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Te Kete Ipurangi

Inspirational meeting place for educators

As a key member of The Learning Centre Trust, CWA New Media developed Te Kete Ipurangi for the New Zealand Ministry of Education in 1999 to give all those involved in education a bi-lingual meeting place to share resources and find inspiration.

Te Kete Ipurangi means ‘The basket of the Internet’ in Māori. The traditional flax basket is a recurring motif throughout the site. These baskets, still in every day use in New Zealand are associated in Māori proverb and mythology with the concept of sharing. "…nau te rourou, naku te rourou, ka ora te manuwhiri" …with your food basket and my food basket everyone will be fed.

The need

Teachers and principals need access to quality teaching and learning resources and totally up-to-date information on educational issues and developments. They also need to connect with colleagues, build professional communities and manage change.

The innovation

CWA New Media created a national resource portal and web community for all those involved in education in New Zealand.

The Te Kete Ipurangi Online experience is straightforward and user-friendly. It is easy to navigate. Pages download quickly. It provides:

• A pathway to quality-assured curriculum resources and services in Māori and English
• Subject expert online editors
• A team of skilled bilingual editors, translators and Web developers who support the publishing of te reo Māori within the site
• The largest repository of Māori language content available on the Internet
• Communities of interest including school governance and management, the essential learning areas, Māori education and a diverse range of Ministry national initiatives
• Assessment tools, examples of best practice, lesson plans, professional development information and discussion about latest research
• Online projects for students
• A news channel about ICT developments
• A forum for the exchange of ideas with other educators
• A database-drive, interactive library
• An e-government endorsed bilingual Dublin Core metadata schema that supports discoverability by a wide range of audiences, and ensures interoperatibility nationally and internationally with the online education community.

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