Devices #7

 What did I learn that increased my understanding of Manaiakalani kaupapa and pedagogy?

Today Vicki shared with us the importance of the Ubiquitous - 'anytime, anywhere, anypace, anyone' floorboard of the Manaiakalani whare. It is where learning is not constricted by time, and can take place outside the hours of 9 to 3. It allows the students I teach access to a greater pool of experts without the constraint of time and place. The realisation that a decile 1 child has heard 30,000,000 less words than that of a decile 10 shocked me. This is where 'Ubiquitous' framework of rewindable learning can support these students to accelerate and catch up.

What did I learn that could improve my confidence, capability or workflow as a professional?

Today I learnt about Hapara workspaces and how I could use these with students in my akomanga. My workspace is aimed to increase the te reo Māori students are using when commenting on others' blogs. Click on the picture below for the link to my workspace.

What did I learn that could be used with my learners?

I was introduced to an app called Explain Everything and the benefits this has for younger users, as well as students who have low Literacy skills and abilities. I can see the potential for this in terms of helping students to explain their writing when illegible and in Maths to explain their thinking and process. I can see that exporting may be an issue. I got to have a tutu using this app and below is my completed task.

Today we also had a go at using the chrome books and ipads. At times I found the tools, particularly the chrome book quite slow and chunky. I learnt a number of the shortcuts which many of my students know and use, and some of the latest updates being rolled out for chrome books. Below is a link to my digital dig and the tasks I completed.

What did I learn that could improve my confidence, capability or workflow in my personal life?

I learnt a number of shortcuts that can improve the speed I work at while on my Mac book. I also found the tip on splitting screens really helpful. This will help me when working on 2 documents at the same time, or going between the 2.