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  • EQC Media Release
    Students go on volcano field trip without leaving classroom
    [2]Or read at Rotorua Now [3] | Sun Live [4] | Live News NZ [5] | School News NZ [6]
    21 August 2019
  • Virtual Learning
    Selwyn Times [7]
    March 2019
  • NZ Schools visit Antarctica
    http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/ED1811/S00036/nz-schools-visit-antarctica.htm [8]
    15 November 2018
  • Virtual trip full of in-depth learning
    https://education.nzta.govt.nz/news/virtual-trip-full-of-in-depth-learning/ [9]
    5 November 2018
  • CORE wins Best Student Resource and Best Digital Resource in Copyright Licensing Education Awards 2018
    http://www.copyright.co.nz/about/news-and-event/winners-announced-for-the-copyright-licensing-education-awards-2018 [10]
    11 October 2018
  • Virtual learning earns defribillator
    https://issuu.com/thewanakasun/docs/wanaka_sun_890 [11] (Page 9)
    3 October 2018
  • Virtual field trips bring natural hazards into classrooms
    https://www.eqc.govt.nz/news/virtual-field-trips-bring-natural-hazards-into-classrooms-2018 [12]
    12 September 2018
  • Whangārei Heads class plants kauri as part of dieback lessons
    https://www.nzherald.co.nz/northern-advocate/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503450&objectid=12097907 [13]
    31 July 2018
  • School students go on virtual field trip to Southland satellite station
    https://www.stuff.co.nz/southland-times/news/104134758/school-students-go-on-virtual-trip-to-southland-satellite-station [14]
    23 May 2018
  • Virtual field trip focuses on design thinking behind transport system + Other LEARNZ trip looks at the tech inside self-driving vehicles
    http://education.nzta.govt.nz/news/virtual-field-trip-focuses-on-design-thinking-behind-transport-system [15]
    23 April 2018
  • Virtual field trips bring natural hazards into classrooms
    https://www.eqc.govt.nz/news/virtual-field-trips-bring-natural-hazards-into-classrooms [16]
    1 November 2017
  • Getting Outta Class on a Virtual Field Trip - School News
    https://www.schoolnews.co.nz/2017/02/getting-outta-class-on-a-virtual-field-trip/ [17]
    February 2017
  • Virtual Classroom at Waterview
    October 2016
  • 3,000 Kiwi kids descend on the Alpine Fault
    http://www.eqc.govt.nz/sites/public_files/36261%20EQC%20Update%20370x260%20September-2016%203-0_0.pdf [18]
    September 2016
  • EQC & Civil Defence ‘ShakeOut’ virtual field trip gets top marks
    http://www.eqc.govt.nz/news/eqc-civil-defence-'shakeout'-virtual-field-trip-gets-top-marks [19]
    22 Oct 2015
  • ShakeOut and LEARNZ on CTV News
    Watch on YouTube [20] - Go to 3 minutes 40 seconds and play item, which runs for 5-6 minutes.  
    October 2015
  • Field trip in Johnsonville - Raumati School, the Smart Motorway and TOC
    View the PDF [21]
    September 2015
  • Students get rare look inside Waterview Connection
    http://www.voxy.co.nz/national/students-get-rare-look-inside-waterview-connection/5/228686 [22]
    August 2015
  • Students to experience engineering on a grand scale. The Waterview Connection is the largest and most complex roading construction project ever undertaken in New Zealand. Teachers can sign up their classes for a virtual field trip, which starts August 4.
    July 2015
  • Winners in "Name the Drone" competition
    http://www.linz.govt.nz/news/2015-05/introducing-manu-linzs-biosecurity-drone [23]
    May 2015
  • Minister presents prizes at Waterloo School in "Name the Drone" Competition
    http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/local-papers/hutt-news/68812422/waterloo-school-drone-ranger-names-government-drone-manu [24]
    May 2015
  • Virtual Great Walker competition connects classrooms with conservation
    http://www.doc.govt.nz/news/media-releases/2015/virtual-great-walker-competition-connects-classrooms-with-conservation/ [25]
    February 2015
  • Virtual trip prepares for Anzac centenary
    http://interfaceonline.co.nz/2015/02/10/virtual-trip-prepares-for-anzac-centenary/ [26]
    February 2015
  • Deep Argo video. Video made by Ocean Today oceantoday.noaa.gov (Smithsonian Institution and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) and features video and still imagery from the LEARNZ Argo Floats virtual field trip.
    http://oceantoday.noaa.gov/deepargo/ [27]
    December 2014
  • Awards put spotlight on location innovation
    http://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/awards-put-spotlight-location-innovation [28]
    Press release from Land Information Minister, Louise Upston, re inaugural New Zealand Spatial Excellence Awards (NZSEA) - LINZ and LEARNZ.
    November 2014
  • Teachers give feedback on virtual field trips to Waterview Connection tunnels and National War Memorial Park
    From NZ Transport Agency Education portal newsletters
    October 2014
  • LEARNZ videos and photos on Argo floats feature in major media outlets
    Media release from CORE Education
    October 2014
  • Deep Argo: probes in ocean abyss explore mysteries of global warming
    http://www.nbcnews.com/science/environment/deep-argo-probes-ocean-abyss-explore-mysteries-global-warming-n223406 [29]
    From NBC News
    October 2014
  • Deep Sea Instruments May Solve Missing Energy Mystery
    From Reporting Science Climate
    October 2014
  • In the Ocean, Clues to Change
    http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/12/science/in-the-ocean-clues-to-change.html [30]
    From The New York Times
    August 2014
  • Digging deep for virtual learning
    http://interfaceonline.co.nz/2014/02/14/digging-deep-for-virtual-learning/ [31]
    From New Zealand Interface Magazine
    February 2014
  • World Wetlands Day
    http://www.doc.govt.nz/about-doc/news/media-releases/world-wetlands-day-2013-brings-schools-from-both-ends-of-nz-together/ [32]
    From media releases on the DoC website.
    March, 2013
  • Schools Geospatial Virtual Field Trip
    http://www.geospatial.govt.nz/schools-geospatial-virtual-field-trip [33]
    From New Zealand Geospatial Strategy blog
    Nov 19, 2012
  • Project allows virtual field trip to special lagoon
    http://www.stuff.co.nz/southland-times/news/7664702/Project-allows-virtual-trip-to-special-lagoon [34]
    From Southland Times
    Sep 13, 2012
  • CORE Education acquires LEARNZ
    Sep 3, 2012
  • Chasing Sir Peter Blake's vision
    http://www.stuff.co.nz/southland-times/news/features/7551925/Chasing-Sir-Peter-Blakes-vision [35]
    From Southland Times
    Aug 27, 2012
  • Pupils Mine Information
    Te Awamutu Courier [36]
    Aug 9, 2012
  • Cook Strait whale count
    http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC1206/S00010/cook-strait-whale-count.htm [37]
    June 5, 2012
  • Virtual Field Trip For Class
    From Selwyn Times - go to Page 4 at http://issuu.com/the.star/ [38]
    Mar 27, 2012
  • Field trips coming to the classroom
    http://www.voxy.co.nz/national/field-trips-coming-classroom/5/112129 [39]
    Jan 11, 2012
  • Blake's spirit lives on in Kermadec adventure
    http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10771457 [40]
    Dec 7, 2011
  • Virtual crowd to climb mountain
    http://www.stuff.co.nz/timaru-herald/news/6009244/Virtual-crowd-to-climb-mountain [41]
    Nov 22, 2011
  • Team ready to count whales
    http://www.stuff.co.nz/marlborough-express/news/kaikoura/5109433/Team-ready-to-count-whales [42]
    Jun 8, 2011
  • Whale survey reaches classrooms
    http://www.stuff.co.nz/marlborough-express/news/3791030/Whale-survey-reaches-classrooms [43]
    Sep 6, 2010
  • Taking whales strait to kids
    http://www.stuff.co.nz/marlborough-express/news/picton/3864715/Taking-whales-strait-to-kids [44]
    Jun 29, 2010
  • Real Learning
    Northern Outlook [45]
    Feb 27, 2010
  • Learnz Wind And Water Power Field Trip Generates Huge Interest
    http://www.infonews.co.nz/news.cfm?id=40740
    [46]
    Aug 12, 2009
  • Wild about photography
    http://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/61717/pupils-quiz-experts-virtual-field-trip [47]
    Jun 19, 2009
  • Antarctic adventures
    http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/mail-outlook-ccn/northern-outlook/163909/Antarctic-adventures [48]
    Jan 1, 2009
  • Students experience Antarctica from classrooms
    http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/731182/Students-experience-Antarctica-from-classrooms [49]
    Nov 24, 2008
  • Kids make hi-tech trip to the ice
    http://www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/news/727671/Kids-make-hi-tech-trip-to-the-ice [50]
    Nov 20, 2008
  • School opts for virtual trip to windmill
    http://www.stuff.co.nz/manawatu-standard/news/345010/School-opts-for-virtual-trip-to-windmill [51]
    Mar 4, 2008
  • Lessons from the ice: A virtual field trip to Antarctica brought the frozen continent closer to students
    Education Gazette article - Learning Experiences Outside The Classroom
    http://eotc.tki.org.nz/content/download/687/3335/file/antarctica-article.pdf [52]
    Dec 3, 2007
  • Children warm to Antarctica
    http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10452109 [53]
    Jul 18, 2007
  • PPTA News Article about LEARNZ, profiling a field trip to Solid Energy's Huntly East Coal Mine. Cover Photo and Article Pages 7-10.
    Intrepid Teaching - Field Trips 21st Century Style [54]
    September 2005

Source URL: https://learnz.org.nz/learnz-news

Links
[1] https://learnz.org.nz/learnz-news
[2] http://www.learnz.org.nz/learnz-news/students-go-on-volcano-field-trip-without-leaving-classroom
[3] http://mmlink.co/bbuZJf413H
[4] http://mmlink.co/syDK6FmPDJ
[5] http://mmlink.co/KupSZz9s5T
[6] http://mmlink.co/QbUQl9rxtJ
[7] http://www.learnz.org.nz/sites/learnz.org.nz/files/Field%20trips/learnz-water191-news-selwyn-times-2.jpg
[8] http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/ED1811/S00036/nz-schools-visit-antarctica.htm
[9] https://education.nzta.govt.nz/news/virtual-trip-full-of-in-depth-learning/
[10] http://www.copyright.co.nz/about/news-and-event/winners-announced-for-the-copyright-licensing-education-awards-2018
[11] https://issuu.com/thewanakasun/docs/wanaka_sun_890
[12] https://www.eqc.govt.nz/news/virtual-field-trips-bring-natural-hazards-into-classrooms-2018
[13] https://www.nzherald.co.nz/northern-advocate/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503450&objectid=12097907
[14] https://www.stuff.co.nz/southland-times/news/104134758/school-students-go-on-virtual-trip-to-southland-satellite-station
[15] http://education.nzta.govt.nz/news/virtual-field-trip-focuses-on-design-thinking-behind-transport-system
[16] https://www.eqc.govt.nz/news/virtual-field-trips-bring-natural-hazards-into-classrooms
[17] https://www.schoolnews.co.nz/2017/02/getting-outta-class-on-a-virtual-field-trip/
[18] http://www.eqc.govt.nz/sites/public_files/36261%20EQC%20Update%20370x260%20September-2016%203-0_0.pdf
[19] http://www.eqc.govt.nz/news/eqc-civil-defence-%E2%80%98shakeout%E2%80%99-virtual-field-trip-gets-top-marks
[20] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-u6uYB0J92I
[21] https://learnz.org.nz/sites/learnz.org.nz/files/Field%20trips/independent-herald-2-sept-page-7.pdf
[22] http://www.voxy.co.nz/national/students-get-rare-look-inside-waterview-connection/5/228686
[23] http://www.linz.govt.nz/news/2015-05/introducing-manu-linzs-biosecurity-drone
[24] http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/local-papers/hutt-news/68812422/waterloo-school-drone-ranger-names-government-drone-manu
[25] http://www.doc.govt.nz/news/media-releases/2015/virtual-great-walker-competition-connects-classrooms-with-conservation/
[26] http://interfaceonline.co.nz/2015/02/10/virtual-trip-prepares-for-anzac-centenary/
[27] http://oceantoday.noaa.gov/deepargo/
[28] http://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/awards-put-spotlight-location-innovation
[29] http://www.nbcnews.com/science/environment/deep-argo-probes-ocean-abyss-explore-mysteries-global-warming-n223406
[30] http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/12/science/in-the-ocean-clues-to-change.html
[31] http://interfaceonline.co.nz/2014/02/14/digging-deep-for-virtual-learning/
[32] http://www.doc.govt.nz/about-doc/news/media-releases/world-wetlands-day-2013-brings-schools-from-both-ends-of-nz-together/
[33] http://www.geospatial.govt.nz/schools-geospatial-virtual-field-trip
[34] http://www.stuff.co.nz/southland-times/news/7664702/Project-allows-virtual-trip-to-special-lagoon
[35] http://www.stuff.co.nz/southland-times/news/features/7551925/Chasing-Sir-Peter-Blakes-vision
[36] https://learnz.org.nz/sites/learnz.org.nz/files/te-awamutu-courier-9-august-2012.pdf
[37] http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC1206/S00010/cook-strait-whale-count.htm
[38] http://issuu.com/the.star/docs/112087st?mode=embed&layout=http%3A%2F%2Fskin.issuu.com%2Fv%2Fsoftlight%2Flayout.xml&backgroundColor=dddddd&showFlipBtn=true&proShowSidebar=false&logo=http://starnews.co.nz/images/MagicBox6.gif&logoOffsetX=0&logoOffsetY=0&CTI=32266
[39] http://www.voxy.co.nz/national/field-trips-coming-classroom/5/112129
[40] http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10771457
[41] http://www.stuff.co.nz/timaru-herald/news/6009244/Virtual-crowd-to-climb-mountain
[42] http://www.stuff.co.nz/marlborough-express/news/kaikoura/5109433/Team-ready-to-count-whales
[43] http://www.stuff.co.nz/marlborough-express/news/3791030/Whale-survey-reaches-classrooms
[44] http://www.stuff.co.nz/marlborough-express/news/picton/3864715/Taking-whales-strait-to-kids
[45] https://learnz.org.nz/sites/learnz.org.nz/files/northern-outlook-27022010.pdf
[46] http://www.infonews.co.nz/news.cfm?id=40740
[47] http://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/61717/pupils-quiz-experts-virtual-field-trip
[48] http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/mail-outlook-ccn/northern-outlook/163909/Antarctic-adventures
[49] http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/731182/Students-experience-Antarctica-from-classrooms
[50] http://www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/news/727671/Kids-make-hi-tech-trip-to-the-ice
[51] http://www.stuff.co.nz/manawatu-standard/news/345010/School-opts-for-virtual-trip-to-windmill
[52] http://eotc.tki.org.nz/content/download/687/3335/file/antarctica-article.pdf
[53] http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10452109
[54] https://learnz.org.nz/sites/learnz.org.nz/files/learnz-ppta-news-september-2005.pdf