DFI Day 2!

Today was another great day at the DFI - learning, creating and sharing.

I enjoyed diving deeper into the Manaiakalani Kaupapa around effective teaching and accelerated learning. I enjoyed the refresher on turbocharging how we teach in the classroom.

The new learning with the extensions was great! I now have 26 new extensions that I can explore and play with to help support my professional and personal life!

Google Keep is another functional app that I already use. I enjoyed seeing people make the connections of how this can be used across a number of their devices.

I really enjoyed working with Trish to make a recording of our Meet to share our thoughts on some fantastic Maniakalani student blogs!

Here is my Meet Recording.

Digital Fluency Intensive - Day 1 05.05.20

Today we spent time learning, creating and sharing as a group of teachers and learners from around the country in a fully online environment.

The Agenda for the day is linked here.

One of the create tasks was to use Google Docs to create. I started to create a Strategic Plan Poster/Infographic.

Today I got a deeper appreciation of the origins of Manaiakalani. I really like the table of contents feature of Google Docs and intend to use this, and voice to text in my teaching and learning programmes going forward.

Mihi - Creating a sense of identity.

This term we have been working with whānau and learners to develop an understanding of their whakapapa and identity. Each student had to undertake research with their whānau to establish their places of significance. In class we have scaffolded this further by creating a written mihi and visual mihi template. Each day we are covering different aspects of mihimihi. Through this process, whānau have been actively engaged in the learning of their students. As teachers we have demonstrated a commitment to Te Tiriti o Waitangi and Tangata Whenuatanga.

Sharing our learning with our whanau

Using blogs as a tool to share our learning with our whanau.

Sharing Learning Sites at Hokitika Hub Community Open Evening

On Tuesday 10th April I was asked to host a sharing session regarding learning sites at the Hokitika Hub Community Open Evening. I shared our learning site with a number of whānau and teachers. In total, I run three 20 minute sessions. There were a number of questions and a range of positive feedback about this sharing session. We have also undertaken to support other junior teachers within the hub to implement 1:1 iPads within their setting.

Using Blogs as a tool for whānau connection with learning

Our class blog is used to support the connection with whānau and learners.

Spiral of Inquiry - 2018

Developing self-regulation, an ability to connect with learning outside of the classroom.

Developing self-regulation, an ability to connect with learning outside of the classroom.

Supporting learner agency through collaborative writing.

Supporting learner agency through collaborative writing.

Whānau interacting with their ākonga.

Whānau interacting with their ākonga at our Kaniere Whānau Day. Parents and caregivers spent 2 hours in the class working alongside students to create visual mihimihi.

Collaborating with PLD Facilitator to deliver Cyber Smart Curriculum

Collaborating with PLD Facilitator to deliver Cyber Smart Curriculum