St Mary’s Catholic School in Tauranga trialled a system of online reporting using screen recording and casting. They wanted a system that supported student self-assessment and increased parents’ understanding and involvement in formative assessment.
Tags: Assessment | English | Multimedia – graphics/animation | Multimedia – video | Primary | Upper primary |
Students at Sunnybrae Normal School used Kid Pix and iMovie to record and share experiences, ideas, and information during an inquiry about kiwi conservation.
Tags: English | Science | Multimedia – graphics/animation | Multimedia – video | Lower primary | Primary |
Students at Sunnybrae Normal School in Auckland improved their literacy skills, and explored connections between oral, written, and visual language by creating digital texts.
Tags: English | Multimedia – graphics/animation | Multimedia – video | Presentation | Lower primary | Primary |
Students at Tauranga Primary School used iPads to consolidate their knowledge base, and reinforce learning intentions.
Tags: English | Mathematics and statistics | 1-1 Digital technologies | BYOD | iPads | Lower primary | Primary |
Students at Onehunga-Cuthbert Kindergarten in Auckland improved their storytelling by producing and sharing their stories with the help of animation software.
Tags: English | Multimedia – graphics/animation | Multimedia – video | Lower primary | Primary |
Students at Ashburton Intermediate in Christchurch developed an understanding of subject specific vocabulary through the use of online flashcards.
Tags: English | Science | Utilities/tools/gadgets | Primary | Upper primary |
Students at St Pius X School in Auckland improved their literacy skills and their perceptions of themselves as learners through blogging.
Tags: English | Blogging | Social media | Primary | Upper primary |
Students from Melville Intermediate School used Blogger to share their development of te reo Māori and receive feedback.
Tags: Distance learning | English | Learning languages | Blogging | Social media | Primary | Upper primary |
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Students from Melville Intermediate prepared and learnt their individual mihi in te reo Māori, then created videos to share their learning using Movie Maker.
Tags: English | Learning languages | Multimedia – video | Primary | Upper primary |
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 | English | e-Portfolios | Secondary | Upper secondary |
Students from Melville Intermediate helped students from neighbouring Broadlands Primary School prepare and learn a short mihi using Skype.
Tags: Distance learning | English | Learning languages | Collaborative tools | Communication | Primary | Upper primary |
Year 8 students from Ashburton Intermediate use Spiderscribe, an online mindmapping tool, to plan and organise information for report writing.
Tags: English | Interactive/thinking tools | Primary | Upper primary |
Students from Bayswater School created a video slideshow chronicling events in a school-wide inquiry using Animoto.
Tags: English | Multimedia – graphics/animation | Multimedia – video | Presentation | Middle primary | Primary | Upper primary |
Houghton Valley School trialled Hāpara Teacher Dashboard and Google Apps with their senior classes over 12 months, with a vision for improving literacy learning outcomes.
Tags: English | Student inquiry | Teacher inquiry | G Suite | Learning management systems (LMS) | Primary | Upper primary |
Fendalton Open Air School teachers collected and analysed a range of data to enhance their writing programme and engage learners.
Tags: English | Teacher inquiry | Collaborative tools | Communication | Multimedia – video | Presentation | Primary |
Year 8 teachers at Breens Intermediate, carried out a collaborative inquiry focused on increasing student agency to raise student achievement in literacy, supported by the use of digital technologies.
Tags: English | Teacher inquiry | Blogging | Primary | Upper primary |
Polyfest provided Māngere 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 |
Can students improve their writing using digital/visual formats instead of written text? This was the focus of Renee Strawbridge's teacher inquiry.
Using documentary making as a context for learning, her class of year 6-8 students successfully developed their writing skills. Students were highly engaged, developed new understandings of presenting through film making, and built digital fluency.
Tags: English | Teacher inquiry | Technology | Writing | Multimedia – video | Primary |