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NZ Tech Advance – Education technology summit

Winding down into the last week of school, I’m spending two days at the Education technology summit.  This was hosted by the NZ tech industry organisation who represent over 300 business and 57 000 employees in the tech sector. So … Continue reading

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Hobsonville Point Secondary School – What is the fuss about?

As well as being a rich learning experience in itself, the 2016 GAFE Summit allowed me to snoop around the host venue – Hobsonville Point Secondary School. I have followed the development of this school with interest as it appears … Continue reading

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Design Thinking for Leaders with Steve Mouldey

I’m getting a greater understanding of the design thinking process – it was reinforced in the YIA teachers workshop that I attended. I used the task that the teachers went through with my class last week on the question of … Continue reading

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Going SOLO with Classroom with Christ Harte

Notes SOLO – Structure of Observed Learning Outcomes. Developed in 1982 by John Biggs. Each of the steps has a hand signal Link to presentation Qualantity (Quality and Quantity of information) Critique protocols: would be great for Inquiry presentations By … Continue reading

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Reimagine Reading with Kimberly Hall

Kimberly ran a session yesterday on writing so there is some cross over with tools that are useful for reading. She made a great slide deck (link here) that has explanations and links. Voice typing on Google Docs (only works … Continue reading

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