Digital Kete: NZ resources for NZ teachers

Uniquely NZ resources for Aotearoa Kaiako 100+ free resources with more freebies each month

Save time + brain power to get work/life balance Over 300+ premium resources with more added weekly!

Toni Westcott, co-creator of newly launched NZ Teacher resource website, Digital Kete, describes her mission to help teachers across Aotearoa get better work life balance.

Finding the right resources can be frustrating + time consuming When I was in the classroom I was always on the hunt for new ideas and resources to inspire my teaching and learning, but I felt like most of the resources weren 't quite right for my kids and context. There were lots of generic or American resources and it was getting expensive paying for resources - sometimes upwards of $10 per resource! So I started adapting and making my own resources for my kids and contexts. Although this was something I enjoyed, I quickly realised it took so much time and effort that work was becoming my life! Creating resources for teachers by teachers I' ve been facilitating PLD at Digital Circus for the last 4 years, working with over 100 teachers across the motu. Part of that mahi is to create supporting resources for and alongside kaiako that can be used in their classroom. Our team at DC started putting these resources out on social media to help other teachers. The response was phenomenal. The task board we made for Te Wiki o te reo Māori reached 34 000 people, and the feedback was that the resources were engaging and useful. I thought - how might we continue to create and offer quality resources to our NZ kaiako? Over the last year, alongside our talented team at Digital Circus, we have been working on our resource site, Digital Kete. With over 90+ years combined teaching experience in our team, across all year levels and specialties, you could say we are pretty passionate about teaching and helping educators create incredible learning experiences for ākonga. Helping NZ teachers save time + brain power Our haerenga here at Digital Kete started with the growing need for resources unique to Aotearoa. Just like Tāne on his mission to seek out the baskets of knowledge for mankind, we at Digital Kete we are on a mission too. Our goal is to help you fill your kete with useful and practical resources. We aim to help you learn, grow and continue to be an inspirational and innovative educator, and have time to do the things you love with the people you love.

We’ve done the hard mahi for you Digital Kete launched on September 1st with a tonne of free resources ready to use, with more added every month. There is an option to join a membership area where new premium resources are added every week. Our resources focus on student agency, encourage creativity and blur the subject silos. Our integrated learning experiences are aligned to the NZ Curriculum. We are currently working on resources for Structured Literacy, the Aotearoa New Zealand Histories Curriculum and we are working through requests from teachers via the site - let us know what you need and we 'll make it! The biggest part of our mahi is listening to what teachers ACTUALLY want and need and then making those resources specifically for them. We aim to help more and more kaiako access resources truly made for them, our kids and contexts in our place, Aotearoa.

Toni

We hope you join us on the journey! Create your free account + fill your kete with resources made for you: