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| Kia ora and welcome to the news page for the social sciences community.
We value your feedback and ideas, and invite you to contact us at socialsciences@tki.org.nz.
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There are links to over 2400 quality-assured materials in this community. Find
them by using the menu bars and the quick search facility under the arrow on
the right-hand side of the page. To go to the social studies community news
page, select Social Studies from
the navigation bar on the right. In the social sciences learning area there
is one curriculum statement, Social
Studies. Other specialist subjects base their programmes on their current
syllabus: Economics,
Geography,
and History.
Select their links for purchasing details.
Note also the two curriculum items immediately below and check these regularly for updates.
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NASA / Discovery Channel videoconference opportunity
Take part in a NASA / Discovery Channel project and win a videoconference system for your school. Participation is for ages 12-14 and may be out of school hours. You need to present a five-minute performance and be available on the date (probably 1/2 October). Email marci.powell@polycom.com and explain (in under 200 words) why your school should be part of NASA’s 50th birthday celebrations.
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Success for Boys
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 can achieve to their full potential.
http://success-for-boys.tki.org.nz/
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New category of websites: User-contributed content
In response to the changing nature of the Internet, TKI will now link to selected social software (Web 2.0) sites. Social software allows users to contribute content and to collaborate with others using blogs, wikis, and other tools. These sites will have the head and shoulders icon to show that they contain user-contributed content. While all sites are still subject to rigorous quality-assurance processes, teachers are advised to evaluate this category of sites carefully for relevance and accuracy, and to consider any privacy and security issues before using them with students.
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Animals & Us
Make use of these teaching materials, curriculum-related resources, and lesson plans for NCEA published by the animal rights group Save Animals From Exploitation (SAFE). The website supports the workbook to be sent to schools early in term 3.
http://www.animalsandus.org.nz/for-teachers.html
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See also the Social
Studies community news page.
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Community Facilitator's choice
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World Environment Day – building a sustainable future
The Ministry of Education is still encouraging every school, wharekura, kura, kōhanga reo, and early childhood centre to visit the World Environment Day website and to share their plans to contribute to a sustainable future. Schools around the world are able to add their own future-focused sustainability pledge to show up on the world Google map.
http://efs.tki.org.nz/wed
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Asia Knowledge
Engaging with Asia is vital to New Zealand’s future. The new Asia Knowledge kete on TKI is aligned to the new curriculum and provides information and teaching resources for becoming Asia Aware. It includes an integrated teaching and learning resource on the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.
http://asia-knowledge.tki.org.nz
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International Year of the Potato
In recognition of the major role potatoes play in feeding the world's population, the United Nations has designated 2008 as the International Year of the Potato (IYP). Visit this site from Horticulture New Zealand, which includes information about potatoes, a calendar of IYP events, downloadable resources, and recipes.
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International Year of Sanitation – 2008
This International Year of Sanitation seeks to raise awareness of, and to accelerate progress towards, the Millennium Development Goal of reducing by half the proportion of the 2.6 billion people without access to basic sanitation, by 2015. Visit the website for information and related links and activities.
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Royal Society of New Zealand (RSNZ) teacher database
The RSNZ advocates for teachers of the sciences, mathematics, social sciences, and technology. Their current work with the subject associations will assist with this. They have also established a database to enable them to communicate directly with primary and secondary teachers to inform them of opportunities to apply for funding, or of news which will help with teaching.
Go to: http://www.rsnz.org/education/teacherdb/ and provide your name, email address, school, and, if you are a secondary teacher, the subjects you teach. This database will be private, will not be shared or sold to anyone else, will not be used for any purpose other than giving teachers information, or seeking your opinion on issues, and you will be able to unsubscribe at any time you wish.
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Learning Experiences Outside the Classroom (LEOTC)
Visit the recently updated LEOTC website. LEOTC is a Ministry of Education-funded project of educational programmes run by a range of organisations providing hands-on experiences for students on school visits, complementing and enriching classroom programmes. This website contains schools' learning stories (video and text) and case studies, as well as information about LEOTC for providers, teachers, parents, and boards of trustees.
http://www.tki.org.nz/r/leotc/ |
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Matapihi
Use the facilities on this website for searching the online heritage collections of New Zealand's archives, galleries, libraries, and museums. The site is available in te reo Māori and English and includes photographs, drawings, paintings, sculpture, and some 3D virtual museum objects, as well as sound files and textual items. The site features the arts, geography, history, the natural environment, people, and events.
http://www.matapihi.org.nz/
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Living
Heritage Tikanga Tuku Iho
Involve your students in creating a website for Living Heritage, an online bilingual initiative that enables New Zealand schools to develop and publish an online resource, based on a heritage treasure in their community. The use of their self-publishing web pages is free to all New Zealand schools.
http://www.livingheritage.org.nz/index.php |
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GoGlobal
Check out this website from the Global Education Centre. It features a comprehensive database for education and resource needs on global and development issues, and allows users to search for a resource such as a unit of learning, a DVD or a game, or find out what is happening concerning global issues.
http://www.goglobal.org.nz/
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Software for Learning
Check out Software for Learning - a Ministry of Education initiative now on TKI.
This area provides information for teachers when choosing software for learning.
The first phase of the project is to provide descriptions of over 40 freeware
programs that can be used to design specific tasks to meet the needs of individual
students or groups of learners. Use the search facility available to find information
about software to use in your learning and teaching programmes.
http://www.tki.org.nz/r/ict/software/index_e.php |
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TKI Gateway
Visit this area of TKI that provides a gateway to EPIC: Electronic Products
in Collaboration, and Index New Zealand (INNZ) Online. These resources
are available free of charge to New Zealand schools. A login is required.
http://www.tki.org.nz/e/tki/gateway/ |
Social Sciences Subject Associations
Aotearoa
New Zealand Federation of Social Studies
New Zealand History
Teachers' Association
New Zealand Commerce and Economics Teachers' Association Inc
New Zealand
Board of Geography Teachers
The New Zealand Association of Classical Teachers
Wellington Area Social Studies Association
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TKI Kete
Have you ever used
"Favourites" or "Bookmarks" to store your favourite websites so you can find them
again later? TKI Kete on Te Kete Ipurangi functions in the same way only better!
And it's absolutely free! Using the TKI kete function, you can save different
types of resources, including websites, in your own space on TKI. This way you
can access your favourites from any computer with Internet access. To find out
more, click on the link above. |
See also the Social Studies community
news page.
If you wish to draw the online editor's attention to
a website then please email
us.
Social Sciences Online
The Social Sciences Online website (SSOL) is currently under development and is expected to be available on TKI in early 2008. The site will be an interactive online community that encourages contribution, communication, and collaboration of all teachers of social sciences throughout New Zealand. Each section of the site: Economics Online, Geography Online, History Online, and Social Studies Online will be moderated. The site will contain generic material, and will also allow for the publishing of material, news and links, listservs, teacher resource exchange, and will have an 'ask' function for questions. |
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The Royal Society of New Zealand (RSNZ)
The Royal Society has a duty to 'advance and promote' sciences, mathematics, social sciences and technology (Royal Society of New Zealand Act 1997). Visit the website to check out their initiatives, resources, and international travel opportunities for students and teachers of the social sciences.
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Telephone Tutorial
The TKI Team would be happy to provide a tour of the website, via the telephone
or video conference, at your school staff meetings or planning sessions. Contact
us at tutorials@tki.org.nz
if you would like to explore this option. |
If you wish
to place a message for visitors to this community please send an email to socialsciences@tki.org.nz.
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