DFI Week 2

Coming into the Google meet this week was less nerve wracking than week I knew what to do and  what to expect. 

Listening to Dorothy's talk about the Manakalani Pedagogy each week is allowing me to really have a deeper understanding of the why behind the Manakaklani project. 

Having those 3 simple words allows diversity and the ability to access a range of students, schools and teachers. 

Today Dorothy focused on the LEARN part of the Pedagogy of Learn, Create, Share.

Learn - Ako

I feel this is the most important part of the Manaiakalani pedagogy as It underpins the reason why we are in classroom. The NZ curriculum has stood the test of time and all the parts of the curriculum relates back to children's learning whether in the analogue or digital world. 

It made me think about what my school believes learning looks like.

What do we do to Recognise  effective practice? This will be something that I will be following up for own knowledge.   

Amplify  What technologies do I use to make effective teaching and learning opportunities for my learners? How can I amplify their learning? After listening to the talk regarding Amplify I realize that I do use a lot of websites, pages to find resources ideas, activities that will help with the children's learning. There are so many talented people who are willing to share their ideas which has made my teaching streamlined, fun and effective. 

TurboCharge -  This allows the learner to see things that may never see in real life. A good example for this is when I was with a group and they were reading a text about different countries and having to find details about different features. After they had finished they were given time to find one of those countries via a google search. I had the children coming up to me with great delight talking about what the country/ area looked like in real life. The amazement and excitement on their faces was priceless. I will be continuing to do this in the future.

Technology enables us to remove barriers to learning and allow learning to happen in new and novel ways.  

Throughout todays session we were able deep dive into some Google tools that I use regularly. I have used google meets before and have set up meeting inviations using the calender. I use this when setting up IEPs with other staff, agencies and whanau. It is good to know that I can also attach documents to this invitation so people have a copy of the previous IEP before we start the meeting. 

 It was great to have the time tidy up my Gmail and get rid of a whole lot of promotional emails that I do not need. Having a calendar at my fingertips is very handy and I had been using my Google calendar, but have to admit that I have resorted back to my paper one as sometimes people come and see me when my computer is not with me and it is faster to open my diary. It is my goal to use my Google calendar regularly from now on!!

One thing I found very tricky was recording a meet, this was due to my computer having wifi issues and me missing most of the directions and information. This did cause a little bit of angst and anxiety I did eventually get it completed but I certainly need lots more practice .