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How do we use the NZ Curriculum to build deep

understanding?

Name: Virginia Kung

School: Newmarket Primary

City: Auckland

Role: Assistant Principal

SOLO Lead Teacher

Adjunct Lecturer

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Name: Sonya Van Schaijik

School: Newmarket Primary

City: Auckland

Role: e_learning Lead Teacher

Travel Wise Lead Teacher

ESOL Teacher

Twitter: vanschaijik

About us

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The Childrens’ Learning

Engagement - tie in with current interest/ trends

Backgrounds Groups Visually stimulating

The Learning Process using SOLO Taxonomy

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❏ Activate prior knowledge

❏ Build on what children know

❏ Learning scaffolded using

SOLO Taxonomy

❏ Technical vocabulary identified

Topic high interest underpinned by NZCEG: Science

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Evidence Based Learning

‘Visible Learning’John Hattie

Ways that we have engaged children

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Ways that we have engaged children

- Photo Story

- iPads, teacher iPhone & apple TV

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- Twitter and Facebook was used to communicate with outside experts.- WTN -Google Docs

with the children

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Considerations for Integration

Are there learning intentions and possible success criteria that match each activity?

Is there opportunity for collaborating, creating, reflecting and sharing?

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Considerations for Integration

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Resource Ideas- Localization

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Resource Ideas- Appropriate to age

Creating a global project- eg: using google presentation and invite other countries to contribute, comment

* User friendly* PD for teachers * Knowledge about the resource and tools * Stimulating and engaging.* Range across all levels including ELL * Durable * Apps, digital books, audio & video, 3D* Social Media Tools- Age appropriate* LMS

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Possible Challenges

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* Know the audience* Purposeful* Clear Goals* User friendly* Stimulating and motivating* Create a product like an app, or something that is easy to reproduce. * Trial the product and get feedback* Utilising the children’s skills to create a (digital) product

Message for the NZTA group

http://pamhook.com/solo-taxonomy/http://nzcurriculum.tki.org.nz/http://www.newmarket.school.nzhttp://newmarketsolo.wikispaces.com/https://minecraft.net/

http://www.trashpack.com

http://www.toptrumps.com/

http://www.lego.com/en-us/

Science Video

Acknowledgements

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