Keeping Our Online Learners Safe

A newsletter from a New Zealand-based schools sector virtual learning program.

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Keeping our online learners safe by Lucie Lindsay

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We have been using Zoom successfully and safely since 2016 and are committed to ensuring our learners have a safe and successful online learning experience. Here’s what we are doing to keep our learners safe in their online classes. Read more   Click here to view the full article

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Please note that I am a member of the Governance Group for this e-learning cluster.

Reminder VLN Primary 2020 AGM – Agenda & Remits

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Reminder VLN Primary 2020 AGM – Agenda & Remits by Rachel Whalley

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A reminder that our VLN Primary AGM will be held on Thursday 30th April 4.00 pm. Nau mai Haere Mai! We welcome interest from new trustees. Agenda, Remit & Connection details are: Read more   Click here to view the full article

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We’re Open For Online Learning!

Another item from my Kiwi readers.

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Tēnā koe Michael At the end of week one of the official lockdown, we’re all beginning to get a taste of what our lives might be like over the next while. Each of our circumstances will be different, and some of you might be turning your attention to your own professional learning and development. We want to let you know that CORE remains “open for learning”. Our webinars (30-60mins) and programmes (8+ weeks) cover a range of learning areas. Discover what’s on in Term 2 > Upcoming webinars

Making sense of Tapasā (for Early Years) 21 April 2020 Register Innovation is in our DNA: engaging Māori students in Design Thinking 7 May 2020 Register Assessment for learning: using Seesaw (beginner) 30 April 2020 Register Leadership stories of strength and action 11 May 2020 Register Future focused schools: aligning strategies to realise positive change 5 May 2020 Register Ten Trends: drivers of change shaping our future 13 May 2020 Register

Spotlight on Game Based Learning Game based learning can take ākonga on a journey, from being consumers to being digital creators. Hear how Fiona Summerfield used game based learning with her yr8 and yr11 children in this podcast. Switching locally-focused PLD hours The Ministry of Education is encouraging schools, kura, and Kāhui Ako to switch already contracted, locally-focused PLD hours to support for distance learning. If you have already contracted hours to work with a CORE facilitator, and you’d like to switch the focus of your PLD, please contact your facilitator directly. CORE Blog and resources We’ve put resources and information to support distance learning in one place on our website. The blogs ‘Learning at home: starts with relationships’ and ‘Engaging junior learners and whānau from home‘ are a great start. We’ll be updating this web page regularly and we’ll let you know when a new blog goes up. Contact us Any questions? We’re happy to help. Cassandra Brown 021 197 5399 cassandra.brown@core-ed.ac.nz Share Tweet Forward Copyright © 2020 CORE Education, All rights reserved. You have received this email because you have attended one of our events and were happy for us to update you, or subscribed to our emails via core-ed.org or blog.core-ed.org. Our mailing address is: CORE Education 144 Kilmore Street Christchurch, Canterbury 8013 New Zealand

CORE Blog: Engaging Junior Learners And Whānau From Home

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Engaging junior learners and whānau from home By Anne Kenneally & Rachel McNamara A joint blog by Anne Kenneally and Rachel McNamara Ko koe ki tēna, ko āhau, ki tēnei kiwai o te kete. You take that handle of the kete and I’ll take this one. Teaching and learning is all a bit of a puzzle right now; not a simple child’s one with only one place where Read more » Recent Articles: Learning at home: start with relationships Children’s agency, a champion, and a model for advocacy Future Ready – bringing your graduate profile to life! Changing roles; a collaborative practice impact story Appreciative inquiry: Searching for the best in people Share Tweet Forward

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Switch Your Locally-focused PLD Hours

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Kia ora Michael Tēnei te tuku i ngā mihi ki a koutou katoa i ngā tini āhuatanga o te wā We hope you’re settling well into your home / work spaces. You may have heard that the Ministry of Education is encouraging schools, kura, and Kāhui Ako to switch already contracted locally-focused PLD hours to support for distance learning, if you wish. If you have already contracted hours to work with a CORE facilitator, and you’d like to switch the focus of your PLD, you can either: – Contact your facilitator directly to let them know what support you need, or – Wait for your facilitator to contact you in the next couple of days. If you don’t have locally-focused PLD with CORE, and would like to work with our specialist facilitators in distance learning, you can contact us at: learning@core-ed.ac.nzNoho ora mai CORE Education

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