Week 3

This was a hard one to follow as I had to host a family gathering due to a death in our whanau. I have reed all the notes on the agenda and I certainly need to have time to play with all this. new information.  With my co teacher taking notes and showing me what she has tried or set up.  So we have a pixton class now and have got many of our kids in class to create their own avatar.  Man kids. blow me away with their skill level.  They don't know they aren't supposed to know how to do this stuff!!!  They just do it! They have no fear! So that is my goal for this weekend. To try use one of the new tools and set a pretend class or similar  and jump in boots and all and just try.

Workflow Agenda Day 2

 

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

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

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

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

• What does the Learn look like at YOUR school?

This week we started off looking at working smarter not harder. Removing emails, grouping emails, archiving emails. Using tools such as google keep tasks, toby etc.   Some of these tools I have used or are using...maybe not to their full potential.  So this allowed me the chance to observe what others are doing and how they can work well along side other parts of a computer extension of program.

The last part of the day was using and experimenting with google meet.  What a rabbit warren of paths I can find to go down and never come back!  Although I did finally manage to find my group and successfully record the above korero around a gorgeous year threes personal blog.

Old dog and new tricks aye!

Answering the questions above...

• It is a worry at the beginning of this journey to take the leap of faith with this leap of digital fluency for our students.  Not only is it new learning for us as educators it needs to be good for the students so I find it reassuring to have the story behind to kaupapa available for us to hear about and support us.
• Lots of the tools will support the organisation of my 'stuff' which will streamline my workflow (fingers crossed)
• For my learners it is a filter down effect. they will know everything I learn and some of it they will take on board some not so much yet...but they will be exposed to it and possibly next year they will have their memory jogged.
• Everything I learn is building my confidence.. I am lucky in the respect that I am happy to make a fool of myself in front of others so making mistakes is a full time occupation of mine.  Which I think gives me a really good feel of what my students go through so thats got to be good...   In my personal life??? not sure I certainly know I could not v=ever live without google calendar so maybe I will experiment with that some more.
• The last question is similar to asking "how long is a piece of string?"  Learn looks different everywhere and so it should.  Each cohort id different  and each child is different and each day is different.  I need to know my kids and be flexible enough to meet their needs different and at the drop of a hat.  I do know my current class is very boy heavy and like to do very hands on activities.  We need to have short lessons that attack and then retreat and then do something physical.  Their LEARN is loud and messy and physical and passionate and creative and quick and competitive and exhausting but so so so much fun. 

 

Core Business Agenda Day 1

15/10/2021
Day one DFI

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

There are quite a few things to be used that will improve not only my confidence in using google but my confidence in teaching with google. I do feel it is a case of what you don't know... you don't know.!.. and until you come across an issue and can discuss with an expert you don't recognise the simple solution that may be at hand. This is allowing us the opportunity to come up against these small things we don't know.

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

Little things will make the difference. Most of it I already knew but there are all these tiny short cuts and 'tricks' that make life easier. I am looking forward to having a toolkit of resources to use.

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

Using the talk to text will be very helpful. The more I learn as I go forward the more my students will benefit. Google doc is reasonably well known but it is always good to see things I can teach in class.

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

Becoming more able in digital tech will enable me to plan quicker and therefore spend more of my free time away from school work. This will also allow for easy collaboration with others which is the way forward in many education settings.