Ōku Whakaaroaro DFI Session 9: External Recognition

Wow!  ManaiaKalani and its teams has helped me demystify a lot of the digital world for me. Especially Google Drive and the apps on there like Sheets, Slides, Doc's and shown me how to use them MORE effectively. Its forced me into using things more (such as Forms, Scratch, Maps) and shown me ways in how I can implement it it the classroom - which was necessary for my own learning and for me to met the needs of our 21st century learners. I have immensely enjoyed and found having an array of facilitators great as each one came with their own specialties and wealth of knowledge.

Highlights that impacted my practices have included using blogs. From setting up blogs. Understanding the purpose of blogs and getting into the practice of blogging and how we can do it well in the classroom. This course has also shown me a plethora of tips and tricks that have made my life SOOO much easier and made using Google apps sooo much more kinder and straight-forward such as filing in Google Drive, using bookmarks in Google Doc's, how to link and how to apps such as Explain me for rewindable learning.

Ōku Whakaaroaro DFI Session 8: Computational Thinking

Kerry's chalk and talk session on computational thinking and hangarau matihiko gave me lots to ponder on and will definitely be one I will go back revisit slide set and review.  It had a wealth of information and sites to consider whilst we develop our kura policies, program and implementation plan.  It is frustrating to note the wealth of information and rauemi available in te reo Pākēhā compared to te reo Māori.  Although it is a curriculum area we are required to teach not enough has gone into support kaiako Māori to do so. 

I appreciated Maria's talk and chalk session on the up and coming Google certification exam tomorrow and the tips and hints she shared with us.  

Scratch - I made a colorful Spiro flower in Scratch! So cool!

Once I actually get my head in the zone, I found it quite easy to identify the steps needed to make the pen move and make the flower.  I did have to play around with starting points x - 0 y - 0 and how many degrees to turn, how many times I needed to repeat but once I got the maths sorted in my head and once I had a play around I was able to complete a simple flower. It makes me want to try more! 

Ōku Whakaaroaro - DFI Session 7: Devices

Reflecting on Dorothy Burts session on Pedagogy and Kaupapa, it was important to note and be aware of the 4A's:

• Anytime:  Student centered learning 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
• Anywhere:  No matter where you are in the world
• Any pace:  Able to rewind and revisit and learn at own pace
• Anyone: Not just from a teacher standing in front of you BUT able to access experts, other teachers and also students

Keyword is UBIQUITOUS

I can see Matt's deep dive session very useful for us as a kura developing our Te Ao Matihiko / Hangarau Matihiko policies, implemetation guides and program.  I will have to spend sometime going through his slide set on Cybersmart Curriculum in order to gain a better understanding and to improve my own knowledge.

Kupu hou:  Whioritia - Viral
Kī Waha for this week: Whitoritia te Atawhai!  Make kindness viral!

We spent the remainder of the afternoon exploring screen recordings with Dave and creating a screen recording that we can use in the classroom.  Below is a quick example of me using Showme - an iPad app similar to Explain Everything to create a quick screen recording - its not the final product of what I was working on (its still a work in progress) but an example of what is possible.

Showme:

Explain Everything: https://expl.ai/BEWFVUL