DFI Week 7 - Media

What did I learn that increased my understanding of Manaiakalani kaupapa and pedagogy?
Connected
Dorothy Google hangout: Connect with other schools in a way that is not just competing.
Shared language. Language is simple but the complexity beneath is deep.
Trying to become expert/ fluent in the Manaiakalani language pedagogy and kaupapa.
Sharing and connected go together.
If you don't share you are not connected.

Tuhi Mai Tuhi atu.
A way for classes to share. Google hangouts, blogs etc.

Cant connect with someone who is not prepared to make them selves visible.
Sites and learning on sites need to be visible.

Ted Talk about why we are wired to connect.

What did I learn that could improve my confidence, capability or workflow as a professional?
Kent showed us how to live stream on you tube. 
It looks really cool but would be alot to purchase the equipment to do it. 

If you look to the right of the screen you will see an introduction that I have made to share on my blog. 

I learn how to embed a you tube playlist on my class site.


This afternoon I went through the 5 minute Google site challenge. It took me about 10 minutes but I know that I could do it again in about 5!!


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

I am very proud of this first animation that I have made!!!
This will be something that I could use with my learners. They would love to tell stories this way.

I started using google draw to make a portrait of myself. It was a long process so I got this far.
It was good to remember how to use the colour picker.

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

I would use You tube play lists and will upload videos to youtube so it is easy to share on my site.

DFI Week 6 - Devices

What did I learn that increased my understanding of Manaiakalani kaupapa and pedagogy?
Chat with Dorothy:
Cybersmart Slides
Moved from poster on the wall to being more proactive.
Analogy of a powerful tool - a car - would not be put in the hands of a 15 year old with no practise - absorb from driver.
in 2011 we gave children a high powered device with full access to internet and poster on the wall.  Crazy!! Most was negative, scaremongering and unhelpful. Full of don'ts.

Looked at programmes - Cybersmart. Using positive words.
Teach them to be cybersmart from 5y of age.
Need to teach them what they must do - not what they must not do.

Need to integrate cybersmart into all lessons.

Flip it to the positive.
Like use the word kindness - not anti bullying.

The cyber smart  site is really useful and one that i will be going back to to use with my learners in the future.

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

Hapara looks like an amazing tool. I have not used Hapara in my class as i have New Entrants. One day when i teach older students I am looking forward to exploring this tool and learning how to use it to its full potential. 

Explain everything app looks good too. I was not convinced but now i can see that it would be useful in the class. 


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

Khismira did a session on how to set up ipads before the year starts to get it all running smoothly.
She showed us how to use the explain everything app. This looks like a good app.

Here is a very simple video showing me using the super fine snipping tool and the microphone app.

I also learnt how to use the screen castify extension.
It will be really useful for rewindable learning for my students.
It was not hard to use once i got used to it.
Here is my attempt.
I love the spotlight pointer!!!

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

The screen castify app would be fun to use if i was teaching my friends about something new that i had learnt on this course and wanted to share with them. Much easier than typing it all out.
Google drive is amazing - so good to have all my work in one spot no matter what device i am using.

DFI Week 5 - Enabling Access

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

Dorothy:
Enabling Access:
Visibility: important part of kaupapa. Be prepared to embrace being visible.
Traditionally education tended to keep learning journey hidden.
Turned learning into a maze experience. some people can get through it. Not all.
Success - ability to read the teachers mind. Anticipate the teachers intentions. Give the responses that the teachers want.

Cultural capital begins in the home. How you succeed at school. Kids understand what success looks like at school. Road map of what it is that makes you successful at school.

Day to day planning needs to be visible.
Success criteria etc.

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

About a Google site:
Be aware that the front page of site is like a shop window. 
It needs to entice students and parents in. 
It should speak for itself.

Goals for Class site.
Make sure my site is useful for year 0 and 1 students (as well as whanau)

Start doing this today:

Tidy up the site and make it look better.

Check out what my site looks like on an ipad.

Add more activities that the children can do on the ipad from the site.

Add more detail to site. 

What did I learn that could be used with my learners?  
We learnt about Google sites. Here is a look at my new look Pukeko Class site.

Click here to view: Pukeko Class Site

Looked at other schools websites to see how they make their learning visible for Year 0 and Year 1 on line. 

Some use google slides for the children to find their work for the day or week. I will investigate this and see if this might work for my class.

I need to have more on my site!!

More rewindable learning and pages they can follow up with at home. 

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

Now that i know how to use and make a google site I will be able to have the site up to date and add to it regularly. Hopefully this will mean that i spend less of my time working on this.
I am learning alot from the DFI course in general that helps me often in my daily life.
Thanks.