Connecting across continents

This is becoming a growing theme for educators and the presentation Kim Cofino has put together here is well worth watching.

Mauao Morning Walk

Tony Ryan on edtalks

You can view Tony's great '4E' talks here.

Mt Maungaui, Tauranga, New Zealand

Purangi estuary, Cooks Beach

I love this photo my son Malcolm took of a dinghy in the Purangi Estuary. It has a lovely feel to it, with a hint of nostalgia - possibly because when we were children, and when my children were children - we spent a lot of time here, some beautiful family fun times where the kids played and splashed and everyone was there for the sole purpose of enjoying each other's company. Well I say lets have more of those times and lets use our digital tools to take the opportunity to share them globablly. I have just added a comment in the form of a haiku to a twitter friend's class voicethread. That has reminded of some ways I could encourage my own students creative writing - I have decided this week will be voicethread week for Year 10's creative writing -provided we can access computers.

Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach

I love Sheryl's response in this Radio New Zealand audiocast.

Visit to weta

Winning students visit weta