Friday 5 April 2019

DFI: Week 5 Reflection

Today's session was all about the Manaiakalani Kaupapa of making learning Visible within your environment. It is really important for this whanau community to be involved in their children's learning journey at school from Primary, through to Intermediate and Secondary.
The default is: Planning, Process, Outcomes, Assessment keeping in mind that it is available to anyone with the link on the world wide web.
Hapara Teacher Dashboard is an excellent tool for teachers to use to monitor and review students participation, engagement and achievement in learning in all areas of the curriculum.
Whanau are able to view their own child online. You are also able to track other expert teachers Class OnAir experiences and leave feedback for them to reflect on their practice. This is something which I plan to do during the school holidays when I have time to leave positive, thoughtful comments.
Multi Modal is the ways that we communicate with others...to share with other learners.
When students are excited about what they're doing they are more likely to be learning cognitively.
Children are exposed to so much visibility in their environment it's up to teachers to continue 'hooking them in' so that they are engaged and ready for learning!
So it's up to teachers to motivate students to engage with the curriculum. This is in alignment with the NZ Curriculum that advocates for students to be "lifelong learners".
The Woolf Fisher research that is being carried out in Manaiakalani schools which reviews how expert teachers engage learners in a variety of ways such as multi media and communication.
Chrissie Butler from Core Education identifies that learners will perceive information in different ways. We need to recognise that what may engage one learner may not interest another?
Finally we looked at creating Multi Modal platforms using Google Sites and accessing the internet to add further information and making it accessible and visually appealing to learners.
When I began this process it reminded me of how much starting a plan is imperative to the process and that using a collaborative approach is a worthwhile exercise to do with a small group of colleagues. Having like minded teachers teaching at a similar level encourages a plethora of ideas that can be included in the planning process of mind maps and using digital media supports the final steps of putting it altogether.

Monday 1 April 2019

DFI: My Map

This map shows a family road trip we took in 2006 from Auckland to Wellington.