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DFI Week 2 - Reflective Blog Post

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What did I learn that increased my understanding of Manaiakalani Great Kaupapa and pedagogy? Main focus is to support teachers to understand and acquire fluency in the digital world to accelerate learning outcomes for learners.  LEARN = RATE: R ecognise, A mplify, T urbocharge, E ffective Practice Creating a supportive learning environment through reflective practice (thought and action).  What did I learn that could improve my confidence, capability or workflow as a professional? How to create and Nickname Google Meets Google Keep: A place in which notes, reminders, lists can be kept. This tool can be used with the other teacher I collaborate with and/or my whole team. Google Keep - Photo Text to editable text! Can use this for GMAIL Organisation, scheduled emails Google Calendar Organisation Taming our Tabs info - having this easily accessible and organised What did I learn that could be used with my learners?   Recording Google Meets for students who miss meeti...

DFI Week 1 - Reflective Blog Post

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What did I learn that increased my understanding of Manaiakalani kaupapa and pedagogy? - Manaiakalani was established in 2006 - I t is an initiative that works with learners and teachers to motivate and engage in the curriculum - Goal is to support learning in a digital environment. What did I learn that could improve my confidence, capability or workflow as a professional? - That if learners are not shown basic formatting, they won't know it. This can have a flow on effect into their future skills and abilities in a digital world. - It is important for teachers to spend time teaching skills and not assume that all learners know the basics. - Community of learners: learning alongside other people from all across the country What did I learn that could be used with my learners?   - Voice type is a great tool on Google Docs that I could incorporate into my classroom/teaching practise. - Table, contents and heading settings on Google Docs. What did I learn that could improve my ...

Creating a Table on Google Docs

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Nau mai, haere mai

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Welcome to my professional learning blog. This is a place where I can reflect on my Teaching as Inquiry goals and how they link to the Education Council's Standards for the Teaching Profession