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The innovative use of ICT can be used to enhance professional development. Pakaraka School has created an environment where everyone is a learner. It uses ICT to capture the weekly lesson of a visiting teacher of Te Reo Māori.
Vee Singh – Principal Pakaraka School
What I have done is I start videotaping her lesson using a little web camera and an omni directional microphone. We film these in two to five minute clips, save it to the hard drive, and it gives me a great opportunity to go home and revisit her lessons. And more importantly, then sit with my students in small groups and engage them in looking at the video.
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As the confidence of the teachers in Te Reo Māori has grown, so has the confidence of the students.
Mere Archibald – Visiting Te Reo Teacher
The Māori children would like to see their own language being spoken from a European. "Oh wow, they speak Māori too, and it’s cool".