Tuesday 29 September 2015

Connected Education NZ to provide online PD for educators worldwide - Māori Television
Māori Medium and Pasifika Administrator at CORE Education, Shannon Vulu says CENZ is a month-long online conference where educators worldwide can connect. “Basically how it works is that any company or any teacher can access sessions that can ...

Cameras for special-ed transport after assault
All Ministry of Education-contracted vehicles used to transport special needs children will have cameras installed following the case of a driver who sexually assaulted a girl he was tasked with driving to and from her school.The...

Head slams 'videos for field trips'
Schools are not taking field trips needed to teach core aspects of the curriculum in subjects like geography - instead having students watch videos."They just can't afford the field trip so they have a video to watch," said Patrick...

Pacific languages more popular with youth but funding cuts impact on role - Scoop.co.nz (press release)
A new report shows Pasifika families are reaching their goals with the help of the Whanau Ora programme. The programme is all about helping families become stronger in the areas of health, education, economic development and culture. Pasifika Futures ...

Transforming the learning experience in schools - Massey News (press release)
Massey University e-learning specialist Dr Maggie Hartnett is working with teachers of Year 5 and 6 classes at Palmerston North's Russell Street School and Ashhurst Primary School for the next 18 months in one of the Ministry of Education's Teacher-Led ...

Professional issues, politics and policy – PPTA
Secondary teachers from throughout the country have descended on Wellington to talk professional issues, politics and policy.

IT girls on campus
“It was a Nintendo Super Mario Brothers game. They tried to ban me but it didn’t work.”

Refugee education conference chance to celebrate success
Celebrating success stories from educators and former refugees and developing programmes that provide a strong platform for the future is the focus of a two-day conference being held later this week.

Israelis: 'we're students not soldiers'
Two Israeli university students were left "heart-broken" at a storm ofuniversity protest at their visit. Raphael Wein and Naftali Gross served and commanded troops in the Israeli army for two and three years respectively as part of the country's ...