Emma Watts 
(729 days ago)
About me
Kia ora! I'm the Lead E-Learning Teacher at Upper Moutere School. I have been teaching for nearly 12 years. I trained in London and worked for 8 years in the heart of the East End where I was a Lead Literacy Teacher. I have been leading e-learning for 4 years in NZ. I am passionate about using e-learning 'tools' to encourage students to be independent and creative learners. E-learning gives communities opportunities to connect, communicate, collaborate, customize and create.
Flick-It-On
Students creating movies through the key competencies & the curriculum
Whakatu Schools
W-S eLearning
Modern Learning Environments
Designing new spaces for student-centred, 21st century learning.
Digital Citizenship
A group to support schools help their students, staff and whānau become digital citizens
- Tessa Gray 310 days ago
Kia ora Emma and welcome to the Digital Citizenship group. Good to have you on board. Your expertise and skills in this area, will be most valuable.
You might also be interested in a webinar we ran this year on Digital citizenship - using inquiry to build digital citizenship [http://www.vln.school.nz/groupcms/view/187012/webinar-recordings]
In the meantime, please feel free to jump in, add your own resources, ask a question or contribute to the collaborative projects on offer.
Looking forward to working with you online again. Ngā mihi nui, nā Tessa.
- Enabling e-Learning 491 days ago
Haere mai and welcome to Enabling e-Learning, Emma. Good to have you on board - and great to meet you at #lats12. I hope you enjoy the weekly e-learning round-up on the blog [http://www.vln.school.nz/pg/blog/owner/group:118255]. Looking forward to working with you this year!
Ngā mihi nui, nā Karen Melhuish - Emma Watts 495 days ago
new school...new class...new blog - http://r4umo2012.blogspot.co.nz/ we'd love some messages!
- Tessa Gray 548 days ago
Kia ora Emma, we have created some community badges (http://www.vln.school.nz/pg/groupcms/view/231460/) that show recognition to those who have actively participated in the Enabling e-Learning community groups this year.
Please feel free to download the badges that best represent how you have engaged on the EE groups - for example, "Member of the week". This can be uploaded to your profile page or any other online presence you have.
Again, thank you for your thoughtful contributions. Ngā mihi mō te Kirihimete and see you online in 2012!
- Tessa Gray 727 days ago
Hi Emma, me again...Im planning a practical LIVE ELLUMINATE session for 6th July 3.45-4.30pm. I was wondering if you might be available and would like to join us as a guest speaker? I'd prepare a presentation on how to use the VLN groups spaces for professional learning and you could pop in/out to share specific examples EG: Like the movies @ http://www.vln.school.nz/pg/groupcms/view/46685/
What do you think?
E-Learning Annual Plan 2011
By Emma Watts 833 days agoThe Six Secrets of Change - M. Fullan
By Emma Watts 833 days agoProfessional reading about leadership.
ICT New Zealand
By Emma Watts 847 days agohttp://ictnz.com/ - Trevor Bond's Web site. Great information on developing questioning skills for students. Good rubric for supporting students understanding of how to ask higher level questions.Paula's Pages
By Emma Watts 850 days agopaulaspages.wikispaces.com - Initially looked at Paula Jamieson's wikipage through the ICTPD Online Newsletter for her preofessional readings page. There are also some good pages for teacher PD, especially with Voicethread. I will pass on the links to the teachers...Patrick Holford
By Emma Watts 854 days agowww.patrickholford.com - Great ideas for living and staying 100% healthy!
Blogging & Homework
By Emma Watts 27 May 2011 5:00pm (755 days ago)Commented on Ainsley's blog post about 'blogging' as howework - some interesting point are being raised on the dicsussion. Check is out at: http://www.vln.school.nz/mod/threaded_forums/topicposts.php?topic=54087&group_guid=52477How are students getting greater access to e-Learning tools at school?
By Emma Watts 11 May 2011 6:39pm (771 days ago) Comments (1)This was a question that was part of a discussion for the Whakatu Cluster: My first response to: ‘How are they getting greater access to e-Learning tools?' is to ask further questions. What are e-learning tools? Is this the...Working with teachers and their classes
By Emma Watts 21 Feb 2011 1:42pm (850 days ago)During 2011, as part of my e-learning leadership role, I am working with teachers in their classrooms with their students to support embedding e-learning into their classroom programmes. The first teacher and class I have started working with...