Our Primary Industries field trip newsletter 3 for teachers
Kia ora koutou Shelley here,
It is great to have you on board for Our Primary Industries field trip to Nelson. The ambassadors and I are all set to go. See previous newsletters from this field trip.
Make sure students have the field trip link http://www.learnz.org.nz/primaryindustries172
1. Key dates and times
- Friday 2 June - check devices, field trip web site and access to Adobe Connect.
- Tuesday 6 June - Virtual Field Trip to Nelson gets under way. First web conference at 9.15am on Tuesday.
- Tuesday 6 June - Read Shelley's first diary and look at the images.
- Wednesday 7 June - first videos online from day 1 of the Our Primary Industries field trip.
- Friday 7 July at 4pm. Teachers submitting evaluations by this time and day are eligible for the prize draw.
2. Web Conferences and Adobe Connect
Check web conferences which features the timetable, questions, and recordings.
- To access the LEARNZ Adobe Connect meeting room:
- Go to http://connect.vln.school.nz/learnz
- Click Enter as guest
- Type your school or class name (no password needed)
- Click Enter Room
- Introduce yourself and say where you are from.
- Note: Some teachers allow students direct access to the live web conference because their students know how to stay on task in the chat area. Other teachers access the web conference themselves then show it on a data projector and use a shared document to gather extra questions.
- While the formal questions from booked schools are answered, the LEARNZ Adobe Connect meeting room will include related visuals.
- After the formal web conference session there are opportunities for students listening to the web conference to post extra questions.
- Web conference summaries can be emailed to shelley.hersey@core-ed.org.
- Find out more about LEARNZ on LEARNZ on Adobe Connect in LEARNZ support.
3. Activities
- Get the students primed and ready to learn by doing the activities for this Our Primary Industries site.
- Take a look at the planning sequence in the Resources section - good for helping you keep your class on track during the field trip.
- With the class username and password that you set up for them on MyLEARNZ, students can access the web conferences and share their learning at home with family - more.
4. Twitter updates
Follow me @ShelleyHersey #learnztrip on Twitter during the field trip for highlights as they happen. Get involved and I’ll catch you in the Twittersphere!
5. Videos
- During the field trip, videos with captions are uploaded to the website each morning.
- The first videos (from the first day of Our Primary Industries field trip) will be online on the morning of Wednesday 7 June.
See you all soon,
Shelley
LEARNZ Field Trip Teacher
