Derek’s blog

Derek’s Blog, launched in 2003, serves as a platform for sharing thoughts and reflections related to his work. It offers over 20 years of searchable posts, categorized by the tags below. Feel free to comment, as your feedback contributes to ongoing reflection and future posts.

Simulation Games for the Classroom

March 12, 2007

When I was teaching I found the use of simulation activities among the most effective ways of engaging students in their learning. In those days I relied on activities that […]

New Open-content Learning Portal

March 10, 2007

A new portal providing access to open content announced yesterday: A new online resource gives teachers and students free access to more than 8,000 digital learning materials. Educators and students […]

Diary entry

21st Century Collaborative

March 8, 2007

I’m getting ready to leave Malaysia tomorrow, which means I’ll be back in NZ in time for the start of the TUANZ bus tour for 2007 when it comes to […]

Diary entry

Taking formal education beyond exams

March 6, 2007

Interesting article in the New Straits Times here in Malaysia over the weekend titled Taking Formal Education Beyond Exams. IT features and interview with Datuk Dr Adi Badiozaman Tuah, the […]

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Pedagogy

Video Games in Education

March 5, 2007

Here’s a cool video clip that I came across on Google Video today. The topic is video games in education – it’s 23 minutes long, and is produced by the […]

News & current events

Social Networking’s next phase

March 4, 2007

An interesting article in this morning’s New York Times titled Social Networking’s Next Phase to my attention. It makes the announcement that next week Cisco Systems plans to announce that […]

Diary entry

Creating a wireless State

March 2, 2007

Sill in Ipoh, the capital of Perak State in Malaysia, working on setting up the KPEC cluster project with five schools here. Yesterday I had a good chat with a […]

Diary entry

Visiting SK Seri Bayu School in Malaysia

February 27, 2007

I’m visiting SK Seri Bayu School in the state of Perak in Malaysia today, talking about the exciting things we can do with blogs and podcasts with our students. The […]

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L@S Conference – Rotorua

February 23, 2007

It’s been a privilege to attend the Learning@School conference in Rotorua over the past three days, listening to challenging keynote speakers including Jennifer Corriero speaking about her involvement in TakingITglobal, […]

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Ten Trends for 2007

February 18, 2007

We’ve added a new logo on the right hand side of the CORE website -titled CORE’s Ten Trends for 2007 Clicking on this logo will take you to a list […]

Learning with Handheld Technologies

February 14, 2007

With the use of mobile phones, PDAs and other hand-held technologies becoming common place among our school-aged young people, it’s not surprising to see schools and tertiary institutions thinking about […]

DoIt – keeping track of tasks

February 13, 2007

I subscribe to a couple of feeds that send me news of free software for my Mac – and every now and again I find one that is really useful. […]

Next Generation Collaboration

February 8, 2007

I had the great privilege today to attend a seminar at HIT Lab NZ titled “Next Generation Collaboration over Advanced Networks”. Speakers included Prof. Tom Furness, the International Director of […]

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What makes Web2.0 different?

February 6, 2007

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gmP4nk0EOE&w=425&h=350%5D Thanks to Allanah who pointed me to the above clip from Ewen McIntosh’s blog. It’s quite clever really, and illustrates well the ways in which Web2.0 enables us […]

research and papers

Tough Choices – Tough Times

February 5, 2007

“The core problem is that our education and training systems were built for another era. We can get where we must go only by changing the system itself.” This pretty […]

e-Portfolios and assessment strategies

February 4, 2007

The latest edition of ‘innovate’ has just been released, and this edition focuses on online assessment and effective course design, the value of e-portfolios as dynamic records of academic and […]

Riding the CAMEL

February 3, 2007

Who’d have thought that an idea with its origins in a self-help group formed many years ago by a number of small farmers in Uruguay could have anything to do […]

Diary entry

Visitor from Across the Ditch!

February 2, 2007

We had a visit today at CORE from Jason Young from Sydney who has been holidaying in NZ over the past few weeks. Jason works with the Head Office for […]

News & current events

John Key on YouTube

February 1, 2007

Is John Key’s appearance on YouTube somebodies not so bright one off idea, or is it a signal that they want to play in the ecology of the web? This […]

research and papers

Synchronous e-Learning

January 31, 2007

The people at the eLearning Guild have produced yet another great e-book, available free to guild members online, called a handbook on synchronous e-learning. Anyone who is venturing into the […]

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What others say

The Learning Environments Australasia Executive Committee has received a lot of positive feedback, which is greatly due to your wealth of knowledge and information you imparted on our large audience, your presentation has inspired a range of educators, architects and facility planners and for this we are grateful.

Daniel Smith Chair Learning Environments Australasia

Derek and Maurie complement each other well and have the same drive and passion for a future education system that is so worthwhile being part of. Their presentation and facilitation is at the same time friendly and personal while still incredibly professional. I am truly grateful to have had this experience alongside amazing passionate educators and am inspired to re visit all aspects of my leadership. I have a renewed passion for our work as educational leaders.

Karyn Gray Principal, Raphael House Rudolf Steiner

I was in desperate need of a programme like this. This gave me the opportunity to participate in a transformative journey of professional learning and wellbeing, where I rediscovered my passion, reignited my purpose, and reconnected with my vision for leading in education. Together, we got to nurture not just academic excellence, but also the holistic wellbeing of our school communities. Because when we thrive, so does the entire educational ecosystem.

Tara Quinney Principal, St Peter's College, Gore

Refresh, Reconnect, Refocus is the perfect title for this professional development. It does just that. A fantastic retreat, space to think, relax and start to reconnect. Derek and Maurie deliver a balance of knowledge and questioning that gives you time to think about your leadership and where to next. Both facilitators have the experience, understanding, connection and passion for education, this has inspired me to really look at the why for me!

Jan McDonald Principal, Birkdale North School

Engaged, passionate, well informed facilitators who seamlessly worked together to deliver and outstanding programme of thought provoking leadership learning.

Dyane Stokes Principal, Paparoa Street School

A useful and timely call to action. A great chance to slow down, reflect on what really drives you, and refocus on how to get there. Wonderful conversations, great connections, positive pathways forward.

Ursula Cunningham Principal, Amesbury School

RRR is a standout for quality professional learning for Principals. Having been an education PLD junkie for 40 years I have never before attended a programme that has challenged me as much because of its rigor, has satisfied me as much because of its depth or excited me as much because of realising my capacity to lead change. Derek and Maurie are truly inspiring pedagogical, authentic leadership experts who generously and expertly share their passion, wisdom and skills to help Principal's to focus on what is important in schools and be the best leader they can be.

Cindy Sullivan Principal, Kaipara College

Derek Wenmoth is brilliant. Derek connects powerful ideas forecasting the future of learning to re-imagine education and create resources for future-focused practices and policies to drive change. His work provides guidance and tools for shifting to new learning ecosystems through innovations with a focus on purpose, equity, learner agency, and lifelong learning. His work is comprehensive and brings together research and best practices to advance the future of teaching and learning. His passion, commitment to innovation for equity and the range of practical, policy and strategic advice are exceptional.

Susan Patrick, CEO, Aurora Institute

I asked Derek to work with our teachers to reenergise our team back into our journey towards our vision after the two years of being in and out of 'Covid-ness'. Teachers reported positively about the day with Derek, commenting on how affirmed they felt that our vision is future focused. Teachers expressed excitement with their new learning towards the vision, and I've noticed a palpable energy since the day. Derek also started preparing our thinking for hybrid learning, helping us all to feel a sense of creativity rather than uncertainty. The leadership team is keen to see him return!

Kate Christie | Principal | Cashmere Ave School

Derek has supported, informed and inspired a core group of our teachers to be effective leads in our college for NPDL. Derek’s PLD is expertly targeted to our needs.

Marion Lumley | Deputy Principal |Ōtaki College

What a task we set Derek - to facilitate a shared vision and strategy with our Board and the professional and admin teams (14 of us), during a Covid lockdown, using online technology. Derek’s expertise, skilled questioning, strategic facilitation and humour enabled us to work with creative energy for 6 hours using a range of well-timed online activities. He kept us focussed on creating and achieving a shared understanding of our future strategic plan. Derek’s future focussed skills combined with an understanding of strategy and the education sector made our follow up conversations invaluable. Furthermore, we will definitely look to engage Derek for future strategic planning work.

Sue Vaealiki, Chair of Stonefields Collaborative Trust

Our Principal PLG has worked with Derek several times now, and will continue to do so. Derek is essentially a master facilitator/mentor...bringing the right level of challenge, new ideas & research to deepen your thinking, but it comes with the level of support needed to feel engaged, enriched and empowered after working with him.

Gareth Sinton, Principal, Douglas Park School

Derek is a highly knowledgeable and inspirational professional learning provider that has been guiding our staff in the development of New Pedagogies’ for Deep Learning. His ability to gauge where staff are at and use this to guide next steps has been critical in seeing staff buy into this processes and have a strong desire to build in their professional practice.

Andy Fraser, Principal, Otaki College