Criteria 12

Fully registered teachers use critical inquiry and problem-solving effectively in their professional practice.

Key indicators:

• Systematically and critically engage with evidence and professional literature to reflect on and refine practice.
• Respond professionally to feedback from members of their learning community.
• Critically examine their own beliefs, including cultural beliefs, and how they impact on their professional practice and the achievement of ākonga/learners.

Guiding question

How do I use e-learning to advance the learning of my ākonga/learners through critical inquiry with my professional learning?

Examples

Teacher inquiry l PLCs l Research

Teacher inquiry into e-learning

Teacher inquiry is an evidence-based process that allows teachers to trial new pedagogies and tools in relation to the needs of their class. It can be a powerful tool for implementing e-learning in the classroom.

e-Learning as inquiry
The e-Learning as Inquiry framework is an adaptation of the Teaching as Inquiry framework. The school stories and resources on this page support your understanding of using the e-Learning as Inquiry framework. Explore integrating e-learning contexts into your practice, evaluating whether your teaching practices produce better outcomes for your students.

Software for Learning - Snapshots
A collection of learning snapshots describing teacher inquiry process using e-learning tools to support student learning. More snapshots are in the Software for Learning group in the VLN.

Resources Search
This search result lists all the Reflective Summaries from ICTPD cluster inquiries into e-learning.Teaching and e-learning from the Te Apiti ICT cluster is a useful example of the content in here.

Past eFellows reports
Access the research from teachers who have been released from the classroom for up to two weeks per term to conduct research around the impact of e-learning in NZ contexts.

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Professional learning communities

Professional development
Find out how you or your school can participate in these professional development programmes and courses.

Professional learning communities
Information, school stories, and resources providing information about and links to professional learning communities for NZ teachers and school leaders.

Interface - Teacher blogs
Use this link to access the Interface magazine collection of teacher blogs.

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Read the research

Access to the latest articles on the topic of e-learning in education can help to inform approaches to trial within a teacher inquiry.

Research and readings
A collection of e-learning related articles that can be used to help inform classroom practice.

Students' learning experiences with the Web 2.0 tool MyPortfolio: a case study of one high school classroom
A research report from Victoria University(2010) on the use of digital tools. Marielle Lange unpacks some of the findings from this research in her blog post,  Does a public audience help the development of metacognitive skills?, in the VLN.

Computers in New Zealand schools
This online journal contains articles that are a mix of peer-reviewed, informational, and opinion based articles. It includes reports of research, software, and book reviews, with an emphasis on practical applications.

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Criteria 11

Fully registered teachers analyse and appropriately use assessment and information, which has been gathered formally and informally.

Key indicators:

• Analyse assessment information to identify progress and ongoing learning needs of ākonga/learners.
• Use assessment information to give regular and ongoing feedback to guide and support further learning.
• Analyse assessment information to reflect on and evaluate the effectiveness of the teaching.
• Communicate assessment and achievement information to relevant members of the learning community.
• Foster involvement of whānau in the collection and use of information about the learning of ākonga/learners.

Guiding question

How can I use e-learning tools to gather and use assessment information in ways that advance the learning of my ākonga/students?

Examples

Digital tools for assessment l SMS and LMS l Capturing student voice l  Engaging with the school community

Digital tools for assessment

Assessment
Find information, school stories, and resources on how technologies can be used to monitor, review, and evaluate the impact of teaching on student achievement in ways that reflect our bi-cultural heritage. View the  e-Portfolios page for specific information on how they can be used to encourage students to take responsibility for their own learning by sharing progress towards learning goals.

Snapshot: Little Bird Tales
In this Software for Learning snapshot Janine Brown from Bromley School explains how the use of maths journalling has improved student outcomes and provided valuable assessment data.

Snapshot of learning for Google Forms
This Software for Learning snapshot describes how students use a Google Form shared with their teacher to explain their understandings. 

e-asTTle
e-asTTle is an online assessment tool, developed to assess students’ achievement and progress in reading, mathematics, writing, and in pānui, pāngarau, and tuhituhi. e-asTTle provides teachers and school leaders with information that can be used to inform learning programmes and to apply teaching practice that maximises individual student learning. Results can be analysed by ethnicity.

6 Ways Google Docs supports collaboration in the writing process
This post on the Teach Thought blog outlines how Google Docs can be used for students to participate in digital writing workshops that combine peer editing with cooperative grouping.

ICT and assessment for learning practices
A wiki with links to resources, tools, and examples of assessment with e-elearning tools.

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Student management systems and learning management systems

Managed learning environments
A managed learning environment (MLE) is a collection of software tools and digital content that supports learning. Find information and links to the Ministry of Education website about MLEs and student management systems (SMS).

Google Apps
This page looks at the place of Google Apps in education and links to a number of key resources including a VLN group where you can post discussion topics.

Moodle School New Zealand
Find out how to use Moodle (an LMS) to design coursework online and to provide students with a way to demonstrate and share their learning.

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Capturing student voice

Digital tools provide useful ways of capturing student voice to help inform your classroom programmes.

Snapshot of learning for GarageBand
In this Software for Learning snapshot Year 8 students reflect on how a learning task was enhanced by using Garageband.

Some examples of student voice
This page from the Student Voice group in the Virtual Learning Network (VLN) has a number of examples of student voice in action including students reflecting on their learning.

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Engaging with the school community

There are clear benefits to teaching and learning in classrooms if the wider community is engaged and has a voice in the learning process. The use of e-learning tools can help to facilitate these connections.

Engaging with the community
Find information and examples of ways schools can engage with their communities using information and communication technologies in this section of the website.

Beyond the classroom - Connecting home and school
Join this Enabling e-Learning community group in the Virtual Learning Network. The group aims to support schools to empower and educate their families and whānau, with and about technologies.

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Criteria 10

Fully registered teachers work effectively within the bicultural context of Aotearoa New Zealand.

Key indicators:

• Practise and develop the relevant use of te reo Māori me ngā tikanga-a-iwi in context.
• Specifically and effectively address the educational aspirations of ākonga Māori, displaying high expectations for their learning.

Guiding question

How can e-learning support my teaching to take into account the bicultural context of teaching and learning in Aotearoa New Zealand?

Examples

Professional development l  Teaching and learning resources l  Macrons l  Connections to iwi

Professional development

Ka Hikitia - Managing for Success: The Māori Education Strategy 2008 - 2012
This strategy document focuses on how to raise Māori student achievement.

Research and readings - Access the following documents via the research and readings page on Enabling e-Learning: 

• e-Learning and implications for New Zealand schools: a literature review
• Leading change
• Key elements for a Māori e-learning framework
• A literature review focused on Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs) and e-learning in the context of Te Reo Māori and Kaupapa Māori education

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Teaching and learning resources

Tātaiako
Cultural Competencies for Teachers of Māori Learners is a resource explaining competencies teachers need to develop so they can help Māori learners achieve educationally as Māori.

Inquiry in the classroom
Teachers and students at Finlayson Park School describe how using ICTs adds value to the inquiry process in the classroom.

Creating iBooks
Teacher, Mihi Morunga, and students describe the process of creating iBooks and the benefits these have in the learning process. Once completed students can share their books with whānau.

Māori resources
School stories, links to discussions in the Virtual Learning Network (VLN), and useful websites to support teaching and learning for Māori.

Blended e-learning for Māori and Pasifika learners
This group in the VLN has a wealth of resources to support teaching and learning.

Sharing your mihi
In this video clip, students from Burnham School use technology to engage with their parents, whānau, and the community in the creation and sharing of their mihi. They found the feedback and comments enabled by the technology very valuable.

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Macrons

Typing Māori easily
Instructions on how to type macrons for all computer platforms.

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Connections to iwi

Naumai place
An online database for marae. Find marae by iwi/hapū, or by location.

Te Kāhui Māngai
Te Kāhui Māngai is primarily designed to provide information on iwi (tribes) in New Zealand, including their rohe, hapū, marae, and representative organisations. It also includes certain national and Māori organisations.

 

 

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Enabling e-Learning
e-Learning: Leadership
e-Learning: Teaching
e-Learning: Technologies
e-Learning: Professional Learning
e-Learning: Beyond the classroom
Using the e-Learning Planning Frameworks

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Teachers Council

Issue Number 122 | 18 October 2013

Teachers: New Zealand's Educational DNA As teachers, you are New Zealand's Educational DNA. You influence the choices learners make and the careers they choose.  You play an integral role in determining who they become.   Celebrating World Teachers' Day 2013 This World Teachers' Day (25 October) we're running a campaign to showcase how teachers inspire their learners and help them grow into knowledgeable and skilled global citizens, working across diverse industries and professions. You will see our ambassadors on Stuff from 21 -25 October, in the Sunday Star Times this Sunday 20 October and across various regional newspapers on Friday 25 October. Our ambassadors have all moved into interesting careers of their own and all recognise their teachers as the driving force behind their success. Check out our World Teachers' Day Ambassadors here Message to the profession "Everyone has been to school and, in fact, we have a generation of young people who have also experienced extensive early childhood education.  So it is no wonder that teachers have been powerful influences in our growth and learning. And it is no wonder that we have high expectations of teachers. After all they work closely with our most vulnerable and precious resource, our children. "On World Teachers' Day, we are sharing some of the positive experiences and influences teachers have had on New Zealanders’ lives. "As we explore these shared memories, it becomes apparent that often the attributes teachers bring to the task are the key to motivating and sparking learning.  Parker Palmer in his book The Courage to Teach wrote, “Good teaching cannot be reduced to technique; good teaching comes from the identity and integrity of the teacher” (1998)." Dr Peter Lind, Director

Teachers Council

Issue Number 122 | 18 October 2013

Teachers: New Zealand's Educational DNA As teachers, you are New Zealand's Educational DNA. You influence the choices learners make and the careers they choose.  You play an integral role in determining who they become.   Celebrating World Teachers' Day 2013 This World Teachers' Day (25 October) we're running a campaign to showcase how teachers inspire their learners and help them grow into knowledgeable and skilled global citizens, working across diverse industries and professions. You will see our ambassadors on Stuff from 21 -25 October, in the Sunday Star Times this Sunday 20 October and across various regional newspapers on Friday 25 October. Our ambassadors have all moved into interesting careers of their own and all recognise their teachers as the driving force behind their success. Check out our World Teachers' Day Ambassadors here Message to the profession "Everyone has been to school and, in fact, we have a generation of young people who have also experienced extensive early childhood education.  So it is no wonder that teachers have been powerful influences in our growth and learning. And it is no wonder that we have high expectations of teachers. After all they work closely with our most vulnerable and precious resource, our children. "On World Teachers' Day, we are sharing some of the positive experiences and influences teachers have had on New Zealanders’ lives. "As we explore these shared memories, it becomes apparent that often the attributes teachers bring to the task are the key to motivating and sparking learning.  Parker Palmer in his book The Courage to Teach wrote, “Good teaching cannot be reduced to technique; good teaching comes from the identity and integrity of the teacher” (1998)." Dr Peter Lind, Director