Shakeout Newsletter 3 for teachers
Kia ora koutou, Andrew here,
It is great to have you on board for the Shakeout field trip to Christchurch. Egbert the LEARNZ ambassador and I are all set to go! See previous newsletters from this field trip.
Make sure students have the field trip link http://www.learnz.org.nz/shakeout154
1. Key dates and times
- Monday 12 October - check devices, field trip web site, data projector, printer
- Tuesday 13 October - Virtual Field Trip to Auckland gets under way. First audioconference at 9.15am.
- Tuesday 13 October - Read Andrew's travel diary and look at the images.
- Friday 6 November at 4pm. Teachers submitting evaluations by this time and day are eligible for the prize draw.
2. Enhanced Audioconferences and Adobe Connect
- Check the Audioconference page which has links to all aspects of the audioconferences, including the timetable, the questions, an audioconference activity and recordings.
- Audioconference summaries can be emailed to andrew.penny@core-ed.org.
- Listening (unbooked) Schools - Your class can listen to the first formal part of audioconferences with added visual material in the LEARNZ Adobe Connect meeting room and type questions in the second informal part.
- Speaking (booked) Schools - If other students are listening to the audioconference in the LEARNZ Adobe Connect meeting room ensure they are using headphones or are in a different room.
- Adobe Connect - Throughout the Shakeout field trip, the LEARNZ Adobe Connect meeting room will operate for approximately 40 minutes - 20 minutes formal then 20 minutes less formal.
- While the formal questions from booked schools are answered aloud, the LEARNZ Adobe Connect meeting room will include related visuals and summaries of answers.
- New: After the formal audioconference session there are opportunities for your students to informally ask extra questions
- Look out for an email invitation that includes instructions and the link.
- Find out more about LEARNZ on Adobe Connect in LEARNZ support.
3. Activities
- Get the students primed and ready to learn by doing the activities for this Shakeout site.
- Take a look at the planning sequence in the Resources section - good for helping you keep your class on track during the field trip.
- With the class username and password that you set up for them on MyLEARNZ, students can share their learning at home with family - more.
4. Twitter updates
- Follow me @andrewpenny01 #learnztrip on Twitter during the field trip for highlights as they happen.
5. Videos
- During the field trip, videos with captions are uploaded to the website each morning.
- The first videos (from Tuesday) will be online on Wednesday morning.
6. Contacts
- If you have questions regarding the field trip please use the NZ Teacher Freephone 0800 22 55 53, or email webmaster@learnz.org.nz.
See you all soon,
Andrew
LEARNZ Field Trip Teacher
