DFI# 7 Maps, Forms, Sheets

What did I learn that increased my understanding of being connected with Manaiakalani’s kaupapa and pedagogy?
My homework is to look at the explore the following links to become more connected to the Manaiakilani community and make better use of these resources:

• Manaiakilani Toolkits
• Google + community

What did I learn that could improve my confidence, capability or workflow as a professional?
I have always shyed away from using Google Sheets as I have never known how to use them well. I have picked up a lot of basic tips to make my data collection more streamline. I should try to start using it now, so I dont forget! Here is a link for me to refer back to:

Spreadsheets and forms to support teaching and learning

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

I am looking forward to integrating Google Forms into our classroom. They can be used for the following purposes:quizzes, reflections, preview of learning and also to upload files as a way of handing in assignments
Alicia introduced us to Breakouts as an interesting idea for students to record their learning. These could be used to prepare students for online testing preparation as well.
Following are links for my reference to examples of these:

• Number Knowledge
• ANZAC Breakout using a Google Form
• Reading and Answering Comp Questions
• Mark Maddren’s Pick a Path
• Digital Breakouts

Here's my example of a Break out.

What did I learn that could improve my confidence, capability or workflow in my personal life?
Use My Google Maps.

Below I have been practising how to embed maps and active charts.

DFI #6

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

Today Kerry spoke about Visible Learning she shared the benefits of making planning visible to learners being beneficial to those learners who might be disengaged or distracted while the teacher is orally delivering lessons. I am noticing that often my learners do not read instructions clearly and are lacking the agency to follow directions with out my support. I am finding that I need to have expectations that my learners will access their learning through the site, I need to ensure I provide "wait" time to allow them to think for themselves rather than rely on me.

It also makes me aware of the clarity of my instructions, often what makes sense to me is not translated into what my learners understand.

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

professional?

I have made my class blog more organised and I am trying to make it more multi

modal

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

Vanessa has taught me to set up a google sheet with restricted access to each
row. I will create one of these this week as a way of tracking my learners as they
complete tasks and record.

Here I am sharing my class site to the DFI group.

Teaching as Inquiry TOD 26/4

This morning we broke down and summarised the Spiral of Inquiry with Susan. 
As a staff we had rich discussion on what each stage of Inquiry means and how we can incorporate this into our
practice. We then established a direction for our collaborative inquiry that worked underneath the
Ka Hui Ako overarching question:
How can I use rich tasks and flexible groupings to promote critical thinking?

Oruaiti School focus:
How can learners use a range of ways to demonstrate their learning?

Why? 
We have noticed a school wide gap in students not being confident to articulate the direction of their learning.

Seven principles of learning.
We identified Learners at the centre as our areas of focus.
These reflective questions are what we are focusing on:


We understand that there can be a range of ways that learners can demonstrate their learning.
We are interested in discovering which ways learners can currently articulate their learning goals,
needs and next steps and how we can support them to do this better.

Week 1 Scanning:
We will collect student voice
We plan to teach lessons and ask students to demonstrate what they have learnt
(we will try 5 different methods e.g: discuss verbally, write, draw, song/poem/rap, blog reflection, drama, p.e)
We will record data and be prepared to share our findings at our staff meeting in Week 3, this will also be recorded
on our blogs.
What was the most successful method? 
Where do I think focusing my attention would be most useful?

DEVICES

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

I am thinking critically about blogging for students. I understand the benefits; being constructive feedback, feed forward and sharing to a wider audience.
I am aware of whanau concerns with privacy and a lack of understanding of the importance of blogging. I think as a staff we need to have a very clear understanding of how blogging will enhance our students learning so we can best educate our communities' understanding of the Manaiakalani kaupapa that we are investing in.

What did I learn that could improve my confidence, capability or workflow as a professional?
Things to remember with Hapara:
-filter and focused searching times
-using it to check blog posts/comments
I will be encouraging our Junior teachers to look into Explain Everything and hope that Professional Development will become available to them so they can utilise this great app in their classrooms.

What did I learn that could be used with my learners?  
I will try to remember to use the Cyber smart curriculum resources which are available to use and modify in my classroom. I will use my presentation below with staff to assist them as an introduction to professional blogging.

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

I will be exploring Explain everything with own children at home.

Here is my slide presentation that I will share with staff to get them started on their professional blogs.

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.