Educating the Dragon

It's called reading

2012-03-07T20:54:00.001+13:00

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‘The Story in You’

2012-03-07T20:50:00.000+13:00

Launch of our new Readers and Writers Club for Teens Come along and meet published authors: Deborah Burnside Adele Broadbent (both finalists in the 2012 NZ Post Children’s Book Awards) and Jackie Rutherford who will all be talking about writing for teenagers. Thursday 15th 5.30pm RSVP to books@beattieandforbes.co.nz or ph (06) 835 8968 Tweet var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_

Te Manawa Pou: free online Professional Learning and Development

2012-02-27T11:26:00.001+13:00

Te Manawa Pou is a free online Professional Learning and Development [PLD] programme for te reo Māori teachers from English medium primary schools (Year 1-8). It is designed particularly (yet not exclusively) for teachers based in rural areas, or for teachers who may be the only teacher of te reo Māori in their school and thus may benefit from making connections with others. Every aspect of Te

Developing Independent, Self Directed Thinkers...

2012-02-27T09:24:00.002+13:00

Auckland: 6th MarchHamilton: 7th March Time: 4.00pm - 7.00pm INVESTMENT:$125 per person$110 pp for groups of 3-9$100 pp for 10+ We are living in challenging times... and also times of great opportunity. The very best gift we can give to our students is to prepare them to adapt and to develop their full potential in this fast-changing world. Teachers make every other profession possible and, in

Secretary of Education Arne Duncan talks to Jon Stewart

2012-02-23T20:26:00.002+13:00

The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Get More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,The Daily Show on FacebookSecretary of Education Arne Duncan talks about the importance of getting the balance right in the curriculum. Some food for thought for all educators. We are all in the business of bettering the next generation for an unseen future. "The best ideas always come at the

Quote of the Month: Clifford Stoll

2012-02-23T09:58:00.000+13:00

"Data is not information, information is not knowledge, knowledge is not understanding, understanding is not wisdom."Clifford Stoll Tweet var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-4848997-2']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' ==

Do you know your next steps?

2012-02-23T09:55:00.000+13:00

Presenter: Pam Hook Hamilton • 15 MarchAbout this seminarDuring this presentation Pam will outline how teachers can build primary and secondary students assessment capability using a modification of SOLO Taxonomy (Biggs and Collis 1982). This approach will support teachers to monitor and give effective feedback and feed forward on how students are going and where to next with their learning.

CORE Breakfast: Leadership post the quakes

2012-02-22T13:56:00.000+13:00

Presenter: Chris Jansen Christchurch • 28 February Register now About this seminar Since the quakes, many organisations around Christchurch have lost staff and students, lost buildings, lost files and systems, and yet have re-emerged on shared sites, often operating in innovative and inspiring new ways. The quakes have not only triggered the temporary breakdown of conventional organisational

CORE Breakfast: Sustaining curriculum conversations

2012-02-22T13:49:00.001+13:00

Presenters: Christina Ward and Jane NichollsDunedin • 7 March Register now About this seminar It is four years since the launch of The New Zealand Curriculum Online web site. 35,000 teachers a month now visit this site. How are schools sustaining the momentum of curriculum review and development? At this breakfast, we aim to introduce a feast of curriculum resources available online to

22nd Feb - Flowers and Roadcones

2012-02-13T09:41:00.000+13:00

Intergrating technology thoughts

2012-02-08T10:56:00.000+13:00

"High Stanadards" from John Spencer

2012-02-08T10:50:00.002+13:00

Wearing two hats

2012-02-06T13:37:00.004+13:00

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