PPTA

(2004) Extract from Annual Conference paper 2004.

(uploaded July 2011) School count of School Management Systems and Learning Management Systems as of April 2011.

(13 June 2011) With no new funding available for TVNZ 7, the government believes it is better to preserve funding for NZ On Air rather than redirect funding to maintain TVNZ 7.As the funding for TVNZ 7 will expire in 2012, TVNZ has decided that the channel will cease to broadcast past June 2012. Some of the programmes currently broadcast on TVNZ 7 may continue to be funded through NZ On Air in the future. Where programmes currently broadcast on TVNZ 7 continue to receive NZ On Air funding, schools and students will be able to access the material, but on different channels.

(25 February 2009)  Response to PPTA letter regarding removal of data when teacher laptops are returned for disposal.

(29 April 2009)  Letter from the Minister of Education Anne Tolley regarding computing achievement standards.  This letter is in response to a letter from Kate Gainsford PPTA president about the amount of time it was taking to develop achievement standards for computing.

(2 April 2009) Dear Kate Gainsford ... The SMS Services team is aware of the difficulties experienced in some schools using KAMAR at the start of this year. This was caused by a significant software upgrade (approximately 60% of the code was new or changed) being released in time for schools to use it from the beginning of 2009. I was informed that the company worked very long hours to fix the errors and included the release of the report templates at the same time your letter was written. ...

(12 March 2009) Letter from PPTA president to Hon. S Joyce, Minister for Communications, Information and technology, re: Computing achievement standards PPTA is aware that National Party policy is to develop achievement standards for computing but remains concerned that the Ministry is not treating this as a priority.The absence of computing achievement standards and consequent reliance on unit standards means students choose not to study computing, opting instead for other subjects where their efforts are able to be recognised by the awards of merit and excellence.

(5 March 2009)     Letter to the Minister of Education re: Student Management System Software (SMS) and Learning Management Software (LMS) Dear Minister I am writing on behalf of the PPTA ICT Task Force (a group of 15 secondary teachers representing schools throughout New Zealand) to express their frustration with Ministry policy around the purchase of SMS and LMS software...