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Alexander Wallace: ePortfolio ISTE [|INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF TECHNOLOGY IN EDUCATION]
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 * DVD Launch: Technology-enhanced Learning: Exemplary Classroom Practice**
 * Auckland University News and Events: Faculty of Education**

The School of Teaching, Learning and Development, in conjunction with the Centre for Educational Design and Development, has produced a DVD of exemplary classroom practice using information technology. The series of video clips are examples of Exemplar practice in the alignment of recent understandings of learning theory, Theories of adolescent motivation and engagement and the use of information technology. Expert commentary is provided by Maree Davies, Senior Lecturer, faculty of Education. The DVD is ideally suited as a resource for pre-service teacher education courses and in-service teacher professional development programmes. This DVD consists of a series of video clips of Year 9-13 students in New Zealand Secondary School classrooms, using educational technologies to enhance learning. Graeme Aitken, Associate Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Education, University of Auckland provides insightful and pertinent commentary on student motivation and engagement. The concepts and pedagogy are relevant to both emerging and developing adolescents encompassing years 7-13. DVD Launch: Technology-enhanced Learning: Exemplary Classroom PracticeFor more information, contact Maree Davies.

=Expeditions Pioneer Programme visits Kamo High School =


 DANICA MACLEAN/FAIRFAX NZ  Kamo High School students Josh Tyler and Georgia Remo-Wetere explore a foreign location using virtual reality technology. Students have been transported from the ocean floor to a cliff top as part of the worldwide Google programme. The Expeditions Pioneer Programme visited Kamo High School on November 13, one of only a selected number of New Zealand school visits on the tour. The school's e-learning director, Alex Wallace, says he was at a conference in Auckland last month when he put Kamo's name in the mix to be selected for a visit. The students used a smartphone encased in a cardboard viewfinder to go on virtual reality tours while the teacher controlled the tour on a tablet. There are over 100 locations to chose from. Teachers are able to highlight particular points and monitor where the students are actually looking. Wallace says its huge to have the programme visit the school. "It looks to be an amazing teaching tool," Wallace says. "It's an insight for teachers to see where we can go with the curriculum." He says he believes the virtual expeditions can go across all aspects of the curriculum. The students said they liked the virtual tours and thought the concept was "cool". They were sad and reluctant to put the viewfinders down and return to their ordinary class. Wallace says principals from other Northland schools were also invited to experience the virtual expeditions. || ||