Aotearoa NZ Histories 23 Reviews

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Did you Encounter Stories You Didn't Know Before? no

How effective was the student facing website (somethinghappenedhere.co.nz) for your learners?

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How has this kit impacted your confidence in delivering the new Aotearoa NZ's histories curriculum content? Good, exciting to see and open the box, but somehow I was a bit in the dark about how to deliver the content.

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? Only as far as we have had historical local industries such as gold, flax and coal.

How significant was the impact of this kit on your confidence in delivering the Aotearoa NZ's histories curriculum content?

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How would you rate your knowledge of the new Aotearoa NZ histories curriculum content prior to using this kit?

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What was the impact of knowing the stories in this kit were developed in collaboration with their iwi/whānau/community? Great, as it should be. But not our mana whenua nor environment. Emails and prodding were regular, but I felt a bit guilty not using the kit to its full potential. ANd I didn't know how. (I teach Socilas to one class: it's not my main subject, offering this as an excuse.

Which of the following archives were you aware of and using with your students prior to kit? RNZ, NZ On Screen, National Library

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“I had no idea what to expect. I thought the content to be interesting and hoped that would draw my students in. However, not your fault, probs mine, but I had no idea how to implement it into my lessons, to enrich the learning. The students enjoyed the content, but I would have liked to know more and how I could relate it to our own histories here in mohua.”

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Posted 1 year ago

Did you Encounter Stories You Didn't Know Before? yes

How effective was the student facing website (somethinghappenedhere.co.nz) for your learners?

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How has this kit impacted your confidence in delivering the new Aotearoa NZ's histories curriculum content? It has supported my planning and provided some stimulus for ideas

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? It provided some ideas to help develop our local History study

How significant was the impact of this kit on your confidence in delivering the Aotearoa NZ's histories curriculum content?

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How would you rate your knowledge of the new Aotearoa NZ histories curriculum content prior to using this kit?

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What was the impact of knowing the stories in this kit were developed in collaboration with their iwi/whānau/community? It helped to provide ideas for further source gathering from the community

Which of the following archives were you aware of and using with your students prior to kit? RNZ, Digital NZ, Papers Past, NZ On Screen, National Library

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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“A unique and useful resource that has some engaging features.”

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Posted 1 year ago

Did you Encounter Stories You Didn't Know Before? yes

How effective was the student facing website (somethinghappenedhere.co.nz) for your learners?

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How has this kit impacted your confidence in delivering the new Aotearoa NZ's histories curriculum content? I will definitely use it again and more so in the first term next year when we focus heavily on NZ History

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? I will definitely use this again

How significant was the impact of this kit on your confidence in delivering the Aotearoa NZ's histories curriculum content?

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How would you rate your knowledge of the new Aotearoa NZ histories curriculum content prior to using this kit?

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What was the impact of knowing the stories in this kit were developed in collaboration with their iwi/whānau/community? Great to know that the stories were reliable

Which of the following archives were you aware of and using with your students prior to kit? RNZ, NZ On Screen, National Library

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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“This was a great resource and the first one that I have used. It is one I will dip in and out of again.”

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Posted 1 year ago

Did you Encounter Stories You Didn't Know Before? yes

How effective was the student facing website (somethinghappenedhere.co.nz) for your learners?

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How has this kit impacted your confidence in delivering the new Aotearoa NZ's histories curriculum content? Much more confidence

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? Absolutely. I wish I could have visited the sites but it was too complicated to do this.

How significant was the impact of this kit on your confidence in delivering the Aotearoa NZ's histories curriculum content?

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How would you rate your knowledge of the new Aotearoa NZ histories curriculum content prior to using this kit?

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What was the impact of knowing the stories in this kit were developed in collaboration with their iwi/whānau/community? Made me have more confidence in the authenticity

Which of the following archives were you aware of and using with your students prior to kit? National Library

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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“I have really enjoyed using the Aotearoa NZ Histories. So many resources and so many ideas and perspectives that I would have struggled to find resources for. It has supplemented my teaching units. Students have enjoyed the activities and it has clearly incorporated the Aotearoa NZ Histories changes. I have found somethings interesting, I would have really liked a glossary of all the cards. I am in the process of making this myself as many of the topics I had no idea about. I also found some of the activities hard for my students. But overall I was always able to take something from each card. I will definitely be continuing to use this in the future.”

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Posted 1 year ago

Did you Encounter Stories You Didn't Know Before? yes

How effective was the student facing website (somethinghappenedhere.co.nz) for your learners?

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How has this kit impacted your confidence in delivering the new Aotearoa NZ's histories curriculum content? Not a lot of confidence where there was a huge amount needed to get through and understand. Perhaps less is more.

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? It has motivated students to explore the history of our local area - however we do have many transient families, who may not call this area home for a long period of time.

How significant was the impact of this kit on your confidence in delivering the Aotearoa NZ's histories curriculum content?

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How would you rate your knowledge of the new Aotearoa NZ histories curriculum content prior to using this kit?

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What was the impact of knowing the stories in this kit were developed in collaboration with their iwi/whānau/community? It held a great significance in knowing the iwi/whānau and communities were consulted in the development of this.

Which of the following archives were you aware of and using with your students prior to kit? RNZ, Digital NZ, Cenotaph, Ngā Taonga, National Library

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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“Aotearoa NZ Histories 23 had good intentions, but my students struggled with some aspects of it. Especially much of the online historical videos - while I can see the potential and meaningful way of how it was represented, some videos were hard to see or make it important details in the historical video.”

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Posted 1 year ago

Did you Encounter Stories You Didn't Know Before? yes

How effective was the student facing website (somethinghappenedhere.co.nz) for your learners?

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How has this kit impacted your confidence in delivering the new Aotearoa NZ's histories curriculum content? Has made it easier and more accesible

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? Made it easier to find stories

How significant was the impact of this kit on your confidence in delivering the Aotearoa NZ's histories curriculum content?

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How would you rate your knowledge of the new Aotearoa NZ histories curriculum content prior to using this kit?

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What was the impact of knowing the stories in this kit were developed in collaboration with their iwi/whānau/community? Felt right to teach and like tikanga was supported

Which of the following archives were you aware of and using with your students prior to kit? Papers Past, NZ On Screen

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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“Students liked being able to find locations and history that was relevant to them.”

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Posted 1 year ago

Did you Encounter Stories You Didn't Know Before? yes

How effective was the student facing website (somethinghappenedhere.co.nz) for your learners?

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How has this kit impacted your confidence in delivering the new Aotearoa NZ's histories curriculum content? The way the information is presented and the ideas are really great to help get into the history and stories that we find. I really like the discovery aspect.

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? Absolutly created a fabulous model!

How significant was the impact of this kit on your confidence in delivering the Aotearoa NZ's histories curriculum content?

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How would you rate your knowledge of the new Aotearoa NZ histories curriculum content prior to using this kit?

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What was the impact of knowing the stories in this kit were developed in collaboration with their iwi/whānau/community? The added vaule of this that stories were authentic and a toanga for us to treasure as we build up the knowledge of our nation

Which of the following archives were you aware of and using with your students prior to kit? Digital NZ, Papers Past, NZ On Screen, National Library

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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“We used the kit as a springboard to creating a unit that fitted more with our rohe to engage the children in local history that we are newly discovering.”

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Posted 1 year ago

Did you Encounter Stories You Didn't Know Before? yes

How effective was the student facing website (somethinghappenedhere.co.nz) for your learners?

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How has this kit impacted your confidence in delivering the new Aotearoa NZ's histories curriculum content? Everyone has a story and everyone knows someone, who knows something, who wants to share… I find this really exciting.Thanks for a really cool resource!

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? We’ve been on a journey finding our local stories and this kit gave us some ideas on how we can deliver content.

How significant was the impact of this kit on your confidence in delivering the Aotearoa NZ's histories curriculum content?

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How would you rate your knowledge of the new Aotearoa NZ histories curriculum content prior to using this kit?

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What was the impact of knowing the stories in this kit were developed in collaboration with their iwi/whānau/community? So so awesome. Some of my children found their iwi by way of recognising the pepeha on the card. They went on to being so much more connected to the information because it meant something. I’ve LOVED watching the students share their whakapapa and the stories they’ve discovered. Some of the content has popped up in our circle time sessions and the discussions have been enlightening and inspiring to what else is to come.

Which of the following archives were you aware of and using with your students prior to kit? RNZ, Digital NZ, NZ On Screen, National Library

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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“Our kit was quite late getting to us so we missed our main window in the term to use it to its full potential but WOW, what an amazing, beautiful resource that we’ve enjoyed as much as we’ve been able to.”

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Posted 1 year ago