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Kia ora, welcome to TKI news. Browse this page for national education news, new links and resources just up on TKI, and international education news. On the right-hand side you will find links to the TKI newsletter and useful news sites.
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Here are the 10 most recent links and resources we have added to TKI.
Studyit takes out the People’s Choice award for Best Education Site
Studyit, the Ministry of Education’s online learning environment for NCEA science, maths, and English students, has taken out the NetGuide People’s Choice award for Best Education Site. Sponsored by HP (Hewlett Packard), the category was looking for “the best New Zealand site that inspires a passion for learning for people at every stage of life”.
http://www.netguide.co.nz/Home/MagazineEvents/WebAwards/tabid/64/Default.as
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16-05-2008
New Zealand Post National Schools Poetry Awards 2008
Encourage year 12 and 13 students to enter these awards, which now include Poem and Lyric categories. There is also a teacher's prize. Visit the website for more information, and to read previous years poems and judges’ reports. Entries close 3 June 2008.
http://www.victoria.ac.nz/modernletters/activities/school-poetry/schools-po
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15-05-2008
NZ Schools Photographic Competition 2008
Encourage students to enter this free competition for all primary, intermediate, and secondary school students. Entries are due by 31 July 2008. Visit the website for more information, and to download an entry form.
http://www.nzschoolsvisualarts.co.nz/home
15-05-2008
Ministry of Education Language Immersion Awards 2009
Download the brochures and application forms, and read more about these awards for teachers and students. Applications for students close on 30 May 2008, and for teachers on 18 July 2008. For more information, email prue.elwood@afs.org or check out the Frequently asked questions.
http://www.afs.org.nz/nzl_en/view/5807
15-05-2008
Monitoring Teacher Supply 2008
Take a look at this information on the number of entitlement staffing vacancies and re-advertised vacancies in schools at the start of term 1, how these vacancies are being covered and, in the case of secondary schools, in what subject areas pressure points are occurring.
http://www.educationcounts.govt.nz/publications/series/2519/23625
15-05-2008
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
14-05-2008
Netsafe: Netbasics
Watch gruesome online safety issues embodied in these new video clips about keeping safe online. These short videos are a series of episodes created by Netsafe, which use family characters to front up to online nasties such as malware and viruses, and then advise how to keep safe.
http://www.netbasics.org.nz/
12-05-2008
Living Heritage
Check out this latest addition to the Living Heritage website:
Endangered Species and Important Places; From Brown to Green;
The Mahana Whakapapa; Our Story, Our Place: Upper Moutere.
http://www.livingheritage.org.nz/index.php
12-05-2008
Te Ara: Encyclopedia of New Zealand – The Bush
Take a look at the different social science resources available in this section of Te Ara, including early exploration of New Zealand, early occupations, recreation and tourism, and Māori life and traditions.
http://www.teara.govt.nz/TheBush/en
12-05-2008
The Famine
Get your students to explore this interactive resource, and find out how famine and emigration affected the people of Northern Ireland during the 19th century.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/schools/4_11/tandy/projects/famine/ind
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12-05-2008
Archive
International education news
EDNA ICT Research
Writing, Technology and Teens
Teens write a lot, but they do not think of their emails, instant and text messages as writing. This disconnect matters because teens believe good writing is an essential skill for success and that more writing instruction at school would help them. A report from Pew Internet & American Life...
http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/247/report_display.asp
Students' voices learning with technologies: Students’ expectations about learning with technologies: A literature review
This literature review is concerned with studies published since 2002 that take the perspectives of students in relation to learning with information and communication technologies (ICT): students in schools, vocational education and training (VET) and in pre-service teacher education, as well as early career teachers and other higher education students....
http://www.aictec.edu.au/aictec/webdav/shared/Learner_Research_Literature_Review.pdf
EDNA Schools
Heart Transplant Operation
A hands on interactive learning object where users enter a virtual operating theater and perform a heart transplant using the basic steps and tools used in a real operation.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/eheart/transplant.html
FOSS Human Body
An interactive learning object where users have to put together a scattered human skeleton.
http://sv.berkeley.edu/showcase/pages/bones.html
Best Practices Using Second Life for Real World Education
A Flickr slideshow demonstration of effective uses and examples of Second Life in an education setting.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/holymeatballs/sets/72157601198270790/