Conference strands

The conference programme is being organised around the following five strands:

1. Vision and leadership

• Educational vision
• Implementing New Zealand Curriculum/Te Marautanga o Aotearoa
• Developing a strategic plan
• Using research to inform decision-making
• Restructuring school operations in the digital age
• Developing successful commercial partnerships
• Developing a shared understanding of excellence in teaching and learning
• Professional development to support the change process
• Supporting innovation and creativity

2. Teaching and learning

• Effective pedagogies leading to improved outcomes for students
• Authentic learning strategies
• Tools and strategies to enhance problem solving and critical thinking
• Literacy in the information age
• Key competencies
• Using research to inform leading practice in teaching and learning
• Effectively integrating learning technologies to enhance learning

3. Professional learning communities

• Fostering cooperative/collaborative learning
• Developing and integrating transformative e-learning resources (web 2.0 etc)
• Engaging kids online
• Teaching the teachers - planning and delivering change
• Using research to inform development
• Collaborative learning opportunities

4. Technical solutions

• Developing and maintaining a technically sound infrastructure
• Collecting data to inform network management and developments
• Network support management and implementation
• Structural elements of intranets/extranets
• Designing structures to cater for varying learning needs
• Safety issues
• Emerging technologies
• Addressing web accessibility
• Innovation

5. School and community partnerships

• Developing digital opportunities online
• Educational partnerships
• Keeping parents informed
• Dealing with diversity