DFI #1 - Core Business

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

After today's session I have learnt more about how the learn, create, share kaupapa can increase achievement across all learners. It was also awesome to hear from Dorothy how Manaiakalani started and came to be in so many schools. It felt like we were being told a lot of things very quickly but it was really great to be able to practice and play around with some of the new things we had been taught.

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

I learnt a lot of new short cuts that make day to day use so much faster and easier to use- ctrl shift V to paste without original formatting and command shift T to open recently closed tabs. I also learnt different things like voice to text to help assist some of the kids in my class. I also learnt easy ways to keep my drive tidy and in the order that I want. 

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

I learnt how to use the explore button more and can get my kids to do different activities where they have to search for images or information or something from there google drive. I also learnt about making poster and how using a table can be a really easy way for the kids to make posters. I can also teach my learners to use voice to text when typing for some of my less capable writers and also get them to use read&write so they can listen back to what they said and use this as an editing tool.  

I was also able to create a poster using some of the things that I learnt today.