Michaela B Professional Blog

  What did I learn that increased my understanding of Manaiakalani kaupapa and pedagogy? Connection: the importance of every day connection with people To make a connection with others, each party needs to share in some shape or form. Face to face connection is important for wellbeing and connectedness Sharing on class sites - power of children sharing their learning with each other When young people are learning and sharing with others, they feel a part of something and it brings people and children together. Class site - visually appealing so that the audience is hooked. What did I learn that could improve my confidence, capability or workflow as a professional? Reflecting and analysing a classroom site - what works well, what doesn't, what's visually appealing. I can take this knowledge and apply it to my own site. Having my class site reviewed by my small bubble - great feedback! What did I learn that could be used with my learners?   Incorporating the importance of b...

  What did I learn that increased my understanding of Manaiakalani kaupapa and pedagogy? Teaching and learning being visible - makes it available and accessible to both teachers and learners Cultural Capital: How the background you come from influences how you read and deal with certain situations Multi Modal - hooking learners into learning and empowering them so they are confident and successful Multi Modal - All about communicating information from one person to another Manaiakalani Priority Goals/Principles: engagement, personalised learning, acceleration, empowerment Giving them the skills to be a lifelong learner as they have the ability to access learning online - setting them up for life. Process of learning need to be exciting and captivating! Learners who are behaviourally engaged, excited and involved Site design: accelerating learning and progress, where students can be challenged and extend themselves If we can expose students to texts online, we are helping them be ab...

  What did I learn that increased my understanding of Manaiakalani kaupapa and pedagogy? The importance of SHARE - how powerful it is for students to share their learning to their teachers and others so they can be recognised/celebrated. Sharing to an authentic audience. Face to face sharing vs. through a screen - missing the human connection/one-to-one Social media being the only platform where you can share with people you haven't met from all over the world. Important thought - how can we teach our students to be digital citizens who share positively and securely online. Blogger platform is teaching our learners to be cyber smart. Hard to teach students how to be digital citizens if they aren't engaging in it Share - a way in which we can show that I have finished a piece of learning work. Learning to finish and complete something is a life skill. Acknowledge the power of sharing is the starting place of new learning. What did I learn that could improve my confidence, cap...

What did I learn that increased my understanding of Manaiakalani kaupapa and pedagogy? Focusing on the CREATE aspect - "it's all about the hook" - engaging learners behaviourally but also cognitively Focuses on forming original ideas through exploration and discovery Creativity is a celebration! Giving the students something to do not something to learn Creative thinking is a goal in every aspect of life Creators of content not just consumers It's not about what you have/what things costs - it's about what you do with it

Reflecting on Benjamin's Blog post for his ANZAC Inquiry and identifying what the learning was behind this project. Click READ MORE to view. 

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 ...