Today, the Ministry of Education announced 10 e-Learning Teacher Fellowships for 2009.
The 2009 e-fellows will explore an aspect of their e-learning practice in literacy by conducting a short but in-depth classroom-based inquiry project. They will share their findings with the teaching community. Next years’ e-Fellows are:
- Claire Amos, Auckland Girls’ Grammar School: Increasing engagement and achievement in formal writing through collaborating using wikis
- Tia Fraser, Hira School, Nelson: Promoting deeper understanding through reflecting on video recordings of students’ dramatisations of a story text
- Robyn Hurliman, Owhata School, Rotorua: Collaborative storytelling through translating the concept of literacy circles into blogging
- Marion Lumley, Otaki College, Waikanae: Explanation writing through blogging with online mentors
- Virginia Mitchell, Pekerau School, Ohaupo: Retelling stories using Voicethread and other web2.0 tools and sharing them with an audience
- Helen Rennie-Younger, Sunnybrae Normal School, Auckland: Transferring students’ oral stories into multimedia presentations and sharing with an audience via the classroom blog
- Deidre Senior, Oamaru Intermediate: More able readers support less able readers through blogging about texts to enhance comprehension
- Marilyn Small, Manaia View School, Whangarei: Investigating the impact of an authentic audience on students’ engagement through producing content for a regional TV station
- Sue Smith, Whangaparaoa College, Auckland: Using the interactive game Myst to engage reluctant writers in creative writing
- Esmay Sutherland, Pine Hill School, Dunedin: Fostering students as authors by using animation to retell movie narratives
