Expanding Learning Horizons

Extending Learning Horizons with Video Conferencing Rachel Roberts E-Principal

“ Don’t limit a child to your own learning, for she was born in a different time”

Industrial to Informational “ In the industrial age we went to school… in the information age school comes to us”

A developing trend in NZ
Expansion of curriculum
Shortage of specialist teachers
Small rolls (110 out of 350 secondary schools have a roll of less than 120 students at year 11+)
Introduction of new assessment regimes
Teacher workload issues

Connecting Learners through Video Conferencing Student-Teacher face-to-face contact enables the distance to dissolve

www.virtuallearning.school.nz

Sample Timetable

Online Learning Environments Spaces catering for different interests Tools for managing participation http://moodle.minedu.govt.nz/taranet/

Digital Conversations

Teacher Professional Development

Thanks to:
Virtual Learning Network
CAM & Eddie
Derek Wenmoth
Virtual Education Network
Peter Hills
Telecom
Digital Coversations
ASNET Technologies

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