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Monika Kern

@belbird.bsky.social

Lead learner - Education Manager at Waitangi Treaty Grounds, Aotearoa New Zealand. Views are my own. Member of the Brisbane MQG.

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Reflection: Auckland Google Summit 2025 The first Google Summit in Auckland in a very long time - and possibly the first Google Summit I attended in 10 (?) years. It was great to s...

My reflection: Auckland Google Summit 2025. AI is here to stay, and we have choices about what this will look like. thebelbird.blogspot.com/2025/09/refl...

23.09.2025 03:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Watch live: Government proposes replacing NCEA school system The proposed changes would be phased in from next year, Christopher Luxon and the Education Minister have announced.

The devil will be in the detailโ€ฆ

Watch live: Government proposes replacing NCEA school system www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

03.08.2025 20:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Wrong room, wrong focus Opinion: Why the Ministerโ€™s announcement on open-plan classrooms distracts from what really matters in education.

www-schoolnews-co-nz.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.scho...

Well put

30.07.2025 18:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It was so much fun!!!

29.05.2025 08:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I have a love-hate relationship with pins, and I donโ€™t use wonder clips enough, but my EPP stitches hide best when I keep my pieces flat.

25.01.2025 17:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The โ€˜dangerousโ€™ bill flying under the radar | E-Tangata โ€œIndividually or together, these two bills would entrench libertarian preferences in New Zealandโ€™s constitutional framework. They would also obstruct the consideration of Te Tiriti in future lawmaking...

Interestingโ€ฆ e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-...

15.12.2024 01:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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KOEKOEฤ€ Treaty Principles Bill Submission Guide! | Tina Ngata Get more from Tina Ngata on Patreon

A handy guide to making a submission on the treaty bill. No excuses now. Great mahi from Tina Ngata
www.patreon.com/posts/koekoe...

22.11.2024 23:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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A matter of principles Misinformation about the Treaty of Waitangi, its language and its intent is at the centre of the Treaty Principles Bill introduced to Parliament this week.

Essential reading. Pass it on.

08.11.2024 08:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Education in Aotearoa - the fairy tale we are being fed and the fairy tale we need. Maybe it's the English teacher in me, but I can't help coming back to two fairy tales when I think about what is going on in education in Ao...

teachingandelearning.blogspot.com/2024/08/educ... thanks @claireamosnz.bsky.social for eloquently describing what you see

23.08.2024 01:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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End of an Era? โ€“ 34 years of funding for ICT PD Photo by Lorenzo Herrera on Unsplash Student teachers need to be confident, competent users of computers withsome understanding of how IT can facilitate learning experiences anddevelop thinking proโ€ฆ

End of an Era? โ€“ 34 years of funding for ICT PD

futuremakers.nz/2024/06/01/e...

02.06.2024 22:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Schools are excited about localising the Aotearoa NZ histories curriculum โ€“ and so are we | New Zealand Council for Educational Research

www.nzcer.org.nz/blogs/school... #ANZH

05.05.2024 05:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

A 2021 study on the benefits of arts instruction in the Boston Public Schools showed that increased access to arts education reduced student absenteeism, with a greater impact on students who had been chronically absent. www.edvestors.org/media/pages/...

15.04.2024 02:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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EDUCATION - Where there are things that other countries have done well, we should steal it! Source: NEWSHUB.CO.NZ In an interview with NewsHub on Monday the Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said his Coalition Government has set som...

teachingandelearning.blogspot.com/2024/04/educ... by @claireamosnz.bsky.social - letโ€™s learn from ourselves

11.04.2024 07:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Come join the team! We are looking for an experienced teacher to help us deliver amazing learning experiences to ฤkonga, their whฤnau and kaiako at Te Papa. For more information, check out:
jobs.tepapa.govt.nz/jobtools/jnc...

11.04.2024 02:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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