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Just Up Archive - November 2005


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Arts Online Te Hapori o Ngā Toi

Check out the new-look Arts Online website for online teaching and learning resources, and professional support.
http://arts.unitec.ac.nz/
29-11-2005

Turbine

Check out the poetry, short stories, literary art, memoirs, and interviews on this online journal for New Zealand writers. The contributors are both new and established, and the site includes excerpts from some of their writing journals, as well as sound recordings of poetry read by the poet.
http://www.vuw.ac.nz/turbine/
25-11-2005

Witi Ihimaera and Patricia Grace: The Māori Renaissance

This article discusses contemporary Māori literature, focussing on the written forms of the novel and short story. Mark Williams analyses the work of two of our most significant writers, and examines their impact in the context of Māori culture and social change in New Zealand over the past 30 years.
http://www.ucalgary.ca/UofC/eduweb/engl392/492/williams.html
25-11-2005

Education Counts

Take a look at this website which is being developed to increase the availability and accessibility of education statistics and research.
http://educationcounts.edcentre.govt.nz/
25-11-2005

Team-Up

Check out the new Team-Up website on edCentre for information and resources to help parents get involved in and support their children's learning.
http://www.teamup.co.nz/default.htm
25-11-2005

School Term Dates Clarification

This notice in the latest New Zealand Education Gazette explains the circumstances whereby a school may be closed by the board of trustees, and how this relates to the flexibility in school terms and dates for 2006-2009.
http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/notices.php?action=view&id=61362
24-11-2005

Influenza Pandemic Planning - Information for the Educator Sector

Read this page to see what the Ministry of Education is doing to prepare itself, and the education sector, for a possible influenza pandemic.
http://www.minedu.govt.nz/index.cfm?layout=document&documentid=10903&am
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24-11-2005

WaterCare – It’s in your hands

Introduce to your class these interactive activities to encourage them to investigate and learn about sustainable water management practices, and the effects on the local environment and animal life.
http://www.watercare.sa.gov.au/students_games.php
18-11-2005

Venus Express Resources

Track the journey of the Venus Express as it studies our nearest planetary neighbour and tries to understand the planet’s composition, its structure, and atmosphere.
http://www.bnsc.gov.uk/learningzone.aspx?nid=5383
18-11-2005

Water Conservation WebQuest

Use this WebQuest for your students to plan successful strategies for conserving water in the home, tracking water consumption, and identifying areas in the home where water can be saved.
http://www.myinternet.com.au/edu/impaq/Talo_Online/webquests/water/index.ht
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18-11-2005

PAT: Mathematics (Revised, 2006)

Read about the new PAT Maths and the new automated PAT Maths marking service.
http://www.nzcer.org.nz/default.php?products_id=1553
18-11-2005

OLAS − Information Literacy Online

Check out this online tutorial for students about information skills. The tutorial consists of nine learning modules about the learning skills required for locating, accessing, evaluating, and using information effectively.
http://www.wit.ie/library/olas/
15-11-2005

Tangata Whenua – The People of the Land

Find information on the history of the Waitaha people who settled near the Waitaki River, in the South Island in 840 AD.
http://beautiful-waitaki.co.nz/background.htm
15-11-2005

The Essentials of Language Teaching

This comprehensive US web resource provides professional reading and best practice guidelines for educators involved in teaching languages.
http://www.nclrc.org/essentials/index.htm
14-11-2005

An (e)learning framework for the schools sector

Feedback has been gathered from the education sector to develop an (e)learning framework for schools. A summary of this feedback is available for the sector to review and provide further comment.
http://www.minedu.govt.nz/index.cfm?layout=document&documentid=10639&am
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10-11-2005