An Exhibition of Student Landscapes
Encourage your year 1 to 8 Otago students to create a landscape in the style of either, Frances Hodgkins, Grahame Sydney, or Marilynn Webb. Examples of student landscapes (chosen as the best by students and teachers from their school) will be displayed during the Heritage Festival in March 2009.
http://www.megabright.co.nz/Hodgkins_Landscapes/Home.htm
02-12-2008

Software for Learning
Enhance your learning environment with software that is appropriate and has been recommended by other New Zealand teachers. Browse through the brand new, very friendly Software for Learning collection, and check out all the new software and related resources there now. Software includes social software, freeware and non-freeware. Click here for Software for Learning resources specific to The Arts.
http://softwareforlearning.tki.org.nz/
26-11-2008

Changes to the 2009 Secondary Schools Arts Coordinators Project
Read about the latest changes to this project. The project provides administrative support for arts teachers. The Secondary Schools Arts Coordinators Project can also be accessed from ‘Key Collections’ on the right hand side of this page.
http://www.tki.org.nz/r/arts/ssac/index_e.php
25-11-2008

Student Gallery: Ministry of Education Online Gallery
Ask your students if they would like their artworks displayed online and at the Ministry’s head office. Download a student consent form from this website. All artworks are returned after a 2–3 week period of display.
http://www.tki.org.nz/r/arts/student_gallery/moe_exhibition/index_e.php
10-11-2008

NZ ON SCREEN
Discover the best of New Zealand television and film online for free. This website has over 250 titles to choose from and provides biographies of the people in front of and behind the camera. You will need to update your version of Adobe Flash Player in order to view the videos.
http://nzonscreen.com/
04-11-2008

Senior Secondary Drama Units: Developing Key Competencies
Browse these three senior secondary drama units that have been specifically designed to support beginning teachers and teachers who are new to New Zealand. The units are written for Levels 6─8 of the New Zealand Curriculum, NCEA levels 1, 2 and 3, each with a focus on a specific key competency.
http://arts.unitec.ac.nz/resources/units/drama_units/
24-09-2008

Arts unit templates and examples
Register to create an arts unit or browse example units, using the Interactive Unit Planner or the NCEA Interactive Unit Planner. To register simply enter your email address, a password, and then wait for confirmation.
21-08-2008

Dance units
Make use of these units that support the implementation of the New Zealand Curriculum. Dancing the Key Competencies contains ten units of work for levels 1–5, each addressing a key competency. Dancing Towards Respect focuses on levels 6–8 and includes NCEA Achievement Standards.
http://arts.unitec.ac.nz/resources/units/dance_units.php
06-08-2008

Drama units
Make use of these units that support the implementation of the New Zealand Curriculum. Learning in Action contains eight units of work for levels 1–4. Iconic Drama are exemplars of units for year 9–10.
http://arts.unitec.ac.nz/resources/units/drama_units.php

The Outlook for Someday: A Sustainability Film Challenge
This is an exciting opportunity for young film-makers to showcase their talent through producing a short film outlining how they see the future unfolding. It contains links to a toolkit, forum, judging criteria, sponsors, and all the information required to enter. Entry deadline is 19 September 2008.
http://www.theoutlookforsomeday.net

Te Papa Tongarewa: Collections Online
Use Te Papa’s Collections Online to access the cultural history collections (including art, history, Pacific cultures, photography, and taonga Māori) and the natural environment collections.
http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/search.aspx

Visual Culture and the New Zealand Curriculum
Utilise these units of work that show how the Digistore, Te Pātaka Matihiko digital resources, made available to schools by the Museum of New Zealand, Te Papa Tongarewa, can be used in visual arts teaching and learning. These units deal with elements of identity.
http://arts.unitec.ac.nz/resources/units/visual_culture/

Dancing Treasures: Icons from Te Papa
Utilise these units of work that show how the Digistore, Te Pātaka Matihiko digital resources, made available to schools by the Museum of New Zealand, Te Papa Tongarewa, can be used. In these units, students explore personal and Te Papa treasures through dance.
http://arts.unitec.ac.nz/resources/units/dancing_treasures/

Digital learning objects now individually listed on TKI
All the Digistore learning objects can now be found through the TKI search – all you need is your school password. Email digistore@tki.org.nz if you have lost your password.
http://www.tki.org.nz/r/digistore/register_e.php

Blue Light Scholarship of Excellence 2008/2009
Suggest that your students apply for this ambassador's award for a young person who has shown outstanding potential and achievement in academic, sporting, the arts and/or social fields. The award is for a scholarship valued at $5000.
http://www.bluelight.co.nz/?events&103

Teacher Talk
Teacher Talk is an area on TKI that enables teachers and educators to ask questions, share knowledge, and offer insights on a range of subjects on a public forum. Please feel free to begin a new topic, or contribute to an existing conversation thread. You can locate Teacher Talk from the Interact page of TKI. Register here first.

Telephone Tutorial
The TKI Team would be happy to provide a tour of the website, via the telephone, at your school staff meetings or planning sessions. Contact us at tutorials@tki.org.nz if you would like to explore this option.