Making climate education accessible for teachers
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To understand and address the challenges of a changing climate, the next generation need a strong foundation of climate literacy.
The Ministry of Education’s Connected Learning Advisory – Te Ara Whītiki is committed to supporting schools and communities as they plan for, manage, and use digital technologies for learning. This month we invite you to think about how you use both standard and assistive technologies to support your students.
The Connected Learning Advisory team can support schools to make the best use of digital technologies to meet the needs of a wide range of learners.
While technology is not a cure-all, it can transform learning for some students by making learning materials accessible and useable, by giving students a voice, and by offering curriculum materials in a range of engaging formats. We want you to know that the Connected Learning Advisory can help support you to make the most of both standard and assistive technologies in your work with these, and all, students.
For example, our team has provided advice on using digital technologies within schools to cater for students with reading and writing difficulties (including dyslexia); engaging students who are isolated or have difficulty communicating with their peers; and using a range of assistive technologies to support and include students.
Our regional advisers can also work in collaboration with Ministry of Education assistive technology coordinators and teachers to help identify the best use of technology to meet specific student learning needs.
Some technologies that you can ask the Connected Learning Advisory about include:
The Connected Learning Advisory can help schools to identify the right technology to support an individual or a group of students. We invite you to lodge a query with us to find out more about how we can help you to use technology to support learning for all.
Our web presence on Te Kete Ipurangi (TKI) has been refreshed, and we invite you to visit the site () to lodge a query, meet your local adviser, help yourself to one of our many free resources, to register for an upcoming free professional learning event, or even to learn more about what we do and how we help schools and kura for free right across Aotearoa New Zealand. See you online!
The Connected Learning Advisory is supporting hundreds of schools, kura, and now also Communities of Learning | Kāhui Ako, as they make strategic decisions related to learning with digital technologies.
If you have a query about integrating technology with teaching and learning, or you want to suggest a topic for this column, contact the Connected Learning Advisory on:
The Ministry of Education’s Connected Learning Advisory is managed by CORE Education
BY Education Gazette editors
Education Gazette | Tukutuku Kōrero, reporter@edgazette.govt.nz
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