Aotearoa NZ Histories 23 Reviews

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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 made me passionate about the stories and this spread to my students.

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? Definitely, last term we looked at our local histories while writing a team production, we found the stories were what reasonated with our audience.

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? Awesome, you felt that everyone's stories were told.

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

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“Bravo to the creators of this kit! It was easy to use, ignited discussion, intrigue and passion among my learners. The concept of using stories and pepeha ensured students could relate to their own experiences. It was so wonderful to teach our history about our places, our experiences, using our stories. Could not recommend enough!”

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Posted 2 years 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's given me more confidence because it gives ideas of what to teach. Thank you.

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? Our local area doesn't really feature in this kit but it's still got very interesting things to research about.

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's good to know that it's ok to teach this content - permission granted etc.

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

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“I really like the resources in the kit and they are very helpful, thank you very much. I've been finding it very difficult to navigate around your website to find out how to use the kit. I think the kit is probably more suited to year 5 and up. It's a bit over the heads of my year 4 students.”

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Posted 2 years 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? Will be using the material to enhance delivery of the curriculum.

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? Our school has already begun our local history journey but this model would support that.

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? Like that the stories are ‘our’ stories and that actual accounts from our history are available.

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

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“Students were engaged with the content and enjoyed researching the story we used. I found the new delivery model less easy compared to a PDF with links. Haven’t yet found out how to use the paper bag resources effectively or how to link them to the stories. The site is harder to navigate in that respect but no doubt using it more it will help with that.”

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Posted 2 years ago

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? The tactile nature of the resources are so engaging and supportive of collaborative learning alongside my class.

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? Students enjoyed connecting with the resources and were curious to explore local history connections.

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? Credibility like this adds mana to any learning.

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

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“The Aotearoa NZ Histories kit has been a great opportunity to discuss and explore New Zealand's history through a local lens. Thank you so much for creating and making this resource available.”

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Posted 2 years 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 took a bit more unpacking than other kits

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? This ia a good model for the class to follow on and 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? nil

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

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“This was very interesting to find out some more NZ history.”

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Posted 2 years 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 was a different hands-on approach

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? It gave some structure to our visits

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? We collaborate and share lots with local iwi and whānau so it was in line with the kaupapa and kawa of our kura.

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

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“My students really enjoyed wondering about what they could see in the postcards. One 11 year said it's like being detectives. We spent some time at our local museum too and made connections to pictures, artifacts and events.”

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Posted 2 years 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 liked the resources that I previously found hard to access. Having things in one place made it easy to use.

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? We already explore a lot of our local histories but the online exploring aspect really hooked some kids as it could be independent investigation.

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 meant the students had more trust in the information because there were a range of trusted sources used.

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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“An awesome kit full of amazing resources that are engaging and enhance the learning opportunities we can give.”

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Posted 2 years 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? My biggest fear was that I wouldn't have enough resources to teach my students. Now I can teach local history confidently and expand my knowledge of Aoteroa's history.

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? The kids led the learning in the end and were telling other students what they found out. This resource works great.

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? I now know a lot more about the stories in my local area. Students are asking questions of what happened and why things happened which is great.

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

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“The pack gives information for different areas around NZ. We were trying to source information about our local area and this was perfect. We also have students who come from a range of Iwi around NZ and they were able to learn the history of where they were from. It would be great if more resources were added as more become available to build on this amazing resource.”

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Posted 2 years ago