What did I learn that increased my understanding of Manaiakalani kaupapa and pedagogy?
Visible
Clear direction for the learners and their families. Visible learning - The whole journey is visible and shared with the learner. Students can see where they are heading and what is happening next. This is a really important aspect that can sometimes be overlooked. This is a little tricky in my situation, with year 0/1 children, but good to remember if I move into different levels.
Using Jamboard
This was great to use in our mini groups today and would be an awesome tool to use in the classroom. This would make it easy for everyone to share their thoughts and ideas at the same time and all in one place. The sticky notes function is fabulous as no sticky notes can get lost, which often happens in the classroom. Would also be very useful in a staff meeting setting too!
Junior Multimodal Site Planning
This was a great opportunity to collaborate with other junior teachers to discuss and create a resource bank that we can transfer into the classroom.
This has been linked here for rewindable learning.
Google Sites
Wow! It was awesome to have the time to explore creating a Google Site. I have never used Sites before so this was a bit of a learning experience. Once I got into it, I found it quite easy to navigate and was able to create a Google Site around the Rainbow Fish story. These skills will be really useful for interacting with big book activities in my junior classroom. This is how I will begin introducing Google Sites into my classroom. Baby steps to begin! It is fabulous being able to easily see our Learn, Create, Share framework within these sites.
Click here to view my Rainbow Fish Site
Your site is a great outcome for the day and its great that you will be able to use sites in your class. And as you say - baby steps. Have fun designing your site as well - there is so much potential for making them eye-catching and appealing.
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