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

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

Virtual Learning Network

CAM & Eddie

Derek Wenmoth

Virtual Education Network

Peter Hills

Telecom

Digital Coversations

ASNET Technologies