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!
