Workflow - Effective Teachers implementing Effective Practice

Connecting with Manaiakalani 

Learn

Manaiakalani pedagogy Learn Create Share was discussed today with the focus being on Learn.  The Learn component embraces raising student achievement outcomes and the idea of connectedness and equity and access for all learners.  At South Hornby - Te Manu Tukutuku the Learn component of Learn Create Share is described as any activity that access, engages and strengthens the learner's existing knowledge.  Teachers use Learn as a vehicle to motivate and connect ākonga with the learning purpose.

Do our teachers understand Learn Create Share in our context?

This is a hunch we need to investigate as a school.  We have had some changes in staff and consequently we may not have the in depth understanding of what Learn is.  As a leadership team it is important that this pedagogy becomes part of our induction process.

There are two tracks to Manaiakalani kaupapa, digital infrastructure tools and changing how we teach and learn in this digital environment.  Both these tracks need to be side by side to ensure seamless digital learning for our tamariki and educators.  We also require effective teachers implementing effective practice.  Professor Stuart McNaughton explains that accelerated progress occurs through the Learn Create Share pedagogy supported by the Manaiakalani Kaupapa. This framework enables educators to manage learning within a digital framework that is highly visible and promotes best practise.

The importance of educators to ensure that we are implementing high level practices was discussed today and how well these sit within the Learn Create Share Framework.   The use of high leverage practises alongside effective and evidence based practise will improve outcomes for children, and teachers using these approaches alongside digital affordances, then accelerated learning will occur. 

We spent time exploring Google Meet, Google Calendar, GMail.  This sessions provided me time to become more familiar with applications I currently use.  The shortcuts for Google Calendar M = Month, W= Week D= Day, will be a timesaver.  I enjoyed learning about the captions in Google Meet and can see how these would be fantastic for people who are hearing impaired.  We also spent time learning about Google Keep, I currently use Google Tasks and I plan to spend some time exploring this tool to see if it improves workflow.

Hapara Hot Tip: go to all classes you want to view and click on the stars of the classes and they will appear under classes on the home screen.

I also learnt how to embed a video into my Blog. My biggest take away from today was to save my Blog Post, - I presumed it saved similar to Drive and when I went to embed my video through HTML view I lost the work I had within my Blog.

The Journey Begins

Day 1 DFI

Day one of DFI was a great opportunity to really explore the idea of ensuring our tamariki are fluent with the digital tools they need to enable them to be active participants in their world.  I reflected on how this connects to me as an educator and the pace of technological change.  You can quickly get left behind in this fast paced world.  

At the beginning of today my thinking was that tamariki need to know all these different tools.  The reality is that we need to teach them a range of learner attributes so that they can learn about these tools - just in time learning.  In order for our tamariki and ourselves to be fluent with digital tools they need a range of learner attributes.  Today the learner attributes I used were;  rising to a challenge to trying new things,  inquiring and asking questions, resilience - the ability to keep trying until I was fluent in my understanding and working collaboratively.

As a deputy principal, without a class, I was pondering I could ensure the skills I gain will benefit tamariki. Maria discussed that the teachers are our students in this scenario.   So now my new wondering throughout the 9 weeks will be; 

How can I use the new learning with our teachers?  

One of the 'whys' for Manaiakalani was the importance of equity. We need to ensure that all students have equal opportunity for success and the Manaiakalani kaupapa provides us with a road map to help guide us on this journey.  The importance of engagement, empowerment, having a voice and having an authentic audience are the foundation stones of success.   

Do we as educators at South Hornby School - Te Manu Tukutuku, have these foundations in the forefront of our minds when we plan and implement lessons?

Today's focus was on core business and the tools that are integral to teaching and learning.  It was a great opportunity to spend time exploring some of the digital tools we may not be aware of and how we can use these.

- Chrome

- Chrome Extension

- Google Groups

- Drive

- Google Docs

My take away for today is how to remove the background from images.  I was very excited to be shown this app and I know it  will be well used.  I used the removebg on this poster to make the images blend with the background.

removebg

A poster for beginning writers

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