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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
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,
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.