CWA Team Blog

Presenting TKI workshops:

Tuesday is a full on day for the team as we present four workshops in a row.

Assessment- Integrating ICT, learning data and Assessment,

Exploring Maori and Pasifika resources

NCEA and Study It- making things easy

ICT- exploring ICT resources on TKI

This ULearn ‘06 conference is all about promoting and understanding the new Internet based technologies such as blogging, on-line forums, chat and video streaming as they have enabled the conversation to go well beyond the face 2 face experience of previous conferences.

Murray Brown the ICT Manager for the Ministry of Education, shared with the conference the most important aspects of ULearn ’06. The main philosophy revolves around the theory that technology needs the value of educational professionals in order to be effective in educational use. 4 points were raised by Murray, each needing to be worked with, and addressed at this conference.

 These were:

Connectivity, home and the classroom.

Content: libraries and educators

Community- providers and peers

Capability- guidelines and communication tools.

Now without sounding bias but where do you find these 4 points at the flick of a switch- Yes that’s correct- Te Kete Ipurangi- The online learning centre!!

The workshops enticed many educators from early childhood through to upper secondary. Each workshop catered to meet the needs of their audience and answer one or even more of the conference key questions.