http://www.tki.org.nz/e/community/english/ English What's New en-us felicity.kirkham@tki.org.nz 2008-11-26T15:06:05+12:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://softwareforlearning.tki.org.nz/ 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.... 4304@http://www.tki.org.nz/e/community/english/ 2008-11-26T15:06:05+12:00 http://arb.nzcer.org.nz/new_english.php Investigate the new English assessment resources that have been added. The resources continue the focus on evaluating character and the author's construction of character.... 4267@http://www.tki.org.nz/e/community/english/ 2008-10-31T16:12:21+12:00 http://nzcurriculum.tki.org.nz/digital_stories/school_stories/ Check-out the latest school stories available on The New Zealand Curriculum online. They provide examples of ideas and approaches some schools are using to reshape their curricula.... 4266@http://www.tki.org.nz/e/community/english/ 2008-10-31T15:25:04+12:00 http://www.sla.org.uk/boys-into-books-overview.php Make use of this list of books designed to attract and enthuse boys about reading for pleasure. It includes classic novels with a variety of themes as well as fact-based books, history, and humour.... 4109@http://www.tki.org.nz/e/community/english/ 2008-09-18T09:14:38+12:00 http://english.unitecnology.ac.nz/bookchat/next.php Check out the books for Book Backchat for term 4, and encourage your students to participate in these discussions.... 4108@http://www.tki.org.nz/e/community/english/ 2008-09-18T09:07:59+12:00 http://www.educationcounts.govt.nz/publications/series/2543/pisa_2006/29190 /29191 Read this report describing New Zealand’s results for reading literacy in the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2006, which covers 57 countries. It expands on information already released in international and national reports in December 2007.... 4107@http://www.tki.org.nz/e/community/english/ 2008-09-18T08:58:33+12:00 http://www.victoria.ac.nz/modernletters/activities/school-poetry/schools-poetry.aspx The 2008 winners of this award were announced on Friday 22 August. Visit the site to view the media release and read the winning and shortlisted poems. The judges' reports discuss the winning poems and offer advice for emerging writers.... 4081@http://www.tki.org.nz/e/community/english/ 2008-08-27T09:18:58+12:00 http://www.minedu.govt.nz/educationSectors/MaoriEducation/Initiatives/NgarimuEssayCompetition.aspx Encourage your year 7–13 Māori students to participate in the Ngārimu VC and 28th (Māori) Battalion Memorial Scholarship Fund Board Essay Competition. Check out the website for more details.... 4080@http://www.tki.org.nz/e/community/english/ 2008-08-26T15:00:50+12:00 http://createreaders.natlib.govt.nz/ Check out this National Library blog about children's and young people's literature (especially from New Zealand), literacy research, and ways to encourage enthusiasm for reading. The site contains social software and user-contributed content. It is recommended that teachers are discerning when using with students.... 4069@http://www.tki.org.nz/e/community/english/ 2008-08-20T08:56:05+12:00 http://www.instep.net.nz/ Explore this set of learning materials developed for inservice teacher educators (ISTEs) who support classroom teachers and school leaders in their professional learning and development. The materials discuss generic areas of ISTE knowledge and expertise, and examine what effective ISTE practice and learning look like and how to achieve it.... 4060@http://www.tki.org.nz/e/community/english/ 2008-08-19T10:55:48+12:00 http://www.minedu.govt.nz/educationSectors/Schools/Initiatives/ICTInSchools/ICTStrategy/LatestICTNewsAndReleases/ELearningTeacherFellowships.aspx Applications for the e-Learning Teacher Fellowships for 2009 are now open. Up to 10 classroom teachers and early childhood educators using e-learning in innovative ways will be selected. The theme for the projects in 2009 is literacy. Guidelines and the application forms are on the website. Applications are due 15... 4015@http://www.tki.org.nz/e/community/english/ 2008-08-13T16:23:04+12:00 http://www.tki.org.nz/r/literacy_numeracy/professional/teachers_notes/school_journal/index_e.php From this year School Journal Teachers' Notes will no longer be printed and distributed with each journal, but a selection will be available in an online format. One of the main teaching purposes of the notes is to support students in developing their comprehension strategies. See the introduction for more... 3979@http://www.tki.org.nz/e/community/english/ 2008-08-06T10:48:07+12:00 http://success-for-boys.tki.org.nz/ Create opportunities for all boys at your school to succeed. This site is designed to help school leaders look at teaching-learning relationships with boys in classrooms, create supportive learning environments for boys, and provide a range of approaches and tools to address the diverse learning needs of boys so they... 3966@http://www.tki.org.nz/e/community/english/ 2008-08-04T10:28:52+12:00 http://www.tki.org.nz/r/literacy_numeracy/pdf/teaching-handwriting.pdf Check out Teaching Handwriting which has been reproduced in PDF format. The draft Literacy Learning Progressions:Meeting the Reading and Writing Demands of the Curriculum provides clear expectations as to the handwriting skills students need to have mastered by certain year levels.... 3919@http://www.tki.org.nz/e/community/english/ 2008-07-25T09:05:08+12:00 http://arb.nzcer.org.nz/new_english.php Check out the English resources recently added to the Assessment Resource Banks. These new resources focus on the reading strategy of evaluating: one at level 2, one at level 4, and two at level 5. To register for a username and password, go to the ARB registration page.... 3889@http://www.tki.org.nz/e/community/english/ 2008-07-14T10:05:51+12:00