Blogging - getting started.
Time to reflect and share with colleagues.
What did I learn that increased my understanding of Manaiakalani kaupapa and pedagogy?
We need to motivate our learners to engage with the curriculum; provide a model for 21st century teaching and learning; work with learners to establish an authentic audience for their learning; empower our learners with an evidence based belief that their personal voice is valued and powerful; raise student achievement.
What did I learn that could improve my confidence, capability or workflow as a professional?
Time saving techniques and formatting. Control shift v instead of control v, using tables on a google doc to control everything spurting out all over the place. (I wish I'd known this at the beginning of the year. I wasted so much of my CRT on Wednesday trying to redo tables I've had on Word from the beginning of the century!) So much that I'll have to go back over (new word - "rewind") the Core Business.
What did I learn that could be used with my learners?
Everything that I learnt I can teach my learners. Making sure they set out their google docs properly and simply putting their initials at the beginning of every doc. Having just one doc for a whole terms Writing makes so much sense and life so much easier. Making sure the learning is authentic is going to be great with simple things like learners voice typing/reading their story as a Reading activity.
What did I learn that could improve my confidence, capability or workflow in my personal life?
I have spent so much time down rabbit holes when I've been on google docs etc trying to make things look like they look in my head! The tips we learnt today will be time saving which means I will have more time with my family. AND it will look like I want it to look!
Wow I love the poster. It has a very powerful message which is mostly visual and is accesible to all age learners.
ReplyDeleteSome really honest reflections here Allie, great to hear you'll be working smarter not harder with all the tips you learned this week. I look forward to seeing some of your tamariki blogposts as you implement your learnings too.
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Stef
I do love your poster- both the design and the message.
ReplyDeleteSomething you wrote resonated strongly with me:
The tips we learnt today will be time saving which means I will have more time with my family.
My goal is to help teachers become more fluent so they have more time for themselves and those they love to spend time with. I am delighted you can sense this coming your way... :)
Dorothy
Great meeting you today and yes ... I agree with our colleagues ... great poster. Like you, learning to set our the google docs and to be more proficient in the creating of them will definitely save time!
ReplyDeletesee you Friday for more skills!
Kia ora Allie,
ReplyDeleteI really like the way your voice comes through on your blog post. I laughed out loud at your new word- 'rewind' and groaned with you as you remembered time lost on 'making it look like you want in your head'. Here's hoping time-saving and skill increasing continues. Pretty sure it will with DFI.
Maria