E-learning at Epsom Girls Grammar School is defined as learning enabled by information and communication technologies, which enhances teaching approaches and supports effective learning environments. It facilitates connections beyond the classroom, shared learning communities, and offers virtual experiences that cater to individual differences. The document emphasizes the importance of preparing students for a rapidly changing world that demands new skills and provides various benefits such as increased motivation, engagement, and access to information.

1. E-learning at Epsom Girls Grammar SchoolDiscovering tomorrow togetherDiscovering tomorrow togetherClaire AmosDirector of e-learning

2. What is e-learning?The Ministry of Education defines e-Learning as learning that is enabled or supported with the use of information and communication technologies (ICT). Source: www.minedu.govt.nzDiscovering tomorrow together

3. Why is e-learning important?Information and communication technology (ICT) has a major impact on the world in which young people live. Similarly, e-learning has considerable potential to support effective teaching approaches. Source: New Zealand CurriculumDiscovering tomorrow together

4. Why is e-learning important?E-learning can assist the making of connections by enabling students to enter and explore new learning environments, overcoming barriers of distance and time Source: New Zealand CurriculumDiscovering tomorrow together

5. Why is e-learning important?E-learning can facilitate shared learning by enabling students to join or create communities of learners that extend well beyond the classroom Source: New Zealand CurriculumDiscovering tomorrow together

6. Why is e-learning important?E-learning can assist in the creation of supportive learning environmentsby offering resources that take account of individual, cultural, or developmental differences Source: New Zealand CurriculumDiscovering tomorrow together

7. Why is e-learning important?E-learning can enhance opportunities to learn by offering students virtual experiences and tools that save them time, allowing them to take their learning further. Source: New Zealand CurriculumDiscovering tomorrow together

8. Preparing our girls for their future!Discovering tomorrow togetherDiscovering tomorrow together

9. Shakespeare had 24,000 words to work withDiscovering tomorrow together

10. Eminem has over 1,000,000 wordsDiscovering tomorrow together

11. 1,000 words are added every monthDiscovering tomorrow together

12. The average student will have 10-14 careersDiscovering tomorrow together

13. 15,000 songs = 100 gramsDiscovering tomorrow together

14. They live in a world of instant informationDiscovering tomorrow together

15. They live in a world of instant communicationDiscovering tomorrow together

16. They live in a world of instant entertainmentDiscovering tomorrow together

17. They live in a world of collaborationDiscovering tomorrow together

18. They live in a world of social networkingDiscovering tomorrow together

19. They live in a multimedia worldDiscovering tomorrow together

20. Does this sound like this classroom?Discovering tomorrow together

21. Or this classroomDiscovering tomorrow together

22. Are we preparing them for this?Discovering tomorrow together

23. Or this?Discovering tomorrow together

24. Their world has changed.Discovering tomorrow together

25. Their world demands new skillsDiscovering tomorrow together

26. Are we teaching them?Source: Adapted from ‘Education Today and Tomorrow’ by Tom WoodwardDiscovering tomorrow together

27. Benefits of e-learningBenefits to school learners with access to e-Learning include:Motivation and engagementIndependence and personalised learningCritical thinking and multiliteraciesAccess to information, resources and expertsSource: ‘e-Learning and New Zealand schools: a literature review’ by Dr Noelene WrightDiscovering tomorrow together

28. Epsom Girls Grammar SchoolDiscovering tomorrow togetherDo not confine your children to your own learning for they were born in another time.- Hebrew Proverb Discovering tomorrow together