Aorakinet-Cantatech Collaboration Project

Aorakinet-Cantatech Collaboration Project

Objective

The aim of this project is to improve the quality of learning through teacher collaboration in producing learning resources.

Preknowledge

Aorakinet and Cantatech are eLearning Clusters located in the South Island of New Zealand. The schools that comprise the two clusters are: Akaroa Area School, Amuri Area School, Ashburton College, Cheviot Area School, Craighead Diocesan School, Darfield High School, Ellesmere College, Geraldine High School, Hurunui College, Mackenzie College, Mountainview High School, Mt Hutt College, Opihi College, Oxford Area School, Rangiora New Life School, Roncalli College, St Kevin's College, Timaru Boys' High School, Timaru Girls' High School, Twizel Area School, Waimate High School and Waitaki Girls' High School.

Key points

The subject areas that are involved in this project are: Classics Computing/ICT/Digital Technologies Physics We will work together to produce schemes of work and resources for learning that are high quality and reusable in different contexts

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Project Outline

Introduction

We see WikiEducator enabling collaboration amongst schools within our clusters. We envisage a pilot project that targets a small number of subjects/teachers. The main objective of this project is to improve teaching and learning through collaboration. Teachers from the subject areas identified will work together to develop learning resources that can be made freely available to others. We envisage this ultimately leading to the development of collaborative online courses.

Teachers often re-invent the wheel, when they can work smarter, more efficiently, and more effectively, together.

Timeline

Date	Task	Who	Status
03/04/09	Make Flyer for educo	Trevor	completed
03/04/09	Draft email for schools	Darren	Completed
06/04/09	Distribute email to schools	Trevor Darren	Completed
08/05/09	Make a list of teachers/subjects/schools	Darren
08/05/09	Make targets and review process	Darren Trevor
13 or 14/05/09	PD meetings for teachers	Darren Trevor

Documentation

• ideas on blended learning
• Moodle Protocols
• E-learning design framework
• A South Island eLearning Cluster Scholarship Mentoring Initiative
• A Creative Commons Policy for NZ Schools
• VLNC Technical Priorities 2010-2012
• Southern Central Divide ICTPD Regional Educational Cluster

Feedback

• Great initiative. Would you be interested in collaborating with teachers outside New Zealand? --Nellie Deutsch 21:43, 4 April 2009 (UTC)