DigitaLee

Ubiquitous Learning is something that in the last few weeks of lockdown that I wish I understood more fully. The idea of teaching and learning being rewindable from not just the teaching front, but also from the students learning is something I think is hugely valuable. Lockdown was a good opportunity to create tutorials and record Google Meets for the students to be able to access at any point. I found that the ones who did engage in this learning found it really helpful and engaging. I would have loved to have had some time to take students through some of the skills behind rewindable learning beforehand, but hind site is also a gift, and I am now going to look for opportunities to integrate this more in my teaching.  I love the idea about Participation, Partnership and Protection in relation to digital technology. This is something that was also highlighted through lockdown that we could work on as a school. That learning is not just about from teacher to learner, or learner to ...

Today has been a good practical experience. I have enjoyed not only getting to see and critique class sites that others have made, but I have also appreciated the feedback on my own site that I began last week. I am very new to sites. Last week was my first experience using and creating. I attempted to add in content from a range of sources with the plan on creating my own resources to include into the site once completed. I ran the idea past my SLT that we could use this concept to have a school wide topic resource (that went down so well it has already been shared with team leaders!). My goal this wee is to begin creating my own topic site. We were recommended to take before and after shots to keep an eye on progress.... So here is the beginning! I created some goals, they were possibly a bit ambitious but by the end of the day, I had planned to achieve... After an afternoons effort, this is what I have come up with. My internet connection has posed some difficulties, but I am going ...

Making learning visible, now more than ever, is showing it's worth. With moving into online teaching and learning during lockdown. By making learning visible we are able to provide students with engaging tools that they are able to go back to as many times as they need in order to grasp the learning concepts. Visibility also allows whanau to engage in their child's learning by making it accessible and mobile. Multimodal Teaching sounds exciting to me. I love the idea of having rewindable learning available for students to revisit as they need to.  With the universal design for learning that looks to provide a hook to engage the learners, personalised learning, accelerated achievement and to empower students to be life long learners through giving them the tools they need to learn with greater independence, reminds me of why I became a teacher. And by creating multimodal and multi-textural environments for the learners, I can see this generating increased engagement not only for...

 Creativity is something I deeply value. I have grown up in an extremely creative whanau and am a creative myself. Having the chance to connect with and practice the CREATE  part of the Manaiakalani kaupapa was so much fun! I loved using Google slides for something other than presentations! I have learnt to create an app using slides that can allow my students to navigate one of their lessons. I can see how this could become an exciting way for students to present their learning, and as a beginners step to app creation. I would love to see how this also could become a way of akonga reporting back to parents about what they are doing and what their next steps are. Take a look...

Today has bought some key understandings around Manaiakalani and the basics around digital fluency using Google. Although being a digital tech teacher at a Manaiakalani school, I had only a limited vision of how that was beginning to be unpacked in some of our classrooms. I am looking forward to embarking on this journey as a part of the team and sharing the learning on a broader spectrum through Digital Tech. Google has many tools and functions that enable educators to become more efficient in the way we explore, store, retrieve, create, and share learning.   I came into this course already feeling a bit of an expert around using Google (being a digital tech teacher), however, I found heaps of cool tips and tricks to make the creation of Google Docs more exciting and user friendly.  Generally speaking Docs has been a word processing tool and I've tended towards using Google slides for anything visual.  Introducing Voice Typing to students could potentially be a way of al...