Makerspace

Maker spaces and maker pedagogies: In this video, Janette Hughes talks about her research looking at the impact of bringing a Makerspace culture/pedagogy - an informal learning approach into a traditionally formal learning environment. Are you trialing Makerspaces at your school? What the tensions or issues so far and how are you considering/addressing these? We'd love to hear more.

Digital Technologies | Hangarau Matihiko

Kia Takatū ā-Matihiko / The National Digital Readiness Programme: Anne Robertson shares an exercise her and Clive Francis have facilitated to help 'demystify and unpack/ the curriculum content' using a Jigsaw activity.  If you're leading Digital Technologies development in your school or kura, you might like to use this activity or offer some effective facilitation strategies of your own.

Design thinking and curriculum design: In this thread, we share an example of how one school is redesigning their inquiry-based (or project-based) learning model by overlaying a design thinking framework. Is your school happy with your current model/s for learning? How does the design thinking process fit with these? Time for a revisit/redesign perhaps? We'd love to hear more...

Digital Technologies Implementation for Years 7-10: Webinar series and resources: If you didn't make it to our Digital Technologies (Y7-10) webinar series: A 2018 Google CS Educator PD Course, no worries, the sessions have been recorded and resources archived here. Watch, listen and playback on demand. Please feel free to share this with others.

Play based learning

Mid-week short read... Academic vs Play based: James Hopkins shares a short read that initially depicts Play based theories/research in a head to head with academic rigour. James thinks It does redeem itself at the end. What are your thoughts? Relate or debate?

Play ideas - complete collection via MoE: In this thread Heidi Rose reflects on the MoE resource and shares her future goals to integrate digital technologies more into a play based environment. Any ideas, examples or experiences to share with Heidi?

Blended and digital learning

How to swim naked in the goldfish bowl: In the latest CORE blog post, Greg Carroll shares his tips for managing your personal and professional image in the digital age. We've all witnessed some questionable activity online or in the public eye, how well are you manage your public profile?

Future focused education

What is an authentic learning context? When you design authentic, student-centred learning tasks, where you do start? Do you start with a concept, problem, learning area or Key Competencies? Are these based on local stories, historical moments, tipuna, global or the students themselves? Are these issues-based or curriculum driven? We'd love to hear more.

Innovation and transformation

Schools under Stress: Podcast with John Campbell: Teachers are under pressure, schools are under stress. What can we do differently so we can do the right thing by our students?

uLearn18

If you're looking for uLearn18 resources, check out the following links and get ready for uLearn19!

• uLearn18 resources: One stop shop for accessing resources, discussions, shared documents, photos and more.
• uLearn18 keynote video presentations: Full keynote presentations created by EDtalks for you to play back on demand. Please feel free to on-share.

Tō reo ki te raki, tō mana ki te whenua (49 minutes)

Where can I find help?

edSpace group pages: Has instructional videos and tips on why/how to use edSpace, including how to submit interesting looking posts, comments and more.

edSpace news: Keep abreast of all other CORE news across all groups.

Feel free to ask any questions.

Until next time, see you online,

Hei konā mai 

Image sources: News by Nick Youngson CC BY-SA 3.0 Alpha Stock Images, Flickr, Hsien-Hsien Lei, Cardboard Robot 1, CC Some Rights Reserved, Public Domain Pictures.net, Karen Arnold, Cat looking at Goldfish, Creative Commons, CC0

All things Makerspace NEW! discussion group created by Andrew Dixon about all things Makerspace. Join now and join in the following conversations:

Digital technologies and Hangarau Matihiko

Teachers to get more professional support for digital technologies curriculum: Anne Robertson has a question, about supporting Y9/10 students for NCEA in areas that might not have access to specialised teaching resources to support the students at these levels. Can you help?

Approaches & Ideas that are working in schools: In this thread, Viv Hall invites us to share examples of digital technologies in the classroom. Anne Robertson shared the lego challenge and how oral language and precise instructions play a crucial role in computational thinking. Do you have any simple examples of how computational thinking can be taught through a set of instructions?

Kia Takatū ā-Matihiko / The National Digital Readiness Programme: How ready are you and your colleagues for the implementation of the Digital Technologies and Hangarau Matihiko (DT & HM) curriculum content by 2020?  No matter what your response is to that question, there's a support package for you! Read on e hoa mā!

Play based learning group

Play ideas - complete collection via MoE: James Hopkins references a resource that shares how digital technology can be used within play. James is on the hunt for examples of how digital technology can support play rather than being the focus. Do you have any thoughts, ideas or examples to share?

Online get together? James Hopkins is gauging if people would be interested in coming together in the online space to share practice, strategies and any other resources about Play-based learning. Are you interested in talking some more?

More play, less school: Anne Robertson shares a Tedtalk about the importance of play and offers some provocative observations such as, if you deprive kids of real, free, explorative play they don't develop emotionally and socially, don't learn about their own capabilities and be able to judge risk. What are your thoughts about more play, less school?

Breakfast Kōrero group

Future focused education: Understanding the trends: Brace yourselves, we are now entering the Fourth Industrial Revolution where our world is becoming increasingly blurred by technologies, in particular Artificial Intelligence, automation and robotics. So what does this mean for education, jobs and employment?

uLearn18

Check out what delegates thought about uLearn and if you attended, please feel free to add your own take-aways from uLearn18. For all other uLearn18 resources, check out the following and get ready for uLearn19!

• uLearn18 resources: One stop shop for accessing resources, discussions, shared documents, photos and more.
• Tweets by uLearn: See what delegates were tweeting about during this event.
• uLearn Flickr photo feed: Can you see yourself in the uLearn photos?
• Derek Wenmoth's Presentation: The Robots are Coming!
• CENZ Te Hanga Pepeha: Why not join the others and add your pepeha here?
• Hana O'Regan keynote Google doc: Collaborative notes shared here.
• Pasi Sahlberg's Keynote Google doc: Collaborative notes shared here.
• Mike Walsh's Keynote Google doc: Collaborative notes shared here.
• uLearn18 Live stream sessions: Couldn't make it to uLearn? Then check out the recordings of these live streamed events here.
• Announcing: uLearn18 prize winners: We're proud to announce the prize winners for 2018.

Where can I find help?

edSpace group pages: Has instructional videos and tips on why/how to use edSpace, including how to submit interesting looking posts, comments and more.

edSpace news: Keep abreast of all other CORE news across all groups.

Feel free to ask any questions.

Until next time, see you online,

Hei konā mai 

Reflections on UDL in practice - inclusive education in the classroom: As part of her workshop, Lynne Silcock invites us to reflect on our current practice that is inclusive for all learners and asks, what can you do to me more inclusive? What makes  it hard? What are your key drivers when designing learning for your diverse learners?

The advantages of equity for disadvantaged students: The Government invites us to feed into an evaluation framework by to help measure progress and success in terms of digital inclusion. In terms of equity and access for all, this is an incredibly important piece of work. Why not have your say?

Should we review our curriculum? In CORE's latest blog, Carolyn English explores what is important for Aotearoa New Zealand, the context in which curriculum review and asks what conversations are you having at your school/kura about how curriculum design and implementation is best serving the needs and aspirations of your students? 

Extending Chromebook and the Google Environment - Dunedin: As part of her workshop, Rachel McNamara invites you to share back what you've been trialing in regards to Chromebooks and/or Google suite tools. As a result of this session, we'd love to hear the successes, the challenges, the inspirations, the curiosities you (and your students) now have.   

SAMR- where does it fit with you practice: Allanah King shares a video on the SAMR (Substitute Augmentation Modification Redefinition) model, a framework that helps educators infuse technologies into their teaching and learning and asks, what have you tried with your learners at the 'modification' or 'transformational' level or are you working with a different framework?

Google tools to support storytelling: Taipuni shares how he has been inspired after attending The Indigenous Mapping Wānanga in Hamilton - a hui providing participants with access to mapping tools, as well as a network with other people working in the geospatial space. Want to know more about this innovative kaupapa? Why not leave Jason a message or ask a question.

From Rākau to Ngākau: Kathe Tawhiwhirangi shares this short and succinct piece of research exploring authentic approaches to leadership, policy, and pedagogy in regards to culturally responsive/proactive practice. What are you thoughts after reading this? 

Should we be teaching Te Reo Māori in our schools? As part of Te wiki o te reo Māori, we share some new resources and apps to encourage the use of te reo Māori and invite you to share what digital tools schools and kura are using to support te Reo Māori and te Ao Māori.

Implementing Māori history curriculum in your school: A lot can happen in a week! Let's celebrate what we're doing in our schools to help teach te Tiriti o Waitangi and te Reo Māori.

Digital technologies and Hangarau Matihiko

Approaches & Ideas that are working in schools: Viv Hall shares how she is working in schools to help introduce the new content for digital technologies in the Technology curriculum and asks, what works for you or what have you observed? Viv will be uploading some examples as she uncovers them and invites us to do the same. 

Connecting Gadgets with the curriculumAnne-Louise Robertson gets us thinking about how there are heaps of shiny, whirly, techie, apps, robots, how they're fun to play with but more importantly, the connections they have to our learners and their curriculum. How are you using digital technologies to meet the aims of the new curriculum and learning outcomes?

Play-Based learning 

Tracking and assessment in play: Heidi and others continue to reflect on the usefulness of JOST (Junior Oral Language Screening Tool) as part of the play based learning approach. Interested in this conversation? Why not share tools or forms of formative assessment you're using with your students?

10 ways to bring back play, have fun and promote learning: James Hopkins shares post of 10 tools and resources to inspire a hands-on, play-based approach to learning. Any more top tips to share?

Play Based Learning videos: James Hopkins shares some valuable videos on play-based learning to whet your whistle. What do you think of these and what inspires you think differently, teach differently? Do you have any more gems to share?

Where can I find help?

edSpace group pages: Has instructional videos and tips on why/how to use edSpace, including how to submit interesting looking posts, comments and more.

One tip a week: Has useful tips for setting up edSpace as your social network portal including how to invite your friends to groups.

Feel free to ask any questions.

Until next time, see you online,

Hei konā mai