The TEEL Team are kicking of the first series of 30 Minute Tech Takeaways for 2016 with a fortnight of refreshers on three of the best digital tools for creating interactive resources; Zaption, Thinglink and Powtoon.
Why do we think these three are so good?
All are free, easy to learn and use, can add interactivity to existing resources and help increase course engagement.
First session is on Wednesday April 13th. Come along to The Qube in Rex Williams for a demo or refresher. If you can't make the scheduled times, get in touch and we can arrange a time to suit you or your team.
Wednesday the 14th of October saw the Teaching Development Seminar Series move to Bongard Campus with a focus on teaching to large groups. Anne Bradley and Greg Bold shared their experience with us and offered some great strategies for larger classes. Have a look at their presentations below.
At our recent lunchtime Teacher Development Seminar, the English Language Team gave an excellent talk on strategies for teaching students who's first language is not English. They made the interesting point that these students are not necessarily international students studying English, but also New Zealand citizens and domestic students who grew up speaking another language.
Take a look here.
The focus of the presentations from the lunchtime seminar session held on 16 September was the importance of the teaching and industry interface and the importance of developing and maintaining strong relationships with local industry.
Have a look at these videos to see what Betty Ormsby, Brian Dillon and Lee Pearce had to say about the importance of industry liaison for their programmes and their students.
Kylee New, Phil Grimmer and Mariana Tapsell from the Hospitality, Trades Training and Foundation Studies programmes spoke at the recent Teaching and Learning Seminar that focused on strategies for engaging youth. Each tutor spoke of the challenges they faced, how there was a need to be flexible in their approach, and their strong desire to see the young people on their courses succeed.
Some common themes emerged including the importance of building a community of learners, the need to develop trusting relationships with students and the long term benefits of making the effort to spend time with each student to check on their progress both as a student and young person.
Take a look at their talks below. They were filmed on a self tracking camera called a Swivl. If you would like to have a go using this device in your classroom, get in touch with the Teel Team.
This weeks learning and teaching seminar is focused on strategies to improve youth engagement and success. Come along to C12 Wednesday 26th at 12.05pm, grab a cup of soup and a roll and listen to senior staff from three schools share their experience
The first of the Return to the Future Series for 2015 kicks off at Windermere in A3, lunchtime August 12th. The theme is Tech4Learning. Come along, grab some soup and a bun andlisten to three tutors discuss how they are currently using video to provide just in time learning resources for students.
