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The Virtual Learning Network (VLN) supports the concept of classrooms without walls, where students and educators have the flexibility to connect with their classes 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Where a rich and diverse range of courses, programmes and activities, from early childhood through to tertiary, are offered by New Zealand-based educators.

This site brokers the connections between teachers and learners; joining clusters, schools, groups and individuals who are learning through online programes using asynchronous and synchronous technologies for curriculum support.

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Eddie Reisch 8 Nov 2009

Educational Scenarios

At a glance

Who knows what’s around the corner? These scenarios have been developed using research from leading social scientists to provide insights into the different possibilities that might face education and learning in the future. Use them to develop sustainable plans and strategies that can cope with a wide range of future possibilities.

Here is a bird’s-eye view of life and learning within the world’s six future scenarios. Click on the images to explore different themes and see how the scenarios compare. These are on this web site

This is worth a look

Eddie Reisch 2 Oct 2009

Assessment Resource Bank news - October 2009

NEW ASSESSMENT RESOURCES

English:

'Learning vocabulary through reading' has been added to our support material section. This page lists English resources that provide teachers with assessment data on student ability to understand new or unfamiliar words as they read, by using background knowledge, context clues, and word part clues. All listed resources have been published this year, with the addition of two new English resources. They are:

WL2657, Nippers: "awkward";

WL2656, Nippers: "spectators".

Both resources are based on a Part 4 School Journal article, "Playing with words".

http://arb.nzcer.org.nz/new_english.php

Maths:

One level 4 and six level 3 resources have just been published. The contexts include:

deciding whether a graph is suitable to display category data;

placing decimal numbers in the correct order and positioning them on a number line;

identifying fractions that are greater than a half;

identifying fractions that are greater than one;

showing or explaining how two different fraction numbers can represent the same fraction;

finding subsequent shapes in several patterns and showing how to work out another shape based further on in the pattern;

using given numbers to work out rules.

http://arb.nzcer.org.nz/new_maths.php

ALIGNMENT TO THE NEW CURRICULUM

The ARB resources are currently being aligned to the new curriculum.

From the 19th of October, all resources will map to the new curriculum. This means that the classification search pages will use the new strands and objectives of the new curriculum.

If you have any questions about the alignment to the new curriculum, please contact us.

http://arb.nzcer.org.nz/contact.php

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