I have had another great day being part of the DFI. Matt Goodwin from Point England School was our special visitor. Matt has been part of Manaiakalani since he started teaching so was a wealth of information and very enthusiastic in his korero around Manaiakalani pedagogy.
DFI - Cohort#2 2019 - Day 3 Agenda
Ruth and Patsy were fabulous in teaching us the Manaiakalani waiata. These two teachers were so positive and engaging, I think the students at Bay of Islands College are very lucky to have these two kaiako.
My understanding of Create within the Manaiakalani kaupapa and pedagogy was definitely extended today. Learn, Create, Share is not linear, as educators we should start at Create more often as the students learn throughout the process and the results can be initiated by the student rather than an end product designed by the teacher.
I realised that at times I think through the learning process so closely in class that I am limiting the creativity of the students. I need to step back and let the students have a go for longer before stepping in. Not all of the students will be successful every time, but if I try to direct the outcomes then student engagement and ownership in the learning could be lost.
I learnt that using my You Tube channel is a possible way of managing my focus on rewindable learning. Matt taught us how to make playlists and recommended how to use these at different levels, I have had a light bulb moment in my digital classroom around the impact that rewindable learning has on the students. I have added a 'maths strategy' video to my class site with positive results from the students (especially the student whose video it was). I have more confidence in using You Tube videos now that I understand how to change the settings and make a play list.
There are many things that I will use with my students back in the classroom. At the top of the list is the website remove.bg, I know that my students will love to create with this clever tool. I also learnt how to use google drawing to create portrait drawings with the clever add on called colour picker eye dropper. I was absolutely amazed at the art work that could be created on google drawing. Click on this link to view the portraits that the clever students at Panmure Bridge School have created. Click here
We had a great session on google slides with Kerry. I learnt how to do so many things and we were some great examples to get started. I decided to create my digital pepeha as we will be working on our pepeha as a class next term. Check it out!
DFI - Cohort#2 2019 - Day 3 Agenda
Ruth and Patsy were fabulous in teaching us the Manaiakalani waiata. These two teachers were so positive and engaging, I think the students at Bay of Islands College are very lucky to have these two kaiako.
My understanding of Create within the Manaiakalani kaupapa and pedagogy was definitely extended today. Learn, Create, Share is not linear, as educators we should start at Create more often as the students learn throughout the process and the results can be initiated by the student rather than an end product designed by the teacher.
I realised that at times I think through the learning process so closely in class that I am limiting the creativity of the students. I need to step back and let the students have a go for longer before stepping in. Not all of the students will be successful every time, but if I try to direct the outcomes then student engagement and ownership in the learning could be lost.
I learnt that using my You Tube channel is a possible way of managing my focus on rewindable learning. Matt taught us how to make playlists and recommended how to use these at different levels, I have had a light bulb moment in my digital classroom around the impact that rewindable learning has on the students. I have added a 'maths strategy' video to my class site with positive results from the students (especially the student whose video it was). I have more confidence in using You Tube videos now that I understand how to change the settings and make a play list.
There are many things that I will use with my students back in the classroom. At the top of the list is the website remove.bg, I know that my students will love to create with this clever tool. I also learnt how to use google drawing to create portrait drawings with the clever add on called colour picker eye dropper. I was absolutely amazed at the art work that could be created on google drawing. Click on this link to view the portraits that the clever students at Panmure Bridge School have created. Click here
We had a great session on google slides with Kerry. I learnt how to do so many things and we were some great examples to get started. I decided to create my digital pepeha as we will be working on our pepeha as a class next term. Check it out!
Another interesting piece of learning that I took away from today was live streaming school events. I think that there are plenty of live streaming possibilities at our school that would benefit students, teachers and whanau. This is something that we need to look into, class assemblies spring to mind.
The DFI is helping me to organise my digital world. Having a more organised digital environment, home and school, has meant that I am becoming more efficient in my time management thus creating more time for me to spend with my family. I am becoming more focused on the time I spend on tasks and enjoying the extra quality time I'm getting with my family!
Deb,
ReplyDeleteI think using student learning videos is a powerful learning tool for the classroom. Not only does it support other students in the class, but it helps that student to gain confidence in their explanations, and to ensure they use the correct language. I look forward to seeing what your students create with the knowledge you gained today. :)