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Trish Webster

Video * Format * Auckland Writers Festival - 4 views

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Auckland Writers' Festival Video Interviews

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  • Trish Webster on 27 Jun 14
     
    Recorded video interviews with some of the authors at the Auckland Writers' Festival 2014
Jenny Whiting

Nethui Meetup: Generation Open | Creative Commons Aotearoa New Zealand - 1 views

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meetup creative commons new zealand

shared by Jenny Whiting on 26 Jun 14 - No Cached
  • Jenny Whiting on 26 Jun 14
     
    via: email -- Hi all, This might be of interest to the Auckland librarians. Creative Commons is hosting a free public event on the future of the commons in Auckland on 9 July. We'll be talking about free and open textbooks, research, heritage and culture, with a range of special guests.  The event will be held at Sky City after the Nethui conference. Please feel free to spread the word to anyone who might be interested. You don't need to attend the Nethui conference (though you should feel free to do that, too!) More information and RSVP here: http://creativecommons.org.nz/2014/06/nethui-meetup-generation-open/ Cheers, Matt Matt McGregor Public Lead  Creative Commons Aotearoa New Zealand 027 227 8668 | 64 4 4705 779 creativecommons.org.nz groups.creativecommons.org.nz
Crissi Blair

Peter O'Connor: The case for local schools - 2 views

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schools Auckland education PeterO'Connor

shared by Crissi Blair on 17 Aug 15 - No Cached
  • So why would you choose your local school now? Simply because all the evidence suggests that the edge in education parents seek is not gained with fancy technological gadgets, nor in this idea of effective or good teachers.
  • The key is in the quality of the relationship that children have with their classroom teacher. And we simply have in New Zealand amongst the very best teachers in the world and you can pretty much trust that the ones in your local school are as good as the ones in that expensive private school down the road.
  • if more of our kids go to their local school, we have a chance to rebuild a sense of community,
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  • And we refuse to be marketed to, to be sold the lie that our community and our school is not as good as that one down the road where the richer kids go to
  • the core role of schools. That role is not literacy and numeracy but about creating a community of happy kids learning about the world and their place in it.
  • Crissi Blair on 17 Aug 15
     
    Peter O'Connor writes about the benefits of local schools in Auckland.
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