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Wednesday, March 18, 2020

DFI - Day 3 MEDIA

Started the Day with WWW to refresh what worked well, what I need help/support with.

Then we had another hangout with Anne Sinclair - she talked about the concept of create.  She is super passionate about this area.

Students are the centre of learning.

She talked about how significant this is in the north especially with Elwyn Richardsons work at Oruaiti.
Creating clay pots then making a kiln to Glaze the pots...

What is sisomo?   SIght SOund and MOtion...

What can I do to foster creativity in my classroom??? Anne asks.... she suggests we watch the videos..  videos about create

Then we had a hangout with Kent.

He took us through live streaming...  see this Slide that he showed us... no longer possible on youtube

Type PNG to get an image with no background....

Great ideas on google draw 2nd slide examples

Then we started doing google draw which was cool, this was my first attempt.


then we worked with slides...

This could work really well for my class and I will start using it. Here is my first example



To embed/ upload this slide I went to the slide - file - publish to web - change the size to small.... then go to embed screen ctrl C the embed code and then go to blog.  change to HTML top left and add the code into the blog where ever you want it to show up.


What did I learn that increased my understanding of Manaiakalani kaupapa and pedagogy, particularly the Create element from today’s presentation? I learnt heaps about create - really loved the google draw examples and the google slides. I can see both of these working really well in my class.


What did I learn that could improve my confidence, capability or workflow as a professional? Doing the hangouts again was way better this time, we were all really quick and did it in no time at all- even managed to take a video with sound this time around.  Jess will share this with me when she has it downloaded.


What did I learn that could be used with my learners?
The google draw and google slides, I even want to try and do a hangout with my school kit class down in Fielding, at Fielding Intermediate.

What did I learn that could improve my confidence, capability or workflow in my personal life?
rewinding to some of the things I had forgotten the last two weeks.  For example the PNG rule when looking for images, also embedding clips/movies and slides.   Creating a google hangout.


Wednesday, March 11, 2020

DFI - day 2 WORKFLOW

WORKFLOW

Hangouts - can do with 100 people - designed for 1:1 dont share laptops
google meet is on the fly - quick
Use a mic
Looks like this:
Click on join the hangout - then wait to be accepted, if in a group hangout you can mute yourself to cut back on noise.
Click on the message/chat symbol to write comments: everyone's comments will show up.
Can share your screen with the group like we did for cafe sharing...

Google Keep:Google keep slide
Organise email/gmail gmail slide
Taming your tabs: taming tabs slide




What did I learn that increased my understanding of Manaiakalani kaupapa and pedagogy,
particularly the Learn element from today’s presentation?
So much - was another week of fast learning, the powhiri from Paparoe was amazing and also the intro from Anne.  All the google slides are really good but I need to make sure I go and use them or I will forget.  Hangouts are great.

What did I learn that could improve my confidence, capability or workflow as a professional?
That I need to go and refresh from all the slides so that I use it with ease.

What did I learn that could be used with my learners? 
Could try Hangouts with the class we are sending our school kit poems too, even though it says it is tricky with a group of poeple. 

What did I learn that could improve my confidence, capability or workflow in my personal life? 
Organise gmail at home, archive old emails and have a folder for invoices to pay by staring them or something.



Wednesday, March 4, 2020

First DFI day 1

Day 1 - Introductions  Intro slides

The four goals of DFI see slide show  Slide about DFI

Learn create and share came before digital fluency: established 2006
The first goals/outcomes from the original leaders of Manaiakalani were:












email for this group is dfi-northland-cohort-1-2020@manaiakalani.org

CHEAT SHEETS for google test
Learn for google test 
groups.google.com 
mail.google.com
slides.google.com
open a new tab... 

About groups 2  notes: dont set up class groups - Hapara does this already.
Check what name you call your group with senior management.

Create a group called 3 bio spiny urchins ctrl c and paste this name 
invite members - start typing the email addresses.... 
Directly add these members don't click invite.... 

use this guy on youtube to help making google groups slide 20
Drive set up:
colour code folders 
put * next to folders to be at top of list
search for folder name in search and then advance search - then say location or time

Google Doc set up 
always name doc with initials so you can see each childs work as they share it.  
Set up with the class is important - use hapara to check if they are naming the doc correctly and saving it into folders.  

To copy and paste make sure you choose format options to keep format the same. ctrl/shift/c
Voice typing under tools. ctrl/shift/s
Highlight and change headings
Make a table of contents after making headings - this will auto. make these headings in the table of contents.  

word counts - good for competition for kids - ctrl/shift/c under tools

To add comments to certain people - highlight the topic you are asking them about then click comment button and then shift + will show contacts.  then assign to that email address.


Creating google docs/images/poster

get rid of background by googling https://www.remove.bg/upload

then up load the picture and it will automatically remove the background.

  1. What did I learn that increased my understanding of Manaiakalani kaupapa and pedagogy? Heaps... got a even better understanding of how Manaiakalani was established and how the need arose. Nice backstory...
  2. What did I learn that could improve my confidence, capability or workflow as a professional? Keep my drive organised, I do try... also need to sort my emails and delete stuff more regularly. Keep trying the new tips with google docs.
  3. What did I learn that could be used with my learners?  I liked the remove background tool, I want my class to do this themselves so they can add new profile pics to their blogs.
  4. What did I learn that could improve my confidence, capability or workflow in my personal life? To keep google drive sorted at home also... maybe organise emails into better folders for accounts to pay etc.

Tuesday, January 28, 2020

Manakalani Orientation Day



link to intro

3 Goals:

Make an amazing class site that the class love to use.

This is it so far....
Totara Class site

Creating lessons that will empower my students learning!

Make sure my planning is up to date weekly!!!


Friday, November 22, 2019

Alim Impact day

Today we shared our Alim results and presentations of how it ran in our schools.

Here is the slideshow I presented.

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/13QLth_l3UNZd1-DQeWnYjkfl00z97T8H9hcBZqlUIDg/edit#slide=id.g78e78c3624_0_111

We then did some fun activities that involved group work and collaborating...  this was when we got into groups of 4 and raced to circle numbers in order... (look on Diane's slide show for the sheet)
https://www.saravanderwerf.com/100-numbers-to-get-students-talking/

A TASK to get every group to look like this Day 3 of school.

If I am going to get students to talk every day of class, then I need to teach them how to work in groups and teach them how to talk to one another.  This is my goal week one of school.  Lots of years ago, Beth Esposito gave me this task (I think it is an AVID task) that I’ve adapted.  It is magic.  It makes groups look like the pics above with little effort on my part.  I’ve used this activity in both middle and high school and it works great at both levels.  Here is the task.  I call it the 100# task.
Other teachers then discussed good websites they have used.

Diane shared https://mathforlove.com/ website with her tiny polka dot game.




Tuesday, November 19, 2019

Staff meeting around strategic planning with Sue Holmes

First we all did a kahoot to see what we know about our school and the curriculum. 
This was a good way to highlight that we really need to look at the front of the curriculum document again. 

You will know you are successful when you have:

  • Understood what is involved in developing a local curriculum
  • identified the priorities from initial scoping/leadership meetings
  • Recalled key elements from the front end of NZC

It was good to hear that we need to make sure when teaching that "the long view is taken: each students ultimate learning success is more important than the covering of particular achievement objectives"  Pg 39

Sue was working with Diane and they highlighted areas that we need to work on and areas we are already achieving.

Discussing around our community involvement consultation is very important. 

https://drive.google.com/drive/shared-with-me

This is the slide show that Sue shared with us.

Tuesday, September 3, 2019

Manaiakalani staff meeting around sharing

Today we were learning about sharing and how we do this these days and what it looks like...
Some questions to ponder were... 
How do you prefer to SHARE?

Does it make a difference whether the content you are sharing is happy or sad, positive or negative?

Does it make a difference whether it is personal or professional, whether it includes others or only yourself?

Has this changed in recent years? If so, how? 

If not, why do you think that is?
I was sitting with another teacher and we both agree it is totally dependent on what kind of conversation you are sharing, if we have some negative/sad news we are more likely to do this face to face...

Then we looked at examples of how we share.  We had to plot on the graph if we used the following:


1:1 eg face to face
1: Group eg family, class
<30 people
1:crowd eg hall or auditorium 30 - 1000s
1: world  global
Face to face conversation
Letters: sending and receiving
Phone calls
Text Messaging
Homework notebook
Portfolio
Diaries 
Carpark gossip
Journals
Facetime
Skype
Buddy reading
Peer tutoring
Mind maps
Tuakana Teina
Wearable Tech
GPS sharing
email
Viber
Messaging apps
Google Apps
Audio book reader
Shared Screens
Principal
Snapchat 
Face to face conversation
Word of mouth. (family/friends)
Text Messaging
Photo album books
Homework notebook
Portfolio
Student-Led Conferences
Carpark gossip
Video conferencing conversation
Classroom displays
Oral presentation
Whānau conference
Demonstration
Modelling
Tutorial
Facetime
Skype
Home videos
Reading to group
Group learning
Post-Its
Mind maps
Wearable Tech
GPS sharing
Cave Paintings
Smoke Signals
Scrolls
Song Writing
email
Viber
Messaging apps
Google Apps
Podcast
Audio book reader
Google Groups
Posters
Screencasting 
Tour builder
Soap Box
Noticeboard
Hieroglyphics
Art
Snapchat

Paper books
Lecture
ePortfolio
Video conference presentation
Oral Speech
School Parent meeting
Bands
Live shows
Dance performance
Music performance
Art Exhibition 
School Communication Apps
Newsletters
Mind maps
School Assembly
Online collaborative brainstorm
Wearable Tech
GPS sharing
Smoke Signals
Scrolls
Song Writing
Culture performance
email
Google Apps
Podcast
Google+
Billboards
Posters
Signs
On Demand Viewing
Sports
Photo sharing
Screencasting 
Tour builder
Cookies
Preach
Soap Box
Noticeboard
Hieroglyphics
Art Gallery
Museum
LinkedIn
ePortfolio
eBooks
Instructional Video
MOOC
Virtual Tour
Live streaming
Tweet
Instagram
Facebook group
Website
Blog
News Syndicate
Spotify
Netflix
Videos posted online
Wearable Tech
GPS sharing
Sports
Song Writing
Culture performance
social media
Google Apps
Podcast
Vodcast
Reddit
Forums
Message Boards
Google+
Back Channel
RSS
On Demand
Gaming
Photo sharing
Screencasting 
YouTube
Vimeo
Amazon
eCommerce
Thingiverse 
Instructables
Tour builder
Cookies
Tele evangelist
Art online
Virtual Museum
LinkedIn