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.

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Learning for Life Portfolio

September 11, 2004

I’ve talked about this idea in various forums in the past, and in my work at The Correspondence School, have been actively looking at ways of incorporating a dynamic portfolio […]

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Cool maths links

September 10, 2004

Take a look at this site: The maths internet site “Over 100 top websites carefully chosen for their interactivity and grouped into five search categories. Ideal for individual learning, homework, […]

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LeapPad in action!

September 9, 2004

Seems there may be something to the idea shared in my last entry – certainly struck a chord with some judging by the comments. For a practical application of what […]

The eLearning “Killer App”??

September 7, 2004

What do these two things have in common?? In his recent article in Chief Learning Officer, Kevin Kruse observes Maybe the e-learning ??killer app?? we??ve been waiting for isn??t an […]

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CyberSchools taking off

September 4, 2004

I attended a meeting in Napier yesterday with principals, DPs and ICT facilitators of five secondary schools in the region involved in an ICTPD programme. I came away really encouraged […]

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What about professional development??

August 31, 2004

Inkjet Cartridges – Inkjet Cartridge

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Blogs

Blogs in Education

August 28, 2004

A posting I made about a week ago titled Weblogs going mainstream in education? inspired some debate. I criticised the article for being a bit superficial, and failing to explore […]

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Game Based Learning

August 28, 2004

Useful article in the recent edition of Educause Review – a paper by Joel Foreman titled Game-Based Learning: How to Delight and Instruct in the 21st Century. Foreman??s article is […]

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Smartpaper technology to transform teaching

August 24, 2004

Interesting feed from “eSchoolNews Online” this morning titled “smartpaper” tech to transform teaching”: “A new textbook publishing method that uses infrared technology to combine traditional books with digital content might […]

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Blogs

Weblogs to go mainstream in schools?

August 23, 2004

An interesting article from the New York Times titled In the Classroom, Web Logs Are the New Bulletin Boards. The writer claims that, with the new school year looming in […]

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Blogs

Distributed Knowledge Management

August 22, 2004

George Seimens shared the following reference in his latest newsletter: Distributed Knowledge Management – a paper by Martin Roell, presented to BlogTalk 2.0 , The European Conference on Weblogs, Vienna, […]

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Diary entry

CoroNet Plenary

August 22, 2004

The Coronet Conference ended yesterday with a plenary that aroused considerable debate and interest. The plenary panel consisted of Nick Billowes (Ultralab), Mark Treadwell ( Teachers@Work), Douglas Harre ( Ministry […]

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CoroNet Cluster Conference

August 21, 2004

I’ve been attending the CoroNet Cluster Conference in Waihi over the past two days – the shot above from a workshop I ran on preparing courses for teaching online. Jamie […]

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Blogs

Academic credits for blogging???

August 18, 2004

Came across a link to the Building Learning Communities conference that was held in Boston in July. Like Navcon2K4 , this conference had a blog set up for participants. Some […]

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Stephen Denning seminar

August 16, 2004

Today I had the privilege of attending a seminar with Stephen Denning , renowned for his work in the area of knowledge management and story telling as an effective tool […]

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Blog Tools

August 14, 2004

An overview of the Weblog Tools Market Picked up this interesting article from Elise Bauer’s Weblog at Elise.com . It provides a very good overview of the size and distribution […]

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Kidzlog 1.1.1

August 11, 2004

Seems to be a day for discovering all sorts of useful bits – here’s a most interesting one from the macupdate site – KidzLog . Having a seven year old […]

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RSS article

August 11, 2004

By now you’ll have noticed that many web sites (including this blog and the Ultralab South Website make use of RSS (Really Simple Syndication). If you’re not familiar with what […]

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eLearning developments

August 11, 2004

A couple of links here to interesting developments in eLearning software: Blinkx – hailed as a possible successor to Google – or at least will give Google a run for […]

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research and papers

Flexible Learning Impact Report

August 11, 2004

Here’s an interesting article that came today via Stephen Downes’ OLD which I though is worth distributing… http://www.utas.edu.au/tl/docs/Flexible_T&L_Impact_report_copy_for_printing.doc This item popped up in my DLORN Ticker this morning, via EdNA, […]

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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