DFI Session 6

Kia ora team,

Being connected 
Real life audience - blogs. Allows them to connect could be even internationally. Publish to the web so they could share, even connect globally

Being connected allows us to keep in touch with other colleagues, share our planning and teaching and much more. It also enables the student's learning to be connected through a visible platform. 

Since 2015 more than 5 outreach clusters have joined;

• 22,000 children in the outreach
• 64 English medium primary
• 10 Catholic special character ( 1 secondary)
• 3+ Kura Kaupapa Maori and
• 14 secondary schools
• 1 special school
• Smallest school - 25 Te Hapua
• 1 area school

In Manaiakalani we have a shared language - the pedagogy and kaupapa language
This is made possible because it is visible. People are connected by this shared language Visible learning and teaching, Learn, Create, Share and the Cybersmart curriculum. 

Learn, Create, Share enables them for the future. Creates kids that are open to learning, open to possibilities and new experiences. This also allows for face to face opportunities to connect. Professional learning groups, tool kits and celebrations.

Today we also focused on the use of Media to help assist us with teaching and learning. We explored Youtube (as mentioned in the post before this) and looked at Google Draw and Slides.

For me, I find that I am pretty confident at using Google Drawings and Slides, this is because I used these tools as my foundation for teaching and planning.

This year, I have begun using Google Drawings as a way to extend the thinking of the students in my class. Instead of using Google Slides as the go to, I have begun using Drawings. This allows me to make it more individualised and allows the students to have more accountability for their learning.

On the slides below I have shown you the ways that I have used Google Drawings in my class.