CORE has 11 facilitators who are part of the Apple Consultants Network. We offer consultancy and professional learning services in school and early childhood settings, in both English and Māori medium.
CORE Apple Consultants
Our focus
Our focus is on the use of technologies to engage students and enhance teaching and learning programmes. CORE facilitators work throughout New Zealand with educators on planning, implementing, and supporting the use of technologies in classrooms.
CORE offers the following — both online and/or face-to-face:
- Using specific devices and applications to promote engagement and interaction in learning.
- Personalised learning options — catering to the client’s needs.
- Enhancing the learning process through programmes and courses using Apple devices.
- Providing advice and guidance on the use of Apple technologies in future focused education.
- Integrating Apple technology effectively into modern learning environments.
Apple training programmes
As well as the above, we also provide programmes specifically focused on Apple training in:
Fostering creativity
- iBooks Author
- iLife (iPhoto, iMovie, Garage Band)
Productivity
- Foundation Course for iOS Devices
- Foundation Course for OS X Mavericks
- iTunes U
- iWork
- Reaching all Learners: Accessibility and Customisation
Administration
- Workflow for Teaching and Learning
- iOS for Educational Administration — using the basics well and customising for your needs
CORE's professional development approach focuses on:
- Engaging educators using Apple products to enhance their teaching and learning practice, and how this impacts on student participation and achievement.
- Integrating applications into learning priorities such as literacy and numeracy, and in key focus areas such as Māori medium and special education (including gifted education).
- Supporting schools to be future focused by integrating and maximising the effectiveness of digital devices.
Apple Professional Learning Specialists
Apple Professional Learning Specialists can offer a rich variety of bespoke learning opportunities designed to help you acquire core skills with Mac, iPad and Swift coding and integrate Apple products into your curriculum.
They can mix professional learning opportunities and delivery types to create an individual plan for your school, kura or COL.
They can also support you with gaining Apple Teacher Certification.
For personalised discussion speak to one of our facilitators or expert partners.
Contact our Apple Learning Specialist to engage them in your school or kura now.
Contact one of our Apple Consultants to engage them in your school or kura now.
Learning kete
Teacher’s workflow: from lesson plan to iBooks Store
EDtalks: Engaging boys with literacy through iPads in the early years
EDtalks: Secondary iPad use
EDtalks: Effective iPad use for learners who are visually impaired
EDtalks: Engaging boys with literacy through iPads in the early years
Childcare Centre Manager Bridget Chapman describes a self review project focused on exploring ways to increase boys' engagement with literacy experiences using digital technologies. The teachers used iPads to capture images and video, as well as the boys talking about their learning, both at the centre and at home with their families.
EDtalks: Secondary iPad use
Martin Kane and Gala Kirke explain their pilot project with iPads at Craighead Diocesan School. A group of 7 curriculum area teachers piloted the use of iPads with one of their classes, meeting regularly and sharing their planning and teaching ideas. They were surprised and delighted with the outcome of the pilot project.
EDtalks: Effective iPad use for learners who are visually impaired
Karen Gilligan, facilitator with the Blind and Low Vision Education Network NZ (BLENNZ), works with children and young people who are blind, deafblind, or have low vision. iPads have become a valuable tool for students across three main learner categories: low vision, complex needs, and Braille users.