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Here are the 10 most recent links and resources we have added to TKI.
Literacy Learning Progressions
The purpose of the draft Literacy Learning Progressions is to provide teachers with a professional tool that shows them what knowledge and skills their students need in order to meet the reading and writing demands of the New Zealand Curriculum.
http://www.literacyprogressions.org.nz/
16-12-2009
Sounds and Words
Sounds and Words is designed to support teachers and students to learn about phonological awareness and spelling.
http://soundsandwords.tki.org.nz/
16-12-2009
Senior Secondary Guides
This website has teaching and learning guides for senior secondary subjects. These guides have been designed to help teachers create quality teaching and learning programmes. They are adjuncts to The New Zealand Curriculum and it is expected that they should be understood as resources rather than syllabuses or prescriptions.
http://seniorsecondary.tki.org.nz/
16-12-2009
National Standards
National Standards come into effect in English-medium schools with pupils in Years 1 to 8 in 2010. The standards set clear expectations that students need to meet in reading, writing, and mathematics in the first eight years at school. Consultation and trialing of Ngā Whanaketanga Rūmaki Māori – the Māori medium standards will begin in term one 2010.
http://nzcurriculum.tki.org.nz/National-Standards
16-12-2009
Key Competencies
Find information and practice examples relating to the key competencies.
http://keycompetencies.tki.org.nz/
16-12-2009
Te Reo Māori in English-medium schools
Visit the Te Reo Māori in English-medium schools community. This website has a link to the te reo Māori curriculum guidelines Te Aho Arataki Marau mō te Ako i Te Reo Māori in English-medium Schools – Kura Auraki, and other information and resources relevant to the teaching and learning of te reo Māori. It also includes a speaker icon beside many words and phrases that enable the user to hear the correct pronunciation.
http://tereomaori.tki.org.nz/
16-12-2009
Assessment
Check out the Assessment website. It covers the key aspects of assessment in the context of The New Zealand Curriculum.
http://assessment.tki.org.nz
16-12-2009
Digital Technologies Guidelines
This website is designed to help schools with the implementation of the Digital Technologies Guidelines (DTG). These guidelines focus on how the New Zealand Curriculum could be integrated into the senior school through effective teaching and learning practices.
ttp://dtg.tki.org.nz
16-12-2009
ICT Helpdesk
Visit this new ICT Helpdesk website. It provides teachers and school ICT administration staff with online access to the ICT Helpdesk as well news and updates about Ministry funded ICT programmes.
http://ict-helpdesk.tki.org.nz/
16-12-2009
3 November 2009 – School Network Upgrade Project, Stage 3 (SNUP3)
See this page for information about the School NetworK Upgrade Project, Stage 3.
http://www.tki.org.nz/r/ict/helpdesk/Official%20notice%20for%20gazette%20SN
UP3%20(2).docx
05-11-2009