DFI WEEK 9: Revision

What has worked for me?

Our last session we shared together on what we had learnt over the last 9 weeks. For me I have personally found learning more abut the Manaiakalani kaupapa and pedagogy really helpful. Most things I was aware of and using like email, google draw etc but it is all the little tips and tricks that have added up. These have made my life a lot easier and can definitely take these with me into my classroom and teaching and continue to use these.

 

Ubiquitous: Ubiquitous learning is all about learning anywhere, anytime, anyplace. Especially after this year with Covid-19 and our level 4 lockdown this was so important for our learners to be able to have rewindable learning online that they could access from home. Dorothy even mentioned for example while we are on this course for 9 weeks we have also left our relievers work digitally to continue. 

"Your learners have the potential to be experiencing high quality learning experience right now while you are here" 

What do I need help with?

My next steps are continuing to implement the things that I have learnt into my classroom practice as well as things that make my organisation and teaching better. 

DFI WEEK 8: Computational Thinking

 

Empowered: 

This morning Dorothy joined us to talked about empowering our young people and that 'empowered' is apart of the Manaiakalani kaupapa. 

"The Manaiakalani kaupapa of empowerment is about the advancing of Rangatiratanga"

Rangatiratanga means the ownership one has over one self, ownership, autonomy. The choice of words they have chosen is powerful as our tamariki are our Rangatiratanga. Dorothy stressed the importance of empowering our learners with the right tools, knowledge and skills to be successful.

Coding and Computational Thinking: 

This was a great opportunity to explore other simple coding websites as this is our topic for the term. The children in my class have mastered 'Scratch Jr' and I know they would really enjoy code.org. Below is the 'Scratch' code that I worked on which is possibly the next step for some of the more confident learners in my class.

DFI WEEK 7: Devices

 Being Cybersmart: 

This morning we connected with Fiona Grant and the Manaaiakalani kaupapa of 'cybersmart'. I liked this quote as it is about all children, whanau and teachers to empower out learners and access to their own device. 

"at home in the digital world"

I thought the ice berg metaphor was powerful to show the smart and secure learning as apart of cyber safety. They both work together (top of the iceberg and bottom of the iceberg) and compliment each other. The key messages about the cybersmart that it is important that it is a whole school focus so that everyone is on the same page and it is consistent. I know at my own school we are consistent and we all do specifically teach cybersmart and the key categories around being cybersmart. 

Digital dig:

We worked our way through a digital dig using a chromebook so we were aware of how to use the shortcuts and some of the challenges that may come with children using these. Below are the tasks that I completed. I found this very useful and going over the shortcuts is a huge help in making my life a lot quicker and easier. 

Exploring Explain Everything:

I'm lucky that my juniors already use Explain Everything so this is not a new app for me however we are in the beginning phase of using files to go alongside readers as an online task/worksheet etc. This was good having a play around with so I know what the children will be doing when we are at that stage.

Below is the Explain Everything task that I made around Smart relationships and using positive/quality comments. 

Another informative day learning lots of tips and tricks to help with my learning journey and using Explain Everything with my class.