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GNU/Linux In The NZ Curriculum

WWW - Warrington Waterway Project - Social Literacy

Waterwheel project

• Students and community stream regeneration
• Connecting school to beach

Waterway Project

• Fenced
• Trees, shrubs
• Maintaining
• Monitoring picnics
• Healthy water

PNG

• Warrington School was the first NZ school to use only Open Source software

Somewhere in the world

Warrington/Okahau

• Term 3 2010
• Exploring pupils interest in other nations

Goals

• To use and share learning, teaching and thinking techniques
• To disseminate our knowledge using this wiki
• These will include:

1. Alfie Kohn's Progressive Education
2. Howard Gardener's Multiple Intelligences
3. Edward de Bono's Six Thinking Hats
4. Elwyn Richardson - In the Early World
5. Blooms Taxonomy
6. Art Costa's Habits of the Mind

Okahau:Place of wind

Waves - term two theme

• To coincide with the launch of Blueskin Bay FM we are undertaking a cross curricular look at waves====Goals====
• To use and share learning, teaching and thinking techniques amongst staff and pupils
• To disseminate our findings using open education philosophies by using this wiki
• These will initially include:

1. Alfie Kohn's Progressive Education
2. Howard Gardener's Multiple Intelligences
3. Edward de Bono's Six Thinking Hats

Okahau:Place of wind

1. Blooms Taxonomy
2. Art Costa's Habits of the Mind

A whole school theme for term one+ 2010Goal:

1. To plan a one term teaching unit for pupils aged 5-13 years
2. Suitable for use and reuse by other schools
3. Design the unit on WikiEducator
4. Apply to NZOER for bounty after completion of this unit===Why this theme===

• It is universal - transferable across all people and nations
• Fits well with our school charter
• It is envirethical
• Links well with the school's whakatauki