DFI #5- Enabling Access (Sites).

Wednesday 16th October 2019

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

After listening to Dorothy it became clear why it is important to make teaching and learning visible. Visible learning means the whole learning journey visible to the learner. This includes planning, process, outcomes and assessment. Personal information of the learner should still be private but the day to day planning doesn't need to be.

Hapara has been designed to help make learning visible.

If we make learning visible through our class site it also makes learning rewindable which is great in a classroom when kids are away or miss a session they can easily find what they need.

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

I have learnt how to make buttons for on my site that are so much better to look and I have created a homepage that is much more appealing for my kids and my site is now much more for my kids learning. My kids will now be able to find things much easier on my site and I will be able to add more onto to make their learning visible and rewindable.

Link to my site

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

When learning how to make buttons I discovered how to change the shape of images- this is something I will show my kids for when they are making posters on google drawings. I will also show my learners how they can use our class site to help with their learning.

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

Now that I have learnt how to design my class site I will be able to add more to my site and keep it on there which will mean spending less of my personal time on school related activities.