Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Criteria 2


Criteria 2

Fully registered teachers demonstrate commitment to promoting the well-being of ākonga/learners.
Key indicators:
  • Take all reasonable steps to provide and maintain a teaching and learning environment that is physically, socially, culturally, and emotionally safe.
  • Acknowledge and respect the languages, heritages, and cultures of all ākonga/learners.
  • Comply with relevant regulatory and statutory requirements.

Guiding question

How do I/can I use e-learning effectively to actively promote the well-being of all ākonga/learners for whom I am responsible?

Examples

Developing digital citizens

Digital citizenship encompasses a number of areas. It involves students being digitally literate, confident, and capable users of ICT who know how to protect themselves and respect others in online spaces. The students should demonstrate values and key competencies from the New Zealand Curriculum in their use of digital tools and when re-using digital content. Teachers have a large role to play in developing these skills with students.
Digital citizenship
Use the information, school stories, and resources on this page to develop your understanding of digital citizenship and ways to integrate this teaching into your classroom. 
Digital citizenship modules
These free self-paced learning modules can be used for professional development. They contain information and useful links for teaching and learning in the classroom as well as providing information for parents.
NetSafe
NetSafe has a comprehensive range of information and resources to support schools and teachers develop policies and practices that ensure a safe digital environment.
kidSMART
This site from the UK provides a range of activities and resources for classroom use.
Connected and confident: What does digital citizenship look line in our increasingly connected world
A presentation in Slideshare by Suzie Vesper, November 2012, providing useful information and links to resources.

Being culturally responsive

Teachers can harness e-learning tools and online resources to recognise and value the cultures that students bring with them to the classroom.
Blended e-Learning for Māori and Pasifika Learners
A group in the VLN for educators to share ideas and resources, discuss practice and pedagogy, and provide support for each other with the aim of engaging Māori and Pasifika learners so that they may achieve educational success whilst maintaining their cultural integrity.
Pasifika resources
This page provides a list of Pasifika resources for use in the classroom, links to specific discussion groups in the VLN, and useful documents.

Catering for all learners

Working with student with special needs
Students have different learning needs and e-learning tools provide ways to cater for those differences and personalise the learning. Online resources can also provide support to teachers working with students with specific needs.
Assistive technology
Information, school stories, and resources focused on using assistive technologies to improve learning outcomes for students.
Using e-Portfolios to engage with the community
e-Portfolios provide anywhere, anytime access for family/whānau and the wider community. These school stories describe the benefits of using e-portfolios to connect students with special needs and their families.
BLENNZ Learning Library
A collection of stories written by BLENNZ educators for parents, whānau (family), and colleagues about children and young people who are blind, deafblind, or have low vision. Many of the stories show the use of technology to support student learning.
Enabling e-learning: Teaching community
Join this group in the Virtual Learning Network (VLN) to explore how and why we use ICTs to support effective teaching and learning.
ICT PD reflective summaries in the VLN
Access the search results for all ICT PD cluster reflective summaries. These searchable summaries provide useful examples and insights into school and classroom practice. 
Child-led learning with ICT
In this article from Teach Primary, teacher Kevin McLaughlin outlines how he is using technology to personalise work for each of his students.
Digital learning objects
The digital learning objects within the  NZ Maths website have different versions to allow for differentiation to meet the needs of learners. 
ICT and the visual learner
This wiki page by Andrew Churches looks at how visual learners can be supported with e-learning. There are pages for other learning styles on the wiki.
Multiple intelligences and technology
Resources to help explore how using technology can support learners with strengths in different areas.

Knowing the learner

Flickr - Rock our world with Pt England School
Students from Point England School use a combination of Comic Life and Flickr to create these visual mihi.

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