Connected:
This morning Dorothy connected with us and talked about Manaiakalani's pedagogy of connected. She explained the main goal for Manaiakalani is to connect children with authentic audiences. Even more so in this digital age I can see how important this is to have my own students connected in class, connected during lock down and if this was to happen again. Using Google Meet to catch up digitally was so powerful to share our learning, ideas and feelings during some hard times for children!
Chalk N Talk:
Venessa talked us through some more tips on organising our class sites. One thing that I have learnt today is to not delete things off my class site. In the past if the topic is finished or I wanted to change my layout or organisation I have deleted things off my site. However Venessa made a good point that all our learning should be visible and online so children could access it at a later time. She made me realise that children can also continue learning from home as it is all rewindable.
Explore:
Today our main focus was exploring sites across the cluster at different year levels then we got to look at other peoples sites from our DFI group. Both of these were a great opportunity to give myself some feedback on what I can work on as well as give me some great ideas on how I can improve my own class site. Today I had time to refresh my home site and make some slides for writing next week. Feeling much happier with the overall look still a long way to go though.
Sam,
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing your ideas and reflections from the day! Being connected is so important, especially when we are being isolated in our own homes. So disempowering being told you can't catch up with friends, etc. Bringing Google Meet into the learning space, and having students connect with you and their peers on a daily basis is powerful! Thank you for taking the time to practise Google Meet with your students to ensure they are equipped for future lock-downs.
Another reason for not deleting anything off your site is the fact that it acts as evidence of what you have achieved with your students! Remember this for the end of each year too, never delete a site a class site. You could always make a copy, or better yet, start again for a new year.
Keep up the excellent work!