the video Word coach Carol Burnes is an American writer and storyteller, who for thirty years has been helping others realise their stories and express them through writing and telling. In this talk she explains the power of poetry and story for everyday communication. Education as a Moral Enterprise Guy Claxton muses about the ‘morally squeamish’ nature of education. He challenges us to consider what we value as the desired outcome of education and build a model of knowing that engages students in controversial and contentious issues. Popular video channels on EDTalks include: Modern Learning Environments Early Years Other popular videos: Clinton Golding: Assessing thinking Celia Veronica Augustin: Competition vs collaboration: What is success? Modern Learning Environments channel: Stonefields school CORE LEARNZ update Christchurch earthquakes Investigating the rebuild of Christchurch CBD during the Canterbury Earthquakes field trip. Over 5,000 students travelled virtually to Kaitaia, the upper Rangitata River, Abel Tasman National Park, and Christchurch during LEARNZ virtual field trips in term 1. Teacher Stuart Cooke from Methven School says: “I find the field trips as a great way of introducing vocab and scientific language to students, as well as teaching inquiry skills and science knowledge. Students are reading for information and engaging with text, video, and audio information to present findings.” You can still enrol in term 1 trips, but don’t miss these term 2 trips: Kids Restore the Kepler – returning birdsong to a Great Walk Geospatial – the use of skills, tools and data by people in Canterbury Wandering Whales – surveying migrating humpbacks in Cook Strait Freshwater Ecology – investigating water quality and biodiversity around Lake Taupō Remember, CORE LEARNZ is free. If you’re not a registered teacher, register now then enrol in 2013 trips and/or use any of the 150+ archived trips. Not sure about this? Give us a call 0800 22 55 53, or send an email to enquiries@learnz.org.nz. A welcome to LEARNZ registered subscribers CORE Education gives a warm welcome to all LEARNZ registered subscribers. We hope you all enjoy and see the benefit of this newsletter with its notifications of coming events, notices, articles, and resources. Should you not wish to receive the CORE newsletter in future, all you need to do is opt out in your preferences page here. CORE Breakfasts The sudden arrival of winter on a cold, rainy Tuesday morning was not enough to keep educators from attending Surviving and Thriving in a BYOD World, presented by Mark Osborne on April 9, with both the seminar and workshops filled to capacity. Wellington’s breakfast workshop on April 12, Using iPads to Support Teaching and Learning, was also a sell-out, and testament to the popularity of Breakfasts. Registrations are now open for Breakfasts happening in May across almost every main centre. To keep informed about the coming breakfasts in your area: Sign up for the newsletter Download the 2013 Breakfast Programme Friend on Facebook Follow on Twitter Forward to a Friend Breakfast seminars: 21 May: Christchurch Assessment: How we measure shows what we value – Hazel Owen and Merryn Dunmill - Registrations open 22 May: Dunedin Raising Achievements for Māori Students – De Thomas, Wharehoka Wano and Janelle Riki - Registrations open 23 May: Hamilton Ten Trends for 2013 – Derek Wenmoth - Registrations open 24 May: Wellington Key Competencies as Capabilities: Why pedagogy matters – Rose Hipkins and Sue McDowall - Registrations open 30 May: Invercargill Using iPads to Support Teaching and Learning – Tania Coutts - Registrations open Other Events: 2 & 3 May: Christchurch Think Forward 2013 Conference 7 & 8 June: Christchurch Modern Learning Environments Expo 15 -16 June: New Zealand Emerging Leaders Summit More information Learn more

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CORE Education April Newsletter: Tips, Tools, News & Inspiration For Educators

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Latest news and information for educators Wayne Duncan – Winner of the CORE Education Travel Scholarship 2013 CORE Education’s annual Travel Scholarship seeks to recognise New Zealand teachers’ contributions to educational thought: What we know about effective teaching and our understanding of effective learning.  As well as reflecting CORE’s charitable purposes, the scholarship is an investment in the future of education, enabling the recipient to attend an international education event; have some of their perspectives published; and contribute to current thought leadership in education. This year’s recipient is Wayne Duncan. Wayne is Deputy Principal of Northern Southland College and has recently returned from a white-water kayak camp with students. His thesis on understanding the function of empathy in synchronous multimedia conferencing draws on both his prior work managing distance learning projects and his experiences as an educational psychologist. Find out more about Wayne Duncan and what he is going to do with his scholarship. ULearn13 – Call4Presentations are open! Are you ready to take the next step and share your expertise with others by presenting at ULearn13? If you have something to offer, Call4Presentations is open. Go to ULearn13 for more information and to register for three days of the most engaging and collaborative professional learning you will experience all year. Learning@School Roadshow – coming to a centre near you! Learning@School Roadshow is under way and the feedback has been fabulous! Is your school involved? It’s not too late. There will be plenty of opportunity to question, share, reflect, and debate as you extend your thinking and teaching practice. L@S is coming to: Palmerston North – Monday 8 April Napier – Wednesday 10 April Gisborne – Friday 12 April Dunedin – Monday 15 April Nelson – Friday 19 April Morning tea and lunch are provided. Register to attend an event near you. New Zealand Emerging Leaders’ Summit 2013 Are you keen to help lead the transformation our education system needs? The Emerging Leaders’ Summit (ELS) will gather a network of 100 of the most innovative and inspirational emerging educators from across New Zealand for two days of collaboration, leadership development, and exposure to some the most creative educational ideas on the planet. This summit is an annual ‘incubator’ for emerging educational thought leaders across New Zealand. The summit is a tailored, two-day programme that will take participants through a process of leadership discovery and development. Participants will be equipped with the mindsets, capabilities and networks to influence their school and system. Details: 15–16 June 2013 Albany Senior High School, 536 Albany Highway, Auckland Curated by Mark Osborne For more information, check out Emerging Leaders’ Summit on the CORE events site. Professional learning courses 2013 Curriculum Leadership Programme Facilitated by Mary Anne Mills and Derek Wenmoth, The Curriculum Leadership Programme 2013 has two streams of participation: Stream one is for those who are participating for the first time (Initial). Stream two is for those who have already completed the first programme and want to be extended in their thinking and actions through a mentored, teaching-as-inquiry process (Advanced). The focus of the course is on equipping curriculum leaders in schools with the knowledge and skills required to lead curriculum development at a department or whole-school level in secondary schools. Teachers will become more connected, confident and capable; engaging with other educators to further their awareness and understanding of effective curriculum design. We are taking registrations for a Christchurch based programme. For other regions, please contact Mary Anne Mills. Emerging E-leaders Programme The Emerging E-leaders Programme 2013 is a two-stream course, catering to both first-time participants and attendees from 2012 wanting to further extend their thinking. The programme will empower and equip teachers to become leaders of e-learning practice in their schools and communities. Facilitated by Derek Wenmoth and Margot McKeegan, the programme will run in a five-week cycle (late term one to early term four) and be divided into four modules: What is e-learning? – Using the online environment to empower and support your leadership role Digital learners – Developing personal dispositions for teachers working with students to model and operate as effective digital citizens Empowering others – Leading professional learning with your staff or department that actually makes a difference Leading e-learning – Leading thinking and action using ICTs to support teaching and learning We are taking registrations for a Christchurch based programme. For other regions please contact Margot McKeegan. Feature article Modern Learning Environments Expo CORE Education is hosting a free Modern Learning Environments Expo (7-8 June) at Wigram Airforce Museum, Christchurch. More than just an exhibition of modular furniture, the MLE Expo will enlighten and engage educators, parents, children and communities interested in learning environments that are tailored to the cultural, social, technological and physical needs of learners. This week’s feature article highlights some of what modern learning environments (MLE) are already offering twenty-first century students. Modern Learning Environments: Three NZ Case Studies – Mark Osborne Let’s have a look at how the research into flexible, open learning spaces translates into action. Below are three New Zealand schools that have been developed using the latest theories on modern learning and spaces. Perhaps the most important thing to note is that the building are a container for the learning we choose to place into them; and that curriculum, pedagogy, assessment practices, relationships and culture are just as important as the spaces, if not more important. Read more… About the Modern Learning Environments Expo: 7-8 June at Wigram Airforce Museum, Christchurch Friday 7: By-invitation event for principals and boards of trustees (registration required, numbers are limited) Saturday 8: Free Expo open to anyone interested in the future of education. Check out the details on the MLE Expo website From CORE’s blog Blending the Professional Learning: Refining the Model – Karen Melhuish Spencer Read online We are all used to the traditional mode of professional learning – face-to-face, with possibly a presenter and some interactive elements. We may also be pretty au fait with synchronous virtual learning from video conferencing, such as in Skype/Google Hangout sessions or webinars (again, some listening, some participation). BUT how often do sessions incorporate learners in both media at the same time? Read more… CORE’s Ten Trends Ten Trends 2013: Personalisation View the video  Education, at its heart, is about personalisation. Schools provide a safe environment to nurture students’ talents and make the most of who they are. We’ve moved a long way from the old approach of everyone facing the front and writing down the same thing at the same time. That model became popular, in part, out of necessity—we didn’t have the technology to set a class 15 different tasks at a range of levels of difficulty. Technology has meant that we can personalise learning and make a real difference for each child. Read more… Read the full article and post your views About CORE’s Ten Trends  CORE LEARNZ update Review: Wetland Biodiversity; and coming trips… We’ve had three fantastic virtual field trips so far this term. Teacher Lynn Burrell from Tangowahine School talks about the Wetland Biodiversity trip: “Student engagement in the field trips is always high.  The knowledge students gain from listening to experts, developing questions, reading and viewing the videos diaries etc is compelling learning! Highly motivating for students and teacher workload is reduced!” You can still enrol in these trips now: Northern Wetlands – restoring a culturally significant dune lake ecosystem Wetland Biodiversity – exploring a rare inland high country ecosystem Project Crimson – fighting for survival of rātā Next trip: Canterbury Earthquakes – more lessons for New Zealand Remember: CORE LEARNZ is free. If you’re not a registered teacher, register now then enrol in 2013 trips and/or use any of the 150+ archived trips. Not sure about this? Give us a call 0800 22 55 53 or flick an email to enquiries@learnz.org.nz. Latest from EDtalks Two new channels… In the new Modern Learning Environments channel, view three stories from new schools in Auckland. These new schools have explored different ways of using their physical environment and re-thought their organisation of learning and teaching. The stories give us a peek into these new learning environments and how the research into flexible, open learning spaces translates into action. View this video Also new is the Early Years channel, which showcases a variety of stories from the Looking Foward, Looking Back series, exploring the impact of the Christchurch earthquakes on early childhood centres. These stories were researched and produced by CORE Education early years facilitators Keryn Davis and Glenda Albon. Coming on stream: ICOT13 videos… Guy Claxton: Education as a moral enterprise CORE Breakfasts 2013 Breakfast seminars under way Auckland hosted its first Breakfast on 15 March, with Hazel Owen and Merryn Dunmill presenting Alternative Approaches to Assessment. We look forward to bringing more bite-sized pieces of professional learning to the Auckland venue throughout the year. Coming breakfasts include: Surviving and Thriving in a BYOD World presented by Mark Osborne in Christchurch on 9 April; and Using iPads to Support Teaching and Learning, presented by Tania Coutts and Tara Fagan in Wellington on 12 April. The workshops following both presentations are now FULL, however you can still register for the seminars. To keep informed about the coming breakfasts in your area: Sign up for the newsletter Check out which breakfast seminars are taking place near you Download the CORE Breakfast 2013 Seminar Programme Friend on Facebook Follow on Twitter Forward to a Friend Breakfast seminars: 9 April: Christchurch Surviving and thriving in a BYOD world – Mark Osborne The workshop is now FULL. Places still available for the Breakfast seminar 12 April: Wellington Using iPads to support teaching and learning —Tania Coutts & Tara Fagan (The workshop is now FULL. Places still available for the Breakfast seminar) 21 May: Christchurch Alternative Approached to Assessment – Hazel Owen and Merryn Dunmill (Registrations opening soon) 22 May: Dunedin It’s not Rocket Science: We Can do This! Culturally Responsive Practice – De Thomas, Wharehoka Wano and Janelle Riki (Registrations opening soon) 23 May: Hamilton Ten Trends for 2013: What impacts on the way New Zealand is embracing and adopting e-learning technologies and practices – Derek Wenmoth (Registrations open) 24 May: Wellington Embedding Key Competencies in the Learning Areas – Rose Hipkins (Registrations opening soon) 30 May: Invercargill Using iPads to Support Teaching and Learning – Tania Coutts Registrations open Other Events: 3 – 19 April: Centres around NZ Learning@School Roadshow 2013 15 -16 June: Auckand New Zealand Emerging Leaders Summit Learn more

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Learning@School Roadshow 2013 Coming To A Place Near You

From today’s inbox…  Posted late in the day for my Kiwi colleagues…

News and information about CORE Education’s Learning@School Conference Roadshow 2013

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There is still time to register for a Learning@School Roadshow near you! Why you should attend… Join national and local presenters for one day of professional learning and development suitable for teachers, school leaders, decision makers, and professionals working in educator professional learning and development. Expand your knowledge and take new skills, strategies, and a forward-thinking culture back to your school. There’ll be plenty of opportunity to question, share, reflect and debate as you extend your thinking and grow your professional practice, now and into the future. stay abreast of trends learn new ready-to-apply skills grow your professional practice engage with hands-on workshops participate in learning conversations about key issues facing educators network with local educators and school leaders. Regional programmes are now available to view. INVESTMENT: $230 + GST (morning tea and lunch included) Booking breakouts Please note: You will need to have registered and paid to be able to book your breakout sessions. Choose from a range of breakout workshops and presentations customised to your area. Keep your login details – username and password – in a safe place. You will need these to book your breakout sessions. If you lose your password, login here to obtain a new one. Breakout bookings open on March 15 at 4pm. What to expect Immerse yourself in hands-on sessions (BYOD) and/or explore: factors that are influencing our changing learning environments the transformational learning opportunities that ultrafast broadband and byod programmes can bring to learning digital citizenship and bullying effective e-learning practices ways to work towards raising Māori achievement modern learning environments (MLEs) to suit ALL learners 1 to 1 mobile device classrooms growing your online professional network social media The options are wide and varied. See you there! Register Now! For registration, invoice, or log-in queries, contact: Gwenny Davis For programme queries contact: Becky Hare Keynote speakers Personalised learning in future focused schools With Mark Osborne or Derek Wenmoth  factors influencing the changing shape of our schooling system what future focused schools look like and how should we respond personalised learning BYOD and wireless connectivity Cultivating digital citizenship in NZ schools With Dr John Fenaughty or Karen Melhuish Spencer the latest research that gives insight into digital citizenship why it is important for  effective 21st century learning practical strategies to help foster digital citizenship within your school community Making the most of Network for Learning (N4L) With Andy Schick  The N4L’s managed network will run over the ultra-fast broadband infrastructure, offering schools guaranteed minimum internet speeds and performance levels at little or no cost until at least 2016. The Crown-owned company will provide New Zealand schools: a safe and reliable online environment a diverse range of world-class teaching and learning resources aimed at improving student achievement support for schools’ efforts to provide students with the tools and skills needed to operate confidently and successfully in a rapidly evolving, technology-driven world Read more on the Speakers page of the Learning@School website City, when, where: Whangarei: Wed 3 April Kamo Primary School New Plymouth: Fri 5 April Sacred Heart Girls’ College Palmerston North: Mon 8 April St James Catholic School Napier: Wed 10 April William Colenso College Gisborne: Fri 12 April Awapuni Primary School Dunedin: Mon 15 April Bathgate Park School Nelson: Fri 19 April Club Waimea Friend on Facebook Follow on Twitter Forward to a Friend Quicklinks: Whangarei New Plymouth Palmerston North Napier Gisborne Dunedin Nelson Proudly partnered by: Hewlett Packard New Zealand

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CORE Education March Newsletter: Tips, Tools, News & Inspiration For Educators

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Latest news and information for educators We are pleased to announce the launch of our brand new Events website CORE is well known for its events. Now our IT team has made it easier for you to access all of our events in one space! They’ve created a brand new website where you can get specific and timely information about the event of your choice and find out about new and upcoming opportunities to develop your professional learning. Ulearn13 is on its way! Get all the information you need about Ulearn13 9-11 October, 2013 at the Claudelands Event Centre in Hamilton. Register for three days of the most engaging, collaborative and buzz-filled professional learning you’ll have all year! Call4Presentations are now open. Are you ready to take that step and share your expertise with others by becoming a presenter? This year, we are offering two separate conferences in conjunction with ULearn: ULearn Mobile: 8 October, 2013  (one day) Adapting teaching practices to make the most of the transformative power of BYOD and the use of ICTs in schools and classrooms is a must. This special, intensive one day Master-class Programme supports those who want to develop their understanding, strategies and skill-set around the opportunities and transformational power of teaching and learning in digital environments.  Whether you’re a beginner, or already well underway in creating safe personalised programmes and collaborative opportunities for students in the online world, there’ll be classes to suit your needs. Choose either half or full-day workshops and presentations. Register Have something to offer? Want to present?  Call4Presentations are open. ATANZ Assistive Technology Conference: 8-9 October, 2013 (two days) For the first time, ATANZ (Assistive Technology Alliance New Zealand) is collaborating with CORE Education to offer a two-day conference to link in with ULearn. As the line between assistive and mainstream technologies blur, people with disabilities and special needs are increasingly using innovative solutions to support their daily living and learning. In response to this trend, the new conference format offers participants all the benefits of a specialist assistive technology conference with the excitement and buzz of ULearn day 1 where the latest innovations in mainstream and teaching technologies are showcased. Register There is still time to register for a Learning@School Roadshow near you! Stay abreast of trends, grow your professional practice, participate in learning conversations, engage with lots of hands-on workshops and benefit from the chance to network with other local educators and school leaders. There’ll be plenty of opportunity to question, share, reflect and debate as you extend your thinking and teaching practice. L@S is coming to: Whangarei – Wednesday 3 April New Plymouth – Friday 5 April Palmerston North – Monday 8 April Napier – Wednesday 10 April Gisborne – Friday 12 April Dunedin Monday 15 April Nelson Friday 19 April The L@SR programme is now live on the website. See the  presenter line up for your region here (you must be registered and paid to be able to book your breakout session). Workshop bookings open at 4.pm on March 15. Morning Tea and Lunch provided. Feature article Meet Team Māori - Wharehoka Wano CORE Team Māori has grown significantly over the last 2 years. The team is spread throughout CORE and we are thankful for the opportunity we have had to meet regularly and support each other across our different areas. These hui are primarily about whanaungatanga where we can get together in a Māori environment and discuss issues that are affecting us professionally and personally. We are known to sing and laugh a lot. As Kaihautū Māori it is important we have a whānau to guide us and keep us safe in the leadership roles that we have. With this whānau as a backbone we are then able to be more effective across the wider CORE whānau in providing support particularly pertaining to Māori issues. Read more… From CORE’s blog Modern Learning Environments: Not ‘any colour as long as it’s black’ - Mark Osborne See the full post When Henry Ford said of his Model T cars ‘You can have any colour you like… as long as it’s black’, he could just as easily have been talking about high school when I was young. Apart from a few amazing teachers who were as inspiring as they were enthusiastic, most lessons were pretty black and grim. For the most part we sat down, faced the front, and copied down notes from overhead transparencies. If we were lucky, once or twice a year we might do something interactive or practical. Read more… CORE’s Ten Trends Ten Trends 2013: Overview - Derek Wenmoth View the video CORE’s Ten Trends for 2013 were launched by Derek Wenmoth and Mark Osborne at ICOT13 in January, and are posted on the CORE website. In the overview video Derek explains the Trends and provides us with a sneak peak of what to expect. One of the Trends will be unpacked each month through the year. Derek will also present a CORE Breakfast Seminar series throughout the country discussing the Ten Trends. View the seminar programme to see when he’s coming to a location near you. CORE LEARNZ update Antarctic field trip, penguin and seal monitoring, and saving kiwis The LEARNZ team are busy gearing up for an Antarctic field trip at the end of the month, and two New Zealand based field trips in November. There are four fantastic virtual field trip experiences for your students this term: Northern Wetlands – restoring a culturally significant dune lake ecosystem Wetland Biodiversity – exploring a rare inland high country ecosystem Project Crimson – fighting for survival of rātā Canterbury Earthquakes – more lessons for New Zealand Remember LEARNZ is free. If you’re not signed up to LEARNZ, register now, then enrol in 2013 trips and/or use any of the 150+ archived trips. Not sure about this? Give us a call 0800 22 55 53 or flick an email to enquiries@learnz.org.nz. Latest from EDtalks Steve Maharey: Think: Education for creative, innovative, flexible people View the video The Honourable Steve Maharey, Vice Chancellor of Massey University, opened the International Conference on Thinking, ICOT2013. In his address Maharey outlines the need for education systems that produce people who are creative, innovative and flexible. He points out that the NZ curriculum can enable this to happen, and he challenges educators to think about teaching strategies for the future, and to take action based on that thinking. Other popular videos on EDtalks… Brendan Spillane: Pull up a chair Mark Osborne: Space for leading thinking Kirpal Singh: Words Stephen Lines: The future of thinking CORE staff focus Mark Osborne and Pauline Scanlan The CORE whānau has grown significantly this year already, with nine new team members coming on board in January alone. We’re excited to welcome two new Senior Consultants on board in January – Mark Osborne and Pauline Scanlan. Mark comes to CORE from Albany Senior High School, where he was part of the foundation leadership team and Deputy Principal, as well as founding Emerging Leaders Aotearoa, running EduIgnite evenings around the country, and a two-day unconference ‘Ignition’ once a year. Pauline comes to CORE with a background in teaching, as well as lecturing, publishing and consulting specialising in education communications. Pauline has worked with the Ministry of Education in the area of school leadership, as well as working with the Asia New Zealand Foundation and the Eastern Metropolitan Region of the Department of Education in Victoria (DEECD). We will introduce you to other new staff members in future newsletters. CORE Breakfasts CORE Breakfast Seminars and workshops for 2013 have begun CORE’s Breakfast Seminar series has started for 2013, and we are looking forward to our very first breakfast in the brand new Auckland location. In 2013, many of the Breakfast Seminars will offer a three hour follow-up workshop, to extend your thinking on the topics discussed during the breakfast presentation. Be sure to check out the CORE Breakfast 2013 Seminar Programme, to plan your breakfasts for the year and see which workshops are available – many seminars are presented at multiple locations. See Breakfast Seminars coming up in your area on our new CORE Events website. Friend on Facebook Follow on Twitter Forward to a Friend Breakfast seminars: 15 March: Auckland Alternative approaches to assessment—Hazel Owen & Merryn Dunmill 9 April: Christchurch Surviving and thriving in a BYOD world – Mark Osborne  12 April: Wellington Using iPads to support teaching and learning —Tania Coutts & Tara Fagan  Other Events: 3 – 19 April: Learning@School Roadshow 2013 The Royal Society of New Zealand is now accepting applications for the 2013 Terms 3 and 4 intake of Primary Science and Endeavour Teacher Fellowships. Applications close on 5 April 2013.CORE Education is involved in developing and delivering the curriculum development workshops, and facilitating ongoing support including an online community. Anyone wanting to talk further about a possible application, please contact John Auty at john.auty@royalsociety.org.nz or phone (04) 470 5763. Learn more

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