Spiral of Inquiry

 

SPIRAL OF INQUIRY REFLECTIVE QUESTIONS.

Scanning   What’s going on for my learners?

Focussing Where do I think concentrating my  energy will make the most difference?

Developing a hunch How am I contributing to the situation?

New Learning How and where will I learn more about what to do?

Taking Action What will I do differently to make enough of a difference?

Checking Have I made enough of a difference?

Reflection and next steps What did I notice and what happens next? What’s my evidence?

Sharing is Caring

What did I learn that increased my understanding of Share within the Manaiakalani kaupapa and pedagogy?

"Work with learners to establish an authentic audience for their learning outcomes"

Providing my learners with authentic learning experiences is something that I try to consider when preparing learning. I find that learners respond well when they have a real life purpose for their writing in particular. I am starting to see how blogging and sharing learning will motivate and encourage learners.

It is great to provide a local and global audience to our learners who live in a globally remote location.

I will continue to reflect on engaging students so that they have the motivation to stay focused on learning rather than being distracted by device, as this a issue that I have faced ever since having 1:1 devices.

I can also see how sharing will be a  great motivation to finish work, another issue I would like to resolve.

I look forward to developing a strong understanding of supportive commenting to provide feed-forward and feedback from a range of people rather than just the teacher.

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

As we use our professional blogs more I am starting to become more comfortable with sharing reflections with an audience.

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

I now understand how the use of Google Sites can provide an interesting and interactive way to present units of work to our learners.

Here is an example

that I will refer to when I prepare for my next thematic unit or Inquiry.

Sustainability Unit Site PESch

I am pleased to see how this could be used to implement project based/cross curricular units as this is another area I would like to develop.

I hope that by using a site similar to this example can be used as a visual unit plan for myself as well as a resource center for students.

Here is a link to the example site I made today: Gardening example

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

I will definitely be using Google Keep to streamline my sticky notes on my PC and my notes on my phone.

CREATE Googles Slides, Google Draw and Youtube Playlists. #DFI 3

What did I learn that increased my understanding of Create within the Manaiakalani kaupapa and pedagogy?

I have learnt the 'Create' aspect is at the center of Manaiakalani pedagogy. It is essential to keep reflecting on this and trying to think on how we can hook in our learners and provide a range of experiences that allow learners to create on a range of platforms (digital and non digital).

What did I learn that could improve my confidence, capability or workflow as a professional? Today I have learnt a range of features I can use to make my slide show presentations more engaging and efficient. Here is an example of a slide I have made for one of my maths groups. I have used images as link buttons and also embedded videos on to slides, which is something I have learnt today

What did I learn that could be used with my learners?   I plan to share with learners some of the tricks I have learnt in Google Slides and Draw. My students will enjoy trying to make animations and pick a path stories using Google slides. I am also very keen to develop my use of You tube playlists so I can support and direct my students when they are watching videos on the Internet.

What did I learn that could improve my confidence, capability or workflow in my personal life? This week I will be making buttons on Google Draw to embed into my class site.

Buddy Coaching, T1

Today I had a coaching session with my critical friend, Petrina.
We established a goal for me for the next weeks: 
My Literacy Programme will be delivered through my class site by the end of the term.
See the photo for notes, steps, barriers and enablers.
I love having coaching conversations to nut out what is on top for me and my learners and figure out steps needed to achieve my goals.
I feel pretty confident about this goals as I am really enjoying what I am learning at DFI and I am trying new things with my class site all the time.

Coaching Notes

DFI#2

What did I learn that increased my understanding of Manaiakalani kaupapa and pedagogy? It is interesting to think about how our current school curriculum can align with Learn, Create, Share. I am reflecting on where my practice sits at the moment in regards to the SAMR model. I will be continuing to think about how to design learning that is moving towards transformation rather than enhancement.

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

Streamlining my gmail, bookmark bar and calendar will allow me to work smarter. I will be sharing these hacks with my staff and encouraging them to use them within our workplace.

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

I have learnt how to screen-castify and record using MS slides. I can see how the students could use this tools to teach their peers. I could also use these tools to make mini workshops for learning and then post on to my class site.

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

Streamlining my Gmail will help me to more organised and create an efficient way of organising my correspondence and teaching resources. Using my Calendar is helping for organising meetings with staff and sharing events with whanau.
SAMR Model

DFI 2019 #1

What did I learn that increased my understanding of Manaiakalani kaupapa and pedagogy?
I am beginning to gain a better understanding of how the digital platform can be used to raise student achievement, particularly in Literacy. 
What did I learn that could improve my confidence, capability or workflow as a  professional?

I am becoming more comfortable using the features of Google Suite. I am looking forward to trying to streamline my planning and delivery of learning using my class site.

I am interested to start using a blogging platform for person inquiry and reflection.

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

Investing in setting up their Google Drive and teaching them to work smarter. 

Shortcuts such as- searching in PDF and Docs, pasting without formatting, inserting images text using Explore feature, focused browsing using Hapara.

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

How to manage my Google Drive and different Google Accounts.