Award-winning innovation in action in NZ
24/04/09 11:01
The NZ Herald this morning reports that a New Zealand High School teacher, Nathan Kerr, will be presenting his and his students innovative ideas to 1400 teachers at the National Education in Computing Conference in June. He was chosen to present there after having been named “the most innovative teacher in the world” at Microsoft’s international awards ceremony in November last year. We’re always on the lookout for example of innovation in teaching, especially in secondary schools, so we are still trying to work out how we missed the announcement last November!
On reading the report (and delving a little further to find out more) it seems that the “secret” of Nathan’s success is a combination the relationship he has with his students and their collaborative approach to teaching and learning, which enabled the students to teach Nathan how to use mobile technologies to improve their learning opportunities in geography. He also acknowledges the fact that New Zealand teachers and students as not constrained by our curriculum as is the case in many other parts of the world.
In the video below, Nathan talks about the work that led to that award:
<br/><a href="http://video.msn.com/video.aspx?vid=72097678-11c1-4317-b490-3df9168d1255" target="_new" title="Nathan Kerr, New ZealandNathan Kerr, New Zealand">Video: Nathan Kerr, New ZealandNathan Kerr, New Zealand</a>
To read the NZ Herald report, click here and to find out more about the Microsoft NZ Innovative Teacher Awards, click here.
On reading the report (and delving a little further to find out more) it seems that the “secret” of Nathan’s success is a combination the relationship he has with his students and their collaborative approach to teaching and learning, which enabled the students to teach Nathan how to use mobile technologies to improve their learning opportunities in geography. He also acknowledges the fact that New Zealand teachers and students as not constrained by our curriculum as is the case in many other parts of the world.
In the video below, Nathan talks about the work that led to that award:
To read the NZ Herald report, click here and to find out more about the Microsoft NZ Innovative Teacher Awards, click here.
|