We update this page regularly with information and materials relevant to the teaching and learning of technology. There are links to over 1000 quality-assured materials in this community. Browse the material using the buttons under the arrow on the right-hand side of the page.
Note also the two curriculum items immediately below and check these regularly for updates.
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World Environment Day 5 June … show the way today!
The Ministry of Education is encouraging every school, whare kura, kura, kōhanga reo and early childhood centre to do something on 5 June to mark World Environment Day and to share their plans to contribute to a sustainable future.
From 22 May all schools will be able to log in to Show the Way Today site to select eco-actions that schools might plan to do on 5 June and beyond. They will also be able to add their own future focused sustainability pledge which will be revealed on an online world map on the day.
http://efs.tki.org.nz/wed
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Professional Learning
Check out the revamped Professional Learning area on TKI and access professional learning resources and tools with a distinctly New Zealand flavour. Discover study opportunities, current research, how other schools manage their learning community, and much more.
http://professional-learning.tki.org.nz
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People Talk about their Jobs – The Future in Technology
Futureintech is a website aimed at year 10–13 students or anyone thinking about their future career pathways. Take a look at these interesting and informative profiles of people talking about their work in technology, engineering, and science, and the study pathways they have taken to get there. It has useful links including career options, employer profiles, and study options.
http://www.futureintech.org.nz/talk.cfm |
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Tutor resource kit for the Montana World of Wearable Arts 2007 (PDF 1.6MB)
WOW. The Montana World of Wearable Arts will be held again in Wellington, 20–30 September 2007. This PDF is the World of Wearable Art tutor resource kit. The kit allows users to quickly access and copy vital information for easy classroom application. It includes the concept and background to the Montana World of Wearable Arts awards, images, answers to frequently asked questions, comments from judges to guide students through their entry process, and profiles of successful WOW designers.
http://www.worldofwearableart.com/tutor_resource_06.pdf |
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Eureka! Inventors and Inventions on Wicked
Check out the latest topic on the Wicked website 'Eureka! Inventors and Inventions'. It contains independent interactive activities in the form of mini and maxi challenges aimed at 7–12 year olds. Content includes famous New Zealand inventions such as the Hamilton jet and Burt Munro's motorbike. It contains interactive fun learning activities, games, and puzzles.
http://www.tki.org.nz/r/wick_ed/topics/ |
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Techlink Showcase – Organic Chemistry
This Techlink student showcase captures the process a year 12 student followed to develop an interactive CD-ROM to help students studying to meet the criteria for the NCEA level 2 organic chemistry achievement standard. Reuben identified chemistry as one of the more complex subjects in the curriculum, and one that many year 12 students find harder to grasp than their other subjects. Read how this resource can be used.
http://www.techlink.org.nz/student-showcase/ict/reuben.htm |
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Smart Fibres
This Techlink case study focuses on the breakthrough use of nanotechnology using smart fibres. A group of Australian researchers have developed a 'wearable instrument shirt'. It has sensors embedded in it, which pick up the movements made when a wearer picks chords and strums his or her imaginary instrument. Custom software translates the movements into a signal which is wirelessly relayed to a computer for audio. This site includes information about techniques used and explores future possibilities of taking textiles into realms way beyond their conventional applications of protection and fashion.
http://www.techlink.org.nz/Case-studies/Technological-practice/Materials/ smart-fibres/index.htm |
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WickEd Topics
This web page features the latest topic on wickED. The theme includes "point" activities that relate to a specific topic. Such activities include mathematics questions, literacy questions, and technology questions. This page was developed for the wickED website as part of the Digital Opportunities project.
http://www.tki.org.nz/r/wick_ed/index.php
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BSI Education
This site is based on the British GCSE curriculum. It provides comprehensive background information on design technology, engineering, manufacturing, and applied science. There are lesson plans, case studies, and testing sheets for students aged 7–19 years.
http://www.bsieducation.org/Education/default.php
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Paper Online
Use information provided through this site to plan a technology unit on paper-making. Students can research the history of paper, paper and the environment, paper grades and products, and the paper cycle. There is a questions and answers section, as well as a section for teachers.
http://www.paperonline.org/history/history_frame.html
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Planet Science
Stimulate the imagination of science and technology students. There are various sections on this site, including teaching resources, news, games and online activities, newsletters, parents, students, and an under 11s section.
http://www.planet-science.com/home.html |
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Smithsonian Institute
Explore the official website of the Smithsonian Institute. The Institute is dedicated to exploring history and heritage, and to promoting innovation, research, and discovery in science. There are online resources that relate to art and design, history and culture, and science and technology.
http://www.si.edu/
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Sustainable Technology Education Project
Teachers and students, use this site as a means through which to consider and explore sustainability in design. There are a number of case studies available for classroom use, which include eco-fashion, yoghurt, plastics, organic cotton, play-pumps, organic baby, smart-cars, shea-butter, wind-power, and upesi-stove.
http://www.stepin.org/ |
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Teach with Technology
Explore how technology can be incorporated into the classroom. There is information on professional development, integrating technology, and resources that are available for educators. There is also a toolbox which contains quizzes, rubrics, games, lessons, and many other teaching resources.
http://4teachers.org/ |
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The Textile Institute
Textile teachers will find this site useful as it has up-to-date information on the textile world. There is a news section which provides an overview of current events, conferences, and professional development; and an online newsletter that can be subscribed to.
http://www.texi.org/ |
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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. |
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Discover
– Te Kohinga Taonga
New Zealand schools now get free access to the National Library's Discover
– Te Kohinga Taonga collection of art, and music images via the Internet.
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TEALS and LITE technology
research
Use the Technology Research link on the right to access research articles,
case studies, keynotes, and other teacher support material from the research
projects Technology Education Assessment in Lower Secondary (TEALS) and
Learning in Technology Education (LITE).
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