Tātaiako Here is a link to a blog post written by Te Mihinga Komene on the cultural competencies and what they could look like in the classroom. Tataiako-E Cultural Competency Must Haves Whanaungatanga I posted a link to this post last year but it is very relevant for the focus of SPL today. This blog post is … More Tātaiako
Here are some links to recent blog posts with tips on using GAFE with students. Recent Updates in GAFE Updates to Google Classroom– you can now schedule announcements, assignments and questions to post at a later date and time. Updates to Google Slides – Q and A feature- during a presentation students can ask questions … More Tech Tuesday: GAFE- Google Apps for Education
Here are a couple of blog posts on student centred learning which is the focus of many of the inquiries this term. Mikel found this first post: Using Technology to create student centred learning environment A recent post from @EduWells: Does your classroom put the cart before the horse? If as you carry out the … More Brain Food Fridays: Student Centred Learning
To support the next stage in the Teaching as Inquiry Cycle here are some links to a couple of research articles on future oriented learning. The Nature of Learning The OECD project – Innovative Learning Environments put together a publication, The Nature of Learning based on research on different aspects of learning. Here is a … More Brain Food Fridays: Future Oriented Learning
Here are a couple of links to recent articles from The Global Digital Citizen Foundation. They have regular blog posts on their website as well as useful learning resources. You can sign up as a subscriber to get links to their regular posts. They are a good mix of research based evidence and useful tips … More Brain Food Fridays: Skills for the 21st Century
This post gives you links to possible digital tools and strategies you could use to support your inquiry. The Padagogy Wheel The Padagogy Wheel combines Blooms Taxonomy, The SAMR model and Digital Technology. If you click on the link below it will take you to a PDF that has active links . Link to The … More Digital Learning Resources to support your Teaching as Inquiry Project
Philippa Nicoll Antipas in her blog: e-Odyssey has recently written a five part series on Design Thinking in Education. The series covers the key aspects of Design Thinking and has links to resources to help educators use a Design Thinking approach. Philippa’s blog post series: What is Design Thinking? Why use Design Thinking? … More Design Thinking Resources
Richard Bryne runs a fabulous website: http://www.freetech4teachers.com where he shares information about free technology that is available for educators. Here are links to his tips on using Padlet: as a blogging platform, as a bookmarking tool, as KWL Chart, for group research and discussion and to showcase student work How to use Padlet New Attachments for Padlet … More Tips for using Padlet
In the recent Education Gazette there was a article on Teaching as Inquiry which has some good tips on getting started and has links to videos where educators talk about their Teaching as Inquiry Projects. Link to article: Teaching as Inquiry In the SPL Inquiries page on this website there are links to resources. There are also resources … More Teaching as Inquiry Resources
A recent VLN ( Virtual Learning Network) Forum focused on innovation in schools and links to the ideas of two inspirational educators, Will Richardson and George Couros. This blog will focus on the ideas from Will Richardson and includes a TEDx talk and one of his recent blog posts. The Surprising Truth About Learning Will … More Brain Food Fridays: Will Richardson
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