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Students with special learning needs improved their communication skills during circle time through the use of a 2Touch interactive whiteboard.

Tags: Diverse learners | Effective pedagogy | English | Assistive technologies | Interactive displays | Lower primary | Lower secondary | Middle primary | Primary | Secondary | Upper primary | Upper secondary |

Geocaching was used at Papatoetoe High School to strengthen students’ ‘learning to learn’ capabilities, and deepen teachers’ understandings of effective teaching.  

Tags: Cross-curricular | Effective pedagogy | Social sciences | Utilities/tools/gadgets | Lower secondary | Secondary |

Music students at St Peter’s College in Palmerston North used e-portfolios to record their reflections, compositions, and understandings.

Tags: Assessment | The Arts | e-Portfolios | Lower secondary | Secondary |

Students at Epsom Girls Grammar School improved their writing ability and their understanding of assessment standards through the use of blogging.

Tags: English | Blogging | Social media | Secondary | Upper secondary |

Students from Mount Roskill Grammar School engaged in shared learning with their peers and subject teachers for NCEA Level 3 English using MyPortfolio.

Tags: Assessment | Effective pedagogy | English | e-Portfolios | Secondary | Upper secondary |

This snapshot describes how students at Ashburton College used Wikispaces to present the results of an inquiry into career planning.

Tags: Technology | Blogging | Publishing | Secondary | Upper secondary |

Switch it! Maker 2 and Choose it! Maker 2 were used to help a non-verbal, high needs student make activity choices with a single press head-switch.

Tags: Cross-curricular | Diverse learners | Assistive technologies | Utilities/tools/gadgets | Lower primary | Lower secondary | Middle primary | Primary | Secondary | Upper primary | Upper secondary |

Students at Howick College increased their motivation to learn and their ownership of the learning process by using the multimedia tools Movie Maker and PowerPoint, and other mobile technologies.

Tags: Social sciences | BYOD | iPads | Multimedia – graphics/animation | Multimedia – video | Presentation | Secondary | Upper secondary |

Students used Inspiration to help clarify ideas, express and justify opinions, and support their presentations. 

Tags: Effective pedagogy | English | Interactive/thinking tools | Presentation | Lower secondary | Secondary |

Suzanne Baldwin and Lizzy Harrison, Burnside High School, addressed the needs of 13 target learners by making learner agency a core focus for their inquiry. 

Tags: Teacher inquiry | Collaborative tools | e-Portfolios | Secondary |

Polyfest provided Mangere College with the opportunity to re-think curriculum planning and design to improve student achievement results for NCEA.

Tags: English | Learning languages | Science | Social sciences | The Arts | Visual arts | Multimedia – graphics/animation | Multimedia – video | Secondary | Upper secondary |