50 Ways to encourage your child

Growth Mindset phrases

Why so many kids can’t sit still in school today

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2014/07/08/why-so-many-kids-cant-sit-still-in-school-today/

Why adults have to stop trying so darn hard to control how children play

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2015/12/11/why-adults-have-to-stop-trying-so-darn-hard-to-control-how-children-play/?postshare=2891450432209975&tid=ss_fb

The right — and surprisingly wrong — ways to get kids to sit still in class

/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2014/10/07/the-right-and-surprisingly-wrong-ways-to-get-kids-to-sit-still-in-class/

Making Learning Visible: Doodling Helps Memories Stick

http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2015/07/15/making-learning-visible-doodling-helps-memories-stick/

Dyslexia

http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2015/12/15/dyslexia-and-the-wider-world-of-creativity-and-talent/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FnHAK+%28MindShift%29

Google Sheets - examples for planning

http://waveneybryant.blogspot.co.nz/2015/02/planning-using-google-spreadsheets.html?m=1

Using Google Docs - via Manaiakalani Cluster

https://sites.google.com/a/manaiakalani.org/classsitetemplate/home

Whakaraupo Cluster Workshop Day

Whakaraupo Cluster Day

URL for NOTES: http://goo.gl/5KOoyz

Lyttelton Primary School, Wednesday 25th February 2015: The Beginning!

Cluster goals for today: Enhance Collaboration and Learning with Digital Technologies Explore the potential of Google Apps for Education (GAFE) as a Cluster Wide Platform for Collaboration PLEASE WRITE ANY COLLABORATIVE NOTES AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS DOCUMENT
9am -11am	Session 1 How to use Google Drive (Beginners) How does Drive work? Creating/sharing documents Upload an existing file/folder Using/sharing folders Launchpad for Google Apps Inserting images,tables etc This session is for anyone who is starting their journey into Google Drive.  If you think Google is just for ‘searching’ then this is the session for you! It will start from the beginning.   Facilitator: Nina Boyes LINK TO GOOGLE DRIVE PRESENTATION	Session 2 Google Drive Intermediate A Google adventure through Slides, Sheets and Forms This session will suit anyone that has a good grasp with their Drive, uses and understands Docs and is looking for the “what next” in the Google Apps for Education Domain. Facilitator: Angela Vermeulen Starter Presentation Link LINK TO GOOGLE FORM PATHWAY
12:30pm-2:30pm	Session 3 Intro to Personal Learning Network’s (PLN’s) Virtual Learning Network (VLN) Twitter Google+ Google Hangouts Facebook Need help with a topic or finding resources to support your students? PLN’s are a fantastic way to network with other teachers in your town, city, country or the world! You can guarantee that someone, somewhere has already taught the subject or done the research. Why reinvent the wheel, get yourself a PLN and save time by sharing! Facilitator: Nina Boyes LINK TO PLN PRESENTATION	Session 4 Collaborative Sharing Spaces Blogging to engage learners and Whānau Google Sites for collaboration and effective communication. Educators know that students write better when they have a real audience, not just a teacher with a red pen.  With the power of the internet and Blogger, students can engage with audiences on a global scale.  Blogging can be a powerful way to share learning with family and whānau and for children to learn and engage in Digital Literacy safely and with real purpose. Facilitator: Angela Vermeulen LINK TO PRESENTATION

Please sign up for

Morning Session 9am to 11am		Afternoon Session 12:30pm to 2:30pm
Google Drive: The Intro	Google Drive Intermediate	PLN	Collaborative Spaces
Rachel Whiteside	Tracey Janes	Tracey Janes	Judy Cooke
	Niki Stephenson	Nat Halliday	Rachel Ono
	Janet Davidson	Cath Mackenzie	Rachel Cummins
Muriel Haines	Muriel Haines	Eddie
Lauren	Brett		Dinah Wallis
Rosalie	Sarah Stanley	Maree Bigelow
Janet		Tom Mould
Anne Grieve

How to use Google Drive (Beginners)
Google Drive Intermediate
Intro to Personal Learning Network’s (PLN’s)	VLN discussion thread - Tracey (might be useful as an example of how online collaboration works in practice)
Collaborative Sharing Spaces

Top Apps, for Teachers

http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/06/11/apps-that-rise-to-the-top-tested-and-approved-by-teachers/

Using Google Docs for school

http://edtechvoice.com/the-best-website-for-classroom-teachers-google-sites/

Using Google Sites in the classroom

http://edtechvoice.com/the-best-website-for-classroom-teachers-google-sites/

Response to article – “Top schools give multi-million dollar classrooms a fail grade”

https://hail.to/amesbury-school/a/nFksiGz

RTC info and examples

http://nickrate.com/2014/04/11/teacher-inquiry-apprasial-and-portfolios-for-staff/

A Blog example for RTC

http://mvdspuy.blogspot.co.nz/2015/02/rtc-ready.html

Using a Blog for RTC

http://www.waikato.ac.nz/professionallearning/blog/rtc-blogging-as-a-way-of-gathering-evidence-for-teaching-criteria

Using Google Sites for RTC

https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=42&v=bu2s93RdT54

Talks about the importance of play

http://www.playgroundideas.org/about-us/the-evidence/

Songs for Primary age children

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1vG2ydN1YJeCgV2cyR-cR6A_VVhSBGGwN0R0c-AHc4Xs/mobilepresent?pli=1&slide=id.g5ef1f18cd_011

New Entrant Classrooms in the re-making - CORE-Ed

http://www.core-ed.org/sites/core-ed.org/files/CORE-Research-Report-New-Entrants-in-the-Re-making-v1.1.pdf

The decline of play and the rise of mental disorders in children

https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/freedom-learn/201001/the-decline-play-and-rise-in-childrens-mental-disorders?utm_source=FacebookPost&utm_medium=FBPost&utm_campaign=FBPost

Using Creativity to Boost Young Children’s Mathematical Thinking

https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=5543239082566333692#editor/src=sidebar

Reporting in Plain Language - MoE

http://assessment.tki.org.nz/Reporting-to-parents-whanau/Reporting-in-plain-language

Handwriting

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85bqT904VWA&feature=youtu.be

Play v/s learning

http://www.naeyc.org/content/research-news-you-can-use-play-vs-learning

Resiliency ideas

http://creativewithkids.com/25-ideas-for-teaching-your-kids-resilience/

Developing resiliency in children

http://psychcentral.com/lib/10-tips-for-raising-resilient-kids/

Un-schooling

http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2015/12/08/is-the-public-system-scared-to-put-students-at-the-center-of-education/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FnHAK+%28MindShift%29

Research on Handwriting

https://www.hw21summit.com/media/zb/hw21/files/H2948_HW_Summit_White_Paper_eVersion.pdf

Using Lego to create writing ideas

https://www.facebook.com/NoToshLearning/videos/10153845078659455/

Sudbury on Youtube

https://newrepublic.com/article/116015/sudbury-valley-school-alternative-education-right-my-kids

Sudbury comment

https://newrepublic.com/article/116015/sudbury-valley-school-alternative-education-right-my-kids

Sudbury - USAs Summerhill

http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/12/no-teachers-no-class-no-homework-would-you-send-your-kids-here/265354/

Self regulated learning

http://www.ciera.org/library/archive/2001-04/0104parwin.htm

Choices for young children

http://www.earlychildhoodnews.com/earlychildhood/article_view.aspx?ArticleID=607

A S Neill

A S Neill Summerhill
this is a good synopsis of his book
http://www.childrenwebmag.com/child-care-history-policy/summerhill-by-as-neill

Kath Murdoch - The Inquiry teacher

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlX32gB_e-w&feature=youtu.be

John Dewey: School must be connected to real life

Great article below, about Finland's integration of subjects:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/03/24/finlands-radical-new-plan-to-change-school-means-an-end-to-math-and-history-class/

Nathan Mikaere Wallis - What 3 - 7 year olds need to learn

http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/ninetonoon/audio/2595176/what-3-to-7-year-olds-need-to-learn-nathan-mikaere-wallis

Nathan Makaere Wallis on changing children's behaviour

Positive ways to change a child's behaviour:
1. Consistently show/teach the child what to do
2. Induction - "I thought you were a big school boy, so you could do this now..."
3. Bribery! Reward desirable behaviour. Praise, reinforcement....

Worst ways to change a child's behaviour: 
1. Punishment
2. Inconsistency
3. love withdrawl

http://www.radionz.co.nz/audio/player/20172487

Writing in Year 1

http://literacyonline.tki.org.nz/Literacy-Online/Impact/Progress-and-achievement/Assessment-processes/National-Standards-Reading-and-Writing/National-Standards-illustrations/Year-1/On-the-weekend-Writing

http://literacyonline.tki.org.nz/Literacy-Online/Impact/Progress-and-achievement/Assessment-processes/National-Standards-Reading-and-Writing/National-Standards-illustrations/Year-1/On-the-weekend-Writing

Early Words with Yolanda Soryl

Phonics

Yolanda Soryl
http://www.yolandasoryl.com/html/phonics_primary.htm
http://www.yolandasoryl.com/html/phonics_primary.htm

Learning retention

Cramming can actually be a good thing to do, for a test. It won’t stay in long term memory though.

Teaching/Learning of specific information/ strategies, then, should be spaced over a period of time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTo35X2rqls&feature=youtu.be&utm_content=buffera1a81&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Parenting Advice From ‘America’s Worst Mom’ - Children & Nature Network (C&NN)

types of collaboration in the classroom

http://www.ehow.com/way_5728619_effective-collaboration-teaching-strategies.html