Meri Kirihimete 2019

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	VLN Primary School

Meri Kirihimete 2019

Kia ora koutou katoa, Kia orāna, Talofa lava, Malo e lelei, Nĭ hăo 你好, Annyoung haseyo 안녕하세요, Namaste! Naumai, haere mai ki te Kura Tuatahi – Akonga Aka Mariko Welcome to the VLN Primary School Our goal is to: Empower Connected, Passionate, Purposeful Learners 2019 has been another successful year for the VLN Primary and online learning in NZ schools. In this last newsletter of the year we share our ‘Snapshot of Learning 2019’ which has all the statistics and demographic information about our learning community. It’s great to see such growth in students participation and in the range of learning opportunities available to them. Equity and access to learning is an important principle of the VLN Primary initiative. We discuss issues of equity and funding and ask schools to advocate for systems change to enable more equitable resourcing and in the meantime share links for access to community funding providers. Congratulations to all our awesome learners from around Aotearoa New Zealand we are very proud of your participation and achievements. We also recognise the achievement of Stephanie Michel, our German teacher, who is retiring from eteaching this year after 7 years with the VLN Primary. Enrolment information is included in this newsletter, and a reminder of the new programmes available in 2020. Don’t forget enrolments need to be completed by 17 February. We will be back at school from 20 January 2020. Finally we include a few of the awesome highlights from this year: ULearn 2019 Showcase Korean Study Tour Rural & Remote Schools Camp Thank you to all our eteachers who have shared their specialist passion and expertise with our learners and to the support teachers in schools who help our children be successful online learners. Special thanks to Leo & Anna at Kaitoke School who have hosted the Ministry contract on behalf of all our schools. We wish all our school communities, whānau, students, teachers, partners and supporters a very Meri Kirihimete and a safe and enjoyable summer break. Ngā mihi maioha Rachel VLN Primary Snapshot of Learning 2019 Another successful year learning online with the VLN Primary! Here are our vital stats for the year. Read more Equitable access to learning Equity and access to learning are one of the key principles of the VLN Primary initiative, so it is concerning to hear that for many schools funding is an issue. Read more VLN Primary Special Awards We have some awesome children from all around Aotearoa New Zealand who are learning in our online classes. We recognise them all for their participation and achievement. Read more Farewell Stephanie We are sad to farewell Stephanie Michel our German teacher. Stephanie was one of our first online teachers who started with us in 2012. Read more 2020 VLN Primary Enrolments Now Open Do you want your students to be #connectedlearners, lead their own learning and build key competencies? Do you want to share in the expertise of a growing collaborative network of schools? Enrolments are now open for Semester 1, 2020. Read more Whats new @VLN Primary in 2020 In addition to our long standing and popular programmes we have a host of new ones to bring to your curious learners. Check them out! Read more uLearn19 Showcase – VLN Primary, NetNZ & NEX uLearn is a great place to catch up with old friends and make new ones – here is a quick round up of our experience at uLearn this year. Read more Korean Study Tour In the last school holiday break I joined a delegation of NZ teachers and principals on a study tour of South Korea. This was a great opportunity to learn more about Korean society, culture and education system. Read more Rural & Remote schools meet in Wellington What a great time our kids and teachers had on our recent Wellington camp! Read more   Explore the full publication                      Some rights reserved, VLN Primary School, 2019

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

CISCO Case Study: New Zealand’s Virtual Learning Network (VLN)

I used this document as a citation in something that I wrote a few years ago.  But I don’t think I ever posted it to this space, so I wanted to share it with primarily my North American readers.

Case Study: New Zealand’s Virtual Learning Network (VLN)

Location

New Zealand

Aim

The aim is to establish an online environment supporting asynchronous and synchronous learning across New Zealand and beyond in-line with the Ministry of Education’s s-Learning Action Plan for Schools 2006-2010 (Enabling the 21st century learner).

Objectives

• Increase and enhance the capability of teachers, principals, education providers, and Ministry of Education staff
• Support staff to become confident users of video conferencing and other communication technologies for teaching and learning through professional development
• Provide advice and leadership to staff and principals to develop quality online networked teaching and learning environments
• Initiate and coordinate collaborative partnerships between schools, staff, principals, and education resource providers

Rationale

New Zealand has 2700 schools, the majority of which are in rural areas with under 100 school children. Between 1920 and 1994, a paper-based correspondence school was responsible for the education of isolated primary children and for extending…

To continue reading, visit https://www.cisco.com/c/dam/en_us/solutions/industries/docs/education/NewZealandsVirtualLearningNetwork.pdf

Get The Most Out Of iPads In The Classroom

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Kia ora Michael Do you have iPads in your class, but aren’t sure how to get the most out of them? Would you like to feel more comfortable using iPads in your class? Would you like to see your learners create amazing content that demonstrates their learning in meaningful ways? Are you a school leader that would like to see your teaching staff get the most out of your Apple technology? We would like to invite you to a very special one-day experience with CORE Education in which you will learn how to use your iPads in exciting and engaging ways. CORE Apple Teacher Experience The CORE Apple Teacher Experience is designed to show teachers/kaiako powerful ways that students can use iPads to demonstrate creativity and understanding. There will be workshops run by CORE staff and Apple Professional Learning Specialists. You will have an opportunity to learn more about Everyone Can Code and Everyone Can Create resources as well as the Apple Teacher programme. Apple Teacher programme The CORE Apple Teacher Experience will get you started with the Apple Teacher Programme and inspire you to go further in your learning on how to get the most out of the Apple devices in your learning community. This full-day event will be delivered by CORE staff, and Apple Professional Learning Specialists, who are committed to helping educators get the most out of Apple technology. Register now! CORE Education is offering two Apple Teacher Experiences in 2020: Tāmaki Makaurau / Auckland 21 April 8:30-4:00pm Ormiston Junior College Ōtautahi / Christchurch 23 April 8:30-4:00pm Christ’s College Individual price: $195 + GST per person Individual registration Auckland > Individual registration Christchurch > Group discounts $165.75 + GST per person for registrations of 3 or more people. A registration form will need to be completed for each delegate when registering a group. Use the code 3PLUSDISCOUNT when registering each delegate to receive the 15% discount. Group registration Auckland > Group registration Christchurch > For all enquires please email the Events Team. Ngā mihi nui, The CORE Events Team

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NZC Online Newsletter November 2019

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Welcome to the November 2019 newsletter for NZC Online. In these newsletters we keep you up to date with stories, resources, and events to help you implement your local curriculum. Strengthening Local Curriculum Spotlight: Strengthening Local Curriculum  Our thirteenth spotlight explores ways that you can bring The New Zealand Curriculum to life for your students as you strengthen your local curriculum. Local curriculum is the tailoring of learning to build on the strengths, needs, and interests of your people. It adds value to your learners and to your communities. Find short videos, group activities, and opportunities for personal reflection. Webinar: Strengthening Local Curriculum  If you missed the Strengthening Local Curriculum Webinar, there will be a recording available shortly online. Leading Local Curriculum Guide series The Leading Local Curriculum Guide series has been developed to steer review of your curriculum, assessment, and design decisions as you strengthen your local curriculum, respond to progress, and reinforce learning partnerships with parents and whānau. Read more>> New Resources The Same Game  All Year 1-3 classrooms will receive copies of ‘The Same Game’ this week, a book which covers The New Zealand Curriculum principles of cultural diversity and inclusion. Included in the book are key questions for teachers to ask when facilitating important conversations that require students to reflect, take on the perspective of others, consider differences and demonstrate inclusivity and respect for others. For more information, please contact Joanne Whitaker at Joanne.Whitaker@education.govt.nz. Teaching and learning Gagana Tokelau New resources to support the teaching and learning of the Tokelau language (gagana) as an additional language for Years 7 to 10 are being distributed to schools. The Tokelau storybooks and teacher support materials support the Learning Languages area of The New Zealand Curriculum. The teacher support materials can be found in the Pasifika languages section of TKI’s Pasifika Education community and include activities and an English version of each story. Latest updates VLN Primary School – Online Programmes 2020 Strengthen your schools curriculum delivery; enable your students to develop as connected, self-managing, digitally fluent learners; share in the expertise of a growing collaborative network of schools by participating in a wide range of online programmes available through the VLN Primary School. Te reo Māori, Digital technologies, Gifted and talented, Learning languages, Arts, Science, Maths, Literacy and life skills Find out more and register your interest online or contact primary@vln.school.nz with queries. Your feedback helps We would love to hear from you if you have ideas to make the website easier to use, or better for you, or if you have ideas for future blog posts or newsletters. Email us at: nzcurriculum@tki.org.nz

November Newsletter

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November Newsletter

Tūhononga o ngā tangata mōhio ipurangi Building capability in online learning and teaching through Networks of Expertise In this issue we let you know of upcoming PLD opportunities. Please read this promptly to make sure you don’t miss out on any of the opportunities you would like to participate in (sorry for the short notice for some). The Southern Regional Hui begins this Thursday 28th November. If you are not one of those already organised to join face to face there are opportunities to join virtual sessions. Check out when these are available and how to connect. An Open Education Symposium is being held in Dunedin on 5 & 6th December. If you are keen to participate, read more about the details and contact us for funding support to attend. FLANZ  – Focus on Flexible Learning submissions and registrations are open. We would love for a delegation from the schooling sector attend this event. Find out about the FLANZ conference and how NEX can support your attendance. 2020 NEX PLD  opportunities – we give a heads on what we are planning and ask for your contributions and ideas. Finally we are on the look out for two new lead teachers to join our team – check out what is involved and consider putting yourself forward. Ngā mihi Rachel, Darren & the Lead Teacher team Coming up in 2020 – Your input please NEX lead teachers are preparing PLD opportunities for 2020. Here’s a heads up on some of them and a request for you input. Read more 2019 NEX Southern Regional Hui Announcing our Southern Regional Hui held at Salmond College in Dunedin, November 28 and 29. All welcome. Read more A Better World through Open Education Join this two-day inaugural open education symposium hosted by Otago Polytechnic and New Zealand’s Centre for Open Education Practice (COEP) – 5-6 December 2019. Funding available for NEX members. Read more Focus on Flexible Learning – FLANZ Conference The biennial FLANZ conference, is to be held at Victoria University, Kelburn Campus, Wellington, 22-23 April 2020. We invite our NEX members to apply for funds to attend. Read more NEX – Lead Teacher Team Vacancies We have two vacancies on our team for experienced and enthusiastic online teachers who are keen to be part of the lead teacher team to drive NEX – is this you? Read more   Explore the full publication                 Some rights reserved, NEX – Online Teachers Network, 2019