What’s Online In Term 4: Professional Learning Opportunities For Educators

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Kia ora Michael Make the most of professional learning opportunities coming up online in Term 4. Each are specifically designed to suit the busy lives of educators, no matter where you are in Aotearoa. Registrations open now! How to make a professional learning development application FREE online workshop 23 October 2019 Understand the process and ensure the best chance of success when making a professional learning development (PLD) application. Find out more >

Play-based learning Online workshop 23 October 2019 Gain an understanding of the key components of an effective play-based learning programme that challenges students to develop new skills. Find out more > Extend your collaborative teacher practice Online workshop 23 October 2019 Connect with your collaborative teaching team to extend your understanding of how to plan, assess and work together. Find out more > Learning through play matters Breakfast seminar recording Filmed 1 November 2019 Explore the value, build your understanding and uncover ways to enable self-directed learning through play. Find out more > Looking for something personalised? Our accredited facilitators can help your educational community. Get in touch! Share Tweet Forward

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CORE Blog: Zero Budget Gamification Of Online Learning

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Zero budget gamification of online learning By Stephen Lowe In my last post I wrote about game-based learning and differentiated it from gamification. In this article I look at the gamification of online courses. I suggest that gamification is not only about points, leaderboards, and badges. It may simply be about the language we use, and our approach. However the learning experience designer chooses Read more » Recent Articles: Ripples in the pond Voices from the Pacific – Lost in translation Recognising Authentic Context in Digital Technologies Inside-out learning Becoming culturally courageous Share Tweet Forward

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Kia kaha Te Reo Māori!

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Kia ora Michael Today marks the start of Te Wiki o te Reo Māori, a week dedicated to the Māori language and encouraging use in our workplaces and learning communities. To celebrate Te Wiki o te Reo Māori we are giving away two entire collections of our popular Papaki cards – one set on each of our Facebook pages, CORE Education and CORE Arareo Māori Resources. Follow us on Facebook and simply answer the daily pātai (question) to be in to win.

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September Newsletter: Term 4 PLD Opportunities, Te Wiki O Te Reo Māori, uLearn19 & More

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Kia ora Michael We hope you’re springing into Spring with all the added enthusiasm the extra sunshine brings! There’s plenty to look forward to as we head towards the final part of the year. Read on for the latest about; professional learning opportunities available online in Term 4, how you can win during Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori, getting your creative fix at uLearn19, and more. Online professional learning in Term 4 We know it’s full steam ahead to the end of the year for educators! But it’s always important to make time for your own learning. That’s why we’re offering PLD opportunities that are short, sharp and available online, timed around school hours. Registrations open now – there’s even a free workshop on offer. See what’s online in Term 4 > Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori With Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori starting Monday, we have a bit of related activity happening on our Facebook page, including a week-long competition. You could win an entire collection of our Papaki cards and grow your Māori vocabulary the fun way. Follow us on Facebook > Where’s everyone going these school holidays? Create, make, code, explore, innovate, listen, share…you can do it all kanohi-ki-te-kanohi at uLearn19, Aotearoa’s premier educational event. Come and flex your thinking muscles with us in Rotorua these school holidays! Soak up the atmosphere, network with peers, build your digital fluency, and learn some new stuff! Dive into the workshops > From the blog Voices from the Pacific – Lost in translation Traci Sietu writes about how seeing through a cultural lens and how you can support Pasifika learners in your community. More > Ripples in the pond Philippa Nicoll-Antipas discusses what happens when you throw a stone into the classroom ecosystem. More > Upcoming learning opportunities

uLearn19 Educational conference Rotorua: 9-11 October Register Play-based learning Workshop Online: 23 October Register What’s the Plan Stan? Getting ready for an emergency FREE virtual field trip Online: 15-17 October Register Learning through play matters Breakfast Dunedin: 30 October Wellington: 1 November Register Extend your collaborative teacher practice Workshop Online: 23 October Register Navigating school hauora: why, what and how? Breakfast Auckland: 1 November Register

Contact us We love receiving your feedback. Please feel free to email us. Wherever you are in Aotearoa, if you are looking for specific professional learning, our consultants can tailor PLD to suit you or your educational setting. Find out more. Share Tweet Forward Copyright © 2019 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

The Most Hands-On And Interactive Event Of The Year

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Kia ora Michael Flex your hands and get creative at uLearn19 these school holidays. Beginner, intermediate or experienced, if you want hands-on learning in the digitech space, then be prepared to have your mind blown. Bring your curiosity, and a ‘give it a go’ attitude. Dive in and explore Te Ao Māori for Minecraft Microsoft will launch Ngā Motu for Minecraft: Education Edition during Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori, the first dedicated world reflecting Te Ao Māori for Minecraft and available to all ākonga in Aotearoa. At uLearn19 you’ll get the opportunity to visit the Microsoft Education stand and meet the team behind this world and learn how you can integrate this into your classrooms at no cost. Head to the Minecraft: Education Edition >> Save my seat at uLearn19 Some of the hands-on workshops on offer Can you programme a humanoid robot? Yes you can! – Dennis Kambeitz Become confident teaching robotics and coding. There’ll be some pretty amazing robots for you to play with! Incorporating data stories into lessons – Lillian Grace Data literacy and practical tips that will help students use data for any subject – an increasingly important skill. MVTV Marina View Television – Colin Gover Hands-on student-led experience, with students as knowledge creators and broadcasters! HīAko: Ngā koha a ngā atua – Hohepa Isaac-Sharland and Whare Isaac-Sharland A bilingual session focused on solving real-world problems with creative ideas. Understanding the opportunities in our technologically connected world – Martin Levins Design solutions to problems and explore cross curricular applications for computational thinking. How Mixed, Virtual and Augmented Reality is enabling the way we learn – Sakthi Ranganathan and Seku Skandan An immersive experience sharing a toolkit for cultivating deeper learning. You can book these and more breakout sessions via the easy to use event app, once you have registered for uLearn19. We recommend getting in quick to save your seat in your preferred sessions! tweet share email

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