tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321326714781250332024-03-06T19:47:29.024+13:00edblognzSonya Van Schaijikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18137962247304160923noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-332132671478125033.post-44063903358140129292015-10-12T08:19:00.002+13:002015-10-12T08:19:53.272+13:00#EdBlogNZ Connected Educator Challenge - Week 3Well done on making it to week 3! This is the final official week of the challenge, however you are encouraged to firstly, continue blogging, and secondly, to possibly go back and do some of the other challenges at the other levels.<br />
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If you still have some posts to make from week 1 or 2, that's okay! You can post them when you're ready. The point of the challenge is to encourage you to blog, not to stress you out!<br />
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Also, if one of the challenges doesn't quite suit you, then adapt it a little. Again... it's about blogging... and there's no blogging police to come and tell you that you haven't met the challenge.<br />
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Week 3 Challenges</h2>
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Absolute newbie</h3>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Reflect on an event that occurred in your classroom during the week. Post it on your blog. Don’t forget to tag/label it with the appropriate Practising Teacher Criteria (PTC).</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Blog about your top three sources of inspiration during the three weeks of Connected Educators New Zealand.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sign up for an RSS reader (eg. </span><a href="https://feedly.com/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Feedly</span></a><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> or </span><a href="http://www.inoreader.com/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Inoreader</span></a><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">) and add some blogs you want to follow.</span></div>
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Casual blogger</h3>
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<span style="font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Blog about your top three sources of inspiration during the three weeks of Connected Educators New Zealand.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Collaborate with another blogger to discuss an education passion of yours. Post must be shared on both blogs and tagged with #edblognz on Twitter.</span></div>
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<li dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Write about a classroom/teaching resource or online tool that your learners find really valuable. Explain how you use it, why you use it, and try to include some student voice (remember to think about privacy/anonymity).</span></li>
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Blogging legend</h3>
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<span style="font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Blog about your top three sources of inspiration during the three weeks of Connected Educators New Zealand.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Create a 1-2 minute video about an education topic that you are passionate about and post it on your blog (vlog).</span></div>
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<li dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Connect with someone to write a guest post on your blog. Don’t forget to share it on Twitter with #EdBlogNZ.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Remember - we're here to help, so if you need any support, please get in touch.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Happy blogging everyone!</span></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08699107830320062421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-332132671478125033.post-77635103777111270312015-10-05T08:11:00.002+13:002015-10-05T08:11:50.410+13:00#EdBlogNZ Connected Educator challenge - Week 2<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Kia ora koutou<br />
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Well done on getting through the first week of EdBlogNZ challenges! It was awesome to see so many many blog posts written, and was challenging to get through to read them all!<br />
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Well done especially to our Absolute Newbie bloggers who have set up a blog and starting posting!<br />
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Here they are again:<br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Robyn Keightley. </span><a href="https://www.robynkeightley.wordpress.com/2015/09/28/what-does-it-t%E2%80%A6ected-educator/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.robynkeightley.wordpress.com/2015/09/28/what-does-it-t…ected-educator/</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></div>
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<li dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: disc; margin-left: -20px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Niki Burtenshaw: </span><a href="http://nikib2.blogspot.co.nz/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">http://nikib2.blogspot.co.nz/</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></div>
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<li dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: disc; margin-left: -20px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Kelsey Hallahan </span><a href="https://kelseyhallahanblog.wordpress.com/2015/09/29/beginning-of-a-journey/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://kelseyhallahanblog.wordpress.com</span></a></div>
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<li dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: disc; margin-left: -20px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Cushla Seamer </span><a href="http://cushlas.blogspot.co.nz/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">http://cushlas.blogspot.co.nz/</span></a></div>
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<li dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: disc; margin-left: -20px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Hilary Smith </span><a href="https://www.tumblr.com/blog/droppedthechalk" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.tumblr.com/blog/droppedthechalk</span></a></div>
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<li dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: disc; margin-left: -20px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sue McLachlan </span><a href="http://suemcled.blogspot.co.nz/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">http://suemcled.blogspot.co.nz/</span></a></div>
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<li dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: disc; margin-left: -20px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Robert Morris </span><a href="http://freeschoolhackers.tumblr.com/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">http://freeschoolhackers.tumblr.com/</span></a></div>
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<li dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: disc; margin-left: -20px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Jo Smith </span><a href="https://edventurenz.wordpress.com/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://edventurenz.wordpress.com/</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></div>
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<li dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: disc; margin-left: -20px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Debs Burson </span><a href="http://fivefootfiveandabit.blogspot.co.nz/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">http://fivefootfiveandabit.blogspot.co.nz/</span></a></div>
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<li dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: disc; margin-left: -20px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Amanda Taylor </span><a href="http://nzhpe.wordpress.com/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">http://nzhpe.wordpress.com</span></a></div>
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<li dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: disc; margin-left: -20px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Maggie Baker </span><a href="http://maggiemaryblog.blogspot.co.nz/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">http://maggiemaryblog.blogspot.co.nz/</span></a></div>
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<li dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: disc; margin-left: -20px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Louise Fox </span><a href="https://journeyofaleader.wordpress.com/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://journeyofaleader.wordpress.com/</span></a></div>
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-a30cafce-343b-0309-fa34-95c0a41d55ac"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Becks Newton </span><a href="http://becksnewton.blogspot.co.nz/2015/10/edblognz-challenge-accepted.html" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">http://becksnewton.blogspot.co.nz/2015/10/edblognz-challenge-accepted.html</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></span><br />
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Don't forget to get into their blogs and make a comment!<br />
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Including our newbies we have had over 80 people register for the challenge!<br />
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Challenges - week 2</h3>
Right... you probably want to know about the challenges for this week. This week there are 4 challenges, but you still only do 3. Challenge 3 is for those attending uLearn. Challenge 4 is for those not able to attend. Pick the one that is right for you!<br />
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Absolute newbie</h4>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 17.6px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Find a video (maybe a TED talk) that inspires you to improve your practice. Embed it in a blog post and write a short reflection including what you will take from it into your classroom.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 17.6px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 17.6px;">Blog about an educator or mentor that has inspired you and maybe helped shape who you are now. What impact did they have on your life?</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 17.6px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 17.6px;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 17.6px;">If at Ulearn - Find another blogger you admire, shake their hand and take a selfie with them to post on your blog. If you’re feeling really generous buy them a coffee! Write about it too!</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 17.6px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 17.6px;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 17.6px;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 17.6px;">If not at Ulearn - connect virtually (or face-to-face) with a blogger you admire. Take a selfie or screenshot to post to your blog. Write about it too!</span></span></span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 17.6px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Casual blogger</span></span></h3>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 17.6px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 17.6px;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 17.6px;">If at Ulearn - Find 2 bloggers you admire, shake their hand and take a selfie with them to post on your blog. If you’re feeling really generous buy them a coffee! Write about it too!</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 17.6px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 17.6px;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 17.6px;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 17.6px;">If not at Ulearn - connect virtually (or face-to-face) with 2 bloggers you admire (maybe push yourself to go global with one of them?). Take a selfie or screenshot to post to your blog. Write about it too!</span></span></span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 17.6px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 17.6px;">Find an example of a resource you've made for your students, embed it on your blog and discuss how it's helped them with their learning. Reflect also on how you might further adapt/redesign the resource to take student learning to another level.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 17.6px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 17.6px;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline;">If at Ulearn - Find a blogger you admire, shake their hand and take a selfie with them to post on your blog. </span><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline;">Then</span><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline;"> find a </span><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline;">new</span><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline;"> blogger and do the same! If you’re feeling really generous buy them a coffee! Write about it too!</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 17.6px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 17.6px;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline;">If not at Ulearn - connect virtually (or face-to-face) with a blogger you admire. Take a selfie or screenshot to post to your blog. </span><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline;">Then</span><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline;"> do the same with a </span><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline;">new</span><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline;"> blogger. Don’t forget to encourage them!</span></span></span></span></li>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08699107830320062421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-332132671478125033.post-74529195310548603552015-10-02T07:05:00.000+13:002015-10-02T07:05:52.158+13:00More new bloggers to welcome from the #EdBlogNZ challenge<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;">A big welcome and well done to even more new bloggers who have set up a blog as a part of the first EdBlogNZ challenge!</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;">Jump into their blogs and make a comment.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;" /><br />
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<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Sue McLachlan - <a href="http://suemcled.blogspot.co.nz/">My education blog</a></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Jo Smith - <a href="https://edventurenz.wordpress.com/">EDVENTURENZ</a></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Debs Burson - <a href="http://fivefootfiveandabit.blogspot.co.nz/">The maiden voyage</a></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Amanda Taylor - <a href="https://nzhpe.wordpress.com/">NZHPE</a><br /></li>
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If you've started a blog for the challenge and your name isn't on this list yet, you may not have added it to the <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qcv6_WpShpAnIHuv8ModU-sFaPh6luzg3h1M0HkVzpQ/edit" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">Google Doc</a>. Please jump in add it on.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08699107830320062421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-332132671478125033.post-23833159902622746312015-09-30T09:36:00.000+13:002015-09-30T09:36:00.704+13:00EdBlogNZ Challenge - Welcome new bloggers!A big welcome and well done to our new bloggers who have set up a blog as a part of the first EdBlogNZ challenge!<br />
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<li>Robyn Keightley - <a href="https://robynkeightley.wordpress.com/">robynkeightley</a></li>
<li>Niki Burtenshaw - <a href="http://nikib2.blogspot.co.nz/">life@40something</a></li>
<li>Kelsey Hallahan - <a href="https://kelseyhallahanblog.wordpress.com/">Kelsey Hallahan Blog</a></li>
<li>Cushla Seamer - <a href="http://cushlas.blogspot.co.nz/">School Evaluation Indicators</a></li>
<li>Hilary Smith - <a href="http://droppedthechalk.tumblr.com/">Dropped the chalk</a></li>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08699107830320062421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-332132671478125033.post-74936948924116585052015-09-28T08:16:00.000+13:002015-09-28T19:35:02.246+13:00Connected Educators #EdblogNZ challenge: Week 1<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheMeHVn47kBBeMVtvOjW3zPPS3O94FNRqe1MpBxsxzUztuZg04uHONJXRrEY441G7k49NZrtLor5JPqxZ2R2hp4WariA4k3f8KhRatB90ZAWNQ3XnqwqFM-wPye179mB4R-Vf8CLJ4UqPz/s1600/Were-Connected-logo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheMeHVn47kBBeMVtvOjW3zPPS3O94FNRqe1MpBxsxzUztuZg04uHONJXRrEY441G7k49NZrtLor5JPqxZ2R2hp4WariA4k3f8KhRatB90ZAWNQ3XnqwqFM-wPye179mB4R-Vf8CLJ4UqPz/s200/Were-Connected-logo.jpg" width="200" /></a>Kia ora koutou and welcome to the first week of the Connected Educator #EdblogNZ challenge!<br />
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We have about 40 people signed up so far to the challenge and you can still sign up at any stage if you haven't done so already. Just fill in the <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1TlnAPHER9_MtwlSBhHj0D2mnUkssk7RwnfwmbL7K1uY/viewform">registration form</a>.<br />
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A big welcome to our Absolute Newbie bloggers! These are those who don't even have a blog set up yet! We're here to help you so if you need any support to get started, please let us know by asking a question in the comments section below.<br />
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So - to the challenges for this week. Remember there are 3 challenges each week for each level of blogger. You do not have to stick within the level you chose, and you can do more than 3 challenges if you wish.<br />
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<span style="font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Check out the #edblognz blogroll as often as possible and comment on as many posts as you can to help encourage a critical and supportive NZ edu-blogging community.</span></div>
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<li>We recommend that when you're setting up a blog you sign up with a personal email address (rather than a school one) simply because then it's easier if you move schools etc... You don't want to lose access to your blog.</li>
<li>Use a blogging platform such as <a href="http://www.blogger.com/">Blogger</a> or <a href="http://www.wordpress.com/">Wordpress</a>.</li>
<li>Choose a URL (web address) that is easy to remember and share with others.</li>
<li>Get your first post written! It doesn't have to be a masterpiece - in fact, no blog post does. Make it your own... write for yourself and enjoy it!</li>
<li>Get in touch with us if you need help setting up a blog or with anything to do with blogging. We're not experts but we're keen to help.</li>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08699107830320062421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-332132671478125033.post-32444493919337922592015-09-23T18:05:00.001+12:002015-09-23T18:05:49.704+12:00EdBlogNZ Connected Educators NZ Challenge - 28 Sept - 18 October<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #3f3f3f; font-family: 'PT Serif', serif; line-height: 1.7; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
EdBlogNZ is issuing a challenge for New Zealand teachers to blog. Whether you’re a brand new blogger or have huge experience the challenge for you is to develop your blogging over the 3 weeks of Connected Educators New Zealand 2015.</div>
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There are 3 levels of challenges:</div>
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Absolute newbie – e.g. “I don’t even have a blog set up yet”</div>
Casual blogger – e.g. “I blog occasionally when I remember or feel I have something useful to say”<br />Blogging legend – e.g. “I blog regularly (at least once a week) and have great interaction/contribution on my blog from commenters”.<br />
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You can do the challenges from any or all of the levels if you wish. For example, if you’re new to blogging start at “Absolute newbie” but don’t feel like you have to stay there if you think you can work on the next level.</div>
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There are 3 challenges per week, per level. In week 2, four challenges are listed—Challenge 3 is for those at Ulearn; Challenge 4 is for those who aren’t at Ulearn. Pick whichever is appropriate for you.</div>
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The challenges for each week will be posted on the EdBlogNZ blog on the Monday of each week.</div>
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Please register for this event by completing the form on this page: <a href="http://bit.ly/edblognz15">http://bit.ly/edblognz15</a></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08699107830320062421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-332132671478125033.post-59545929603928537042015-08-09T03:00:00.000+12:002015-09-20T08:13:02.773+12:00Kia Ora and welcome to #EdBlogNZ.This space is for curating New Zealand Edubloggers reflections. Scroll down for the gems. If you are on a mobile device- you need to switch to online browsing.<br />
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When you share a blogpost, do use the hashtag.<br />
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This twitter hashtag is monitored by Alex, Nathaniel and Sonya.<br />
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If you like what you read on the blogs, then do leave a comment and share the love on twitter.Sonya Van Schaijikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18137962247304160923noreply@blogger.com2Wellington, New Zealand-41.2864603 174.77623600000004-41.6685158 174.13078900000005 -40.9044048 175.42168300000003