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Inquiry learning - from knowledge to understanding
22/2/2012
How do you use inquiry learning to move from knowledge to understanding? The teacher in this video clip explains how she carefully focuses her planning, then uses events and provocative statements to make inquiry relevant, and fully engage her students.
Nature of Science
22/2/2012
The nature of science is the overarching and unifying strand in the New Zealand science curriculum document. This area of the Science Learning Hub unpacks this strand and points you to many different places within the Hub where you can find the nature of science – throughout the articles, research, videos, animations and teaching and learning activities in each of the contexts and science stories on the Science Learning Hub.
Software for Learning: Comic Master
20/2/2012
Comic Master is a ‘create your own graphic novel’ software designed to excite Year 6 -10 students about reading and writing.
Using a variety of menus and choices, students can create a their own graphic novel based on a text, or 'from scratch'.
Editing options include character art, speech bubbles, thought bubbles, caption boxes, and special effects
Find out more....
Using Storybird to improve literacy
20/2/2012
Find out how Storybird, a free digital story writing tool, is making an impact on the literacy development of students, and helping the students to become self motivated and proud of their work. This school story is from the new and developing Tools section of the enabling elearning website
NZ Curriculum Update 17: Supporting mathematics learning
17/2/2012
This Update will help you to review the mathematics teaching in your school and implement initiatives to address underachievement.
It explores three tiers of support for mathematics learning and includes a case study describing one school’s programme of targeted, intensive support for students who were underachieving in mathematics. It also discusses a range of materials and resources to support accelerating learning in mathematics.
Software to support literacy
14/2/2012
A wealth of software types can be found on Software for Learning to support writing, reading and research, oral language development, and presentation of written work.
Business Education Resources
13/2/2012
The new Business.govt.nz education section has teaching resources for business and enterprise educators.
Resources place an emphasis on discussion, the real-world application of business concepts, and encouraging students to put theory into practice to bring the subject alive.
Each lesson includes a topic handout, presentation, ready-made lesson plan for teachers, and a student worksheet containing tasks and questions.
Find out more...
Newsletter 2
9/2/2012
In the last newsletter we reported on the successful launch of this website. We now have useful statistical feedback data from Google Analytics on site access. The first site visit occurred on December 7, 2011, and the information provided below runs through to February 2, 2012.
NZTA Curriculum resources
8/2/2012
NZ Transport Agency has developed teaching and learning resources for 7 learning areas especially Health and physical education, English, and Mathematics and statistics.
They are closely aligned to the New Zealand Curriculum and include rail safety, cycle safety, passenger safety, travelling to a big event, and Feet First - Walk to School Every Week resources.
Update on e-asTTle training and support
7/2/2012
e-asTTle seminars are free to schools in 2012. The schedule for Term 1 is now available.
If you are interested in attending, please email e-asttle@evaluate.co.nz. Please include email addresses and phone numbers for up to two people from your school who would like to attend.
Dates and venues will be confirmed as soon as possible. Information will be updated regularly in the Training and Support section of the e-asTTle website, and in the news section of Assessment Online.
Individual support is also available for those schools already using e-asTTle. It is flexible to needs, and may include phone or Skype conversations, e-mail or in-school support. Please email with a request for assistance.