DFI Week 5

What did I learn that increased my understanding of Manaiakalani kaupapa and pedagogy? During today's session, it dawned on me again that there are so many things in teaching that we know, but forget to apply to hook learners as much as possibl: Learning should be visible to the LEARNER, WHANAU, TEACHER AND COLLEAGUES. That ensures pride and accountability. Visibility ensures a greater understanding of WALT's WALF's (and WILL's - that's my own take on: What I Loved Learning - a reflection from learners) What did I learn that could improve my confidence, capability or workflow as a professional? By setting up your site as a shopwindow, you "sell" your teaching and their learning. Will students be hooked, engaged and motivated when engaging with the learning? As adults,we choose what we want to engage in and learn, why do we expect less of our students? What did I learn that could be used with my learners? Sites, sites, MULTI MODAL sites! Engaging students can be tricky, so by making use of video, text, slides, mote and reading all contribute to a great hook-in. What did I learn that could improve my confidence, capability or workflow in my personal life? Be brave, try it out, look at other sites and learn from that. Click here to view my site

DFI Week 4

 

What did I learn that increased my understanding of Manaiakalani kaupapa and pedagogy? Sharing is a very basic human need and is the final step of the Learn, Create, Share pedagogy. Starting the day with sharing in your bubble is very interesting and it always amazes me to hear what other teachers do in their classes; from great ideas and creativity to the basic mundane tasks of sorting google drive folders. What did I learn that could improve my confidence, capability or workflow as a professional? Working with Google Sheets today, improved my confidence so much! I never knew how to analyse or make e-asTTle forms easier to use when looking at the data. The The explore tool in the right bottom corner opens new possibilities to jobs that I would normally do manually. What a waste of time that was! What did I learn that could be used with my learners, how could they use. Google forms is a brand new areafor me to explore and from what I have seen at school,students like completing forms. Their own voice is very important and very often it is the only platform where they can freely speak and share thoughts when student voiceis collected. What did I learn that could improve my confidence, capability or workflow in my personal life? Confidence in analysing and drawing up Google Sheets, Using Forms and all its possibilities.

DFI Week 3

What did I learn that increased my understanding of Manaiakalani kaupapa and pedagogy? 

Creativity develops when creating. In our rushed lives as teachers that are very much data driven, creativity seems to be the first experiences dropped in planning. It is a ongoing rush to finish whatever we think needs to be dealt with. This qoute resonated with me today: "When it comes to learning, if the hands are involved, the head realy gets gouing. - Stuart Middleton

What did I learn that could improve my confidence, capability or workflow as a professional?

I feel so much more confident knowing how to use Youtube clips safely by embedding the item and adding it to my Youtube list. 

 What did I learn that could be used with my learners?

Today's session with Cheryl on the digital Pepeha was so helpful. We continuously try to engage students to learn their Pepeha and having a template and model for that is excellent! Makauri developed options for non-Mari users to add to their Pepeha.

 What did I learn that could improve my confidence, capability or workflow in my personal life?

  

DFI Week 2

 

Time to reflect and share with colleagues

What did I learn that increased my understanding of Manaiakalani kaupapa and pedagogy?

Manaia Kalani does not mean we  replace teachers;we rather see it as guiding students into recognition, amplification and turbo charging their experiences. We can do more than what we've been able to do in the past. Opportunities and experiences are open to all and more students can reach their maximum ability. Transform experiences, and harness them.

What does the Learn look like at YOUR school?

Gisborne Central School is about  community, hauora, inclusiveness, citizenship and participation

 effective communication through GMail 

What did I learn that could improve my confidence, capability or workflow as a professional?

Share the tab on meets, Google Keep is an excellent tool to capture ideas and information.

Gmail schedules, Gmail signature and Edit setting

What did I learn that could be used with my learners?  

 Recording  Google meets for future use use eg. lessons. 

Share tabs on meets

What did I learn that could improve my confidence, capability or workflow in my personal life?

Just giving it a go! I find myself in deep water navigating this ocean of digital learning. It feels overwhelming but after each session and reflection ,I notice  I am more confident and knowledgeable. Still a lot to learn and practice. Setting up a meeting was daunting , but luckily I had a buddy with buckets of patience who guided me through the process. We managed to record the meeting from both sides. Thanks Sean!

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DFI Week 1

 For a while now, I have realized that children learn digitally, and that slowly but surely, I have been procrastinating to understand their "world" of interest. 

At the start of the day, the Manaiakalani initiative and program was explained and I was amazed at the timeline and how long its been running. (Wish I jumped in sooner!) It is a world that we cannot escape from and to stay in touch and be a successful teacher and facilitator, I will have to be open to this way of teaching and facilitating. Making connections has always been my strength, but not digitally! Now is the time!

Today was not only new learning, but  a reflection on my strengths and needs.I found that my Google Drive folders are actually organised and easily accessible for my daily use, and that I was more familiar with it than I realised or gave myself credit for. I definitely have to learn how to use Google Mail more creatively. Using GMail, could make it easier to communicate with whanau, students and colleagues. 

Blogging is also a whole new world and I believe with some practise, I will be able to communicate ideas effectively through this tool. Looking forward to extending myself and hope my DFI bubble will be patient with me.

It was a good day.

 

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