Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Media competition for schools

Here is a chance for your students to showcase their talents as media producers. You have till September so this could be a good project to work on this term. Check it out here.

Manaia View ICTPD Cluster Conference

Thank you to the wonderful people at the cluster conference in Whangerei. It was fantastic to see the Pukeko Echo Television station project which was opened last year after a few years of setting up. I met the people from Channel North who were working at the TV station and saw the wonderful set up for the students to take part in the production of film clips to be broadcast to the public. What a wonderful learning opportunity for the students to take part in a real life learning situation. You can find out more about it on this link
I have uploaded the web version of my keynote but you can access a copy of it with links intact on my site

Keynote for Manaia View ICTPD Cluster

Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Autumn weather!

All the leaves are falling off our oak tree outside and it's getting colder so I thought I'd add a suitable page for the blog! I'm off to Wellington on Saturday and I bet it's cold down there!
Book two in the ICT and Creative Arts will hopefully be sent away to the publisher tomorrow - I will be glad to get it sent so I can get on with my life!

Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Map of forces affecting education

Have a look at this map outlining the future forces affecting education. Read the one about supporting teachers roles!

Monday, April 6, 2009

Pedagogy to Practice presentation

This is a copy of the presentation I gave at the Nav Con conference in 2004 - I found it in my slideshare so thought I would put it on here - still relevant especially with our new curriculum!

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

You Tube

I am busy finishing another set of books at the moment. The Key Competencies set have been very popular but I am really enjoying writing the latest books which are called ICT and the Creative Arts. The first one is about visual art and music and the second one is about drama with moviemaking and animation. While working I am easily distracted, especially by You Tube when I am finding good movies for teachers I tend to get carried away and before you know it I have been on You Tube for a couple of hours. I have tried Teacher Tube but the best stuff for teachers is still on You Tube. Do you know that you can set up your own playlists and have several for different kinds of movies. I have one for the classroom movies students have made with me, several for different curriculum areas, one for amazing stuff and a personal one which I have made private, just for family movies, trips and events. If I find a good movie I can add it to a suitable playlist.
Here is one which was made by 13-14 yr olds for juniors - I love their music and animations!