Welcome to the latest digest of e-learning activity from across the VLN Groups. We have some exciting live e-learning events planned for this term, so be sure to share these with your colleagues.
Have a great week.
Karen, Tessa, Jane & Nick | Blended e-Learning Online Team
Introducing your online team
Karen Melhuish is the Enabling e-Learning community co-ordinator/national facilitator, VLN admin and an e-Learning consultant with CORE Education. Karen is based in Wellington.
Jane Armstrong is the online facilitator for the national Blended e-Learning PLD Programme and online editor for the Enabling e-Learning website. Jane is also based in Wellington.
Nick Ford is an online tutor, instructional designer and systems administrator of online professional learning courses for CORE Education. He is also a community facilitator in the VLN for Enabling e-Learning. Nick is based in Christchurch.
Tessa Gray is an online facilitator for Enabling e-Learning and a national facilitator for the Blended e-Learning PLD Programme. Tessa is based in Tauranga.
Feel free to message us and use our expertise.
e-Learning in the VLN Groups
Leadership
The revised e-Learning Planning Framework: What’s changed? A brief overview on developments of the e-Learning Planning Framework based on community consultation and sector feedback. For all e-Learning Planning Framework resources, go to
http://www.elearning.tki.org.nz/Professional-learning/e-Learning-Planning-Framework2
Tessa Gray highlights the potential to use the e-Learning Planning Framework when developing ICT goals in teacher appriasals.
This post offers some ideas for how students from low socio-economic backgrounds can acquire their own technology.
In this Edtalks video, Charles Newton outlines a number of models for principals and leaders to consider when strategic planning or planning for ICT.
We'd love to hear from you!
Need more resources for e-Learning and Leadership? Check out the Enabling e-Learning website.
Professional Learning
Inspiring stuff to stimulate the mind!
Have you got any suggestions for how the eLPF can be used as part of planning and review?
A request for interested parties to complete a survey about learners who have learning process difficulties.
Need more resources for e-Learning and Professional Learning? Check out the Enabling e-Learning website.
Teaching and Learning | Digital Citizenship
Updates regarding video conferencing and the NEN trial schools [via the NEN trial group in the VLN].
Schools are invited to video link with an Australian school to commemorate a joint New Zealand / Australian ANZAC Day.
Some interesting statistics and comments from students about their online learning experiences.
Want to integrate cell phones into learning? You can involve your students with lesson planning where cell phones are used as learning tools. Bookmarked by Barbara Reid
Why mobile learning?
Bookmarked by Barbara Reid
One teacher uses flip cameras and smartphones to create math-related videos as a self-reflective tool - to see how his students think through maths problems.
This video provides a succinct overview of the potential to use
Apple iBooks Author appNeed more resources for e-Learning and Teaching? Check out the Enabling e-Learning website.
Technologies
Can anyone help?
kokachrissy asks: "Any suggestions to have an open network for wireless in a school during school hours? we have some tablets cruz 1s that cant open proxys HELP" You can message
Chrissy directly.
ForumNG is an alternative forum for Moodle is now available as a plugin for Moodle 2.1.
A school trials the use of Chromebooks. Bookmarked by Allanah King.
Have you used any widgets to help make your LMS more user-friendly and that are easy to embed?
Gerard Macmanus is developing a student survey to find out which mobile devices students can bring to use at school. He is also asking for suggestions and ideas to help with policy development.
iPad/iTouch technology
Blog post on how Allanah has used the iPad to help chidren learn about proof reading with a camera. Bookmarked by Allanah King
Puffin web browser has been suggested in iPad/iPod user group in the
App sharing thread, so users can access games and more on an iPad.
More shared this week in this very helpful thread.
Need more resources for e-Learning and Technologies? Check out the Enabling e-Learning website.
Beyond the Classroom
A suite of apps that focused on early literacy skills, including Smarty Pants. Bookmarked by Allanah King.
Enabling e-Learning Events
We have finalised a series of online professional development opportunities for term 1. Feel free to invite a colleague to join you in these Enabling e-Learning events, so they don't miss out.
A summary of live events, free webinars and discussions planned for this term.
For new members: How to use Enabling e-Learning communities / VLN Groups - 24 February, 12.45pm-1.15pm.
Have you just joined the VLN Groups and/or Enabling e-Learning? Feeling a little lost? Then join Karen Melhuish in this lunchtime online workshop. This will be repeated again during the year.
Enabling e-Learning webinars:
Find the recordings here of 2011 sessions you may have missed.
Other events
Tablets, laptops, BYOD. Learn to develop an effective and affordable education technology plan for your school. Free seminars in Auckland, Hamilton, Wellington, Christchurch. 20 - 23 February 2012
Ignition: 2012 Emerging Leaders' Unconference
16 Apr 2012 - 17 Apr 2012 at Albany Senior High School, Auckland.
7 March 2012. All welcome.
Open, flexible and distance learning, 11 Apr 2012 - 13 Apr 2012.
EduCamp series 2012
EduCampAKL 2012 date/venue confirmed (21st July). Other dates and venues are going up on the EduCamp home page.
