CWA Team Blog

For educators to share their experience and knowledge of effective teaching practice in technology rich environments.

Christchurch September 24- 27 2006

Hi Barb, Site Manager of Te Kete Ipurangi (TKI) and a team of 10 experienced educationalists have travelled to Christchurch to contribute, share and deliver TKI resources that support the conference theme – the 10 key questions.NZ Education’s 10 key questions covering e-communities of practice, curriculum, assessment, learning and teaching, vision and values, pedagogy and practice, diversity, and student perspectives provides the essence of the two strands Leaders and Learners that support the main goals for ULearn ‘06.

Today was setting up of our stand that is situated alongside the other Ministry of Education sectors. As you can see we proudly wear our TKI vests- this is a great way to stand out from the 1400 delegates attending this conference and help promote our website. TKI pens, brochures, and even the chocolate fish easily entice our eager educational audience. Many want to share their successes after using TKI resources and implementing it into their class teaching/ planning, others offer valuable suggestions and some just enjoy saying hi to one of the team whom they have been corresponding to over the year.

The conference first keynote speaker- Lisa Galarneau – Welcome to the Future: What online games can tell us about future of learning? Lisa is a game researcher for microsoft and a web e-learning producer and shared her perspective on the future of learning. Her presentation clearly showed to us as educators, that we have a long way to go to see the benefits of an interactive, virtual world.

The conference dinner was held on Monday night- a truly dazzling affair with excellent music, delicious food and wonderful entertainment from a number of very talented school children. A great way for the team to relax, unwind and dance, as well as the ever important net working.