What did I learn that increased my understanding of Manaiakalani kaupapa and pedagogy?
After talking with Dorothy my understanding of what connected means now links with why we do DFI and have sites and blogs. Connected- connecting us to a powerful network. Through Manaiakalani we get to connect with other teachers from different schools through DFI. This means we get to share ideas and resources easily with each other. We would not get these opportunities without DFI.
Connected and share go together- because when you share you are connecting with people.
Dorothy also discussed that it is important to be connected face to face too. I agree with this because from DFI it is great to get the opportunity to meet with different educators and chat about what works at there schools and also any struggles we may be having. I also think this is why google hangouts is such a great tool that although we are not in the same room we still get to see and talk to each other easily.
I did not know that they had used the technology of twitter to use the blogs that we have to see how many blog posts have been made.
What did I learn that could improve my confidence, capability or workflow as a professional?
After talking to Kent about how he uses the drone to load videos onto youtube to share with wider whanau in different areas has made me think more about how we could use this at our school. It would be amazing if we could stream live to youtube straight away.
We have a huge cross country event in the Far North and it would be amazing to have footage of that day.
I am keen to use youtube to live stream things we do in a class- I didn't know you could go live from youtube or schedule an event to happen- could be cool to have this on our class site as a count down.
What did I learn that could be used with my learners?
I learnt how to create an animation and hide things behind pictures. I can show my students this, they will love it!!
Also learnt how to make a portrait on google draw which I would love to teach my kids as well!
I like the ideas that today has given you - I think these are the most valuable parts of the day - triggering our own creativity in order to pass this on to our students!
ReplyDeleteI agree- I would never have thought of most of this stuff and having a go at DFI really makes you more confident to have a go with the kids too!
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