DFI 2021 Week 5

The DFI has so much good learning! I began the day having slid into the learning pit. I've had some success today and I feel like I'm levelling out.

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

Teaching and learning is visible, not just learning
4 elements - visible to learner, whānau, teacher, colleagues
We fail when we keep the learning journey hidden. How much of the learning journey have we kept hidden? Hidden from the learners? Hidden from the whānau?
How many of our parents have experienced success at school? - cultural capital

The intentional use of technology to make learning visible - the whole learning journey; the learner is at the centre and each part of the process is visible: the planning, process, outcomes, assessment
No surprises - accessible, available and visible in advance (before it is needed).

Teacher can open up Hapara and everything the child has done is visible - also visible to others eg leadership team, principal, other teachers, RTLB, etc.

Slide 16 - are any of our Ako Hiko teachers wanting to be Class OnAir teachers? https://classonair.manaiakalani.org/

For passwords - what do we use passwords for? Are they necessary? Are they stopping access? Are they stopping equitable access to learning?

Slide 26 - acceleration - in a Maniakalani school if a child is there for three years, the gain in writing was twice what was expected nationally. This means that on average these students made one more year’s progress above the expected rate per year if they were there for three years.

We are tracking our students from entry to exit. We are noticing that in the last three years our WFRC data has started and finished at a higher level than previously. This indicates our strategies are working.

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

I've learned lots! Again! I've taken lots of notes, but a couple of points from the multimodal sites presentation are:

• Personalised learning - at the heart of multimodal learning; caters for all different types of learners; default isn’t the teacher and no default learner; engaging chn behaviourally (multimodal design) then engaging them cognitively (multi-textural design eg t-shaped literacy)
• Engagement - the hook; process of learning should excite and captivate them; learners actively involved in their learning; learning should be engaging with or without the T being present; part of our job is selling the love of learning; home page of our class site reflects teacher, school, learners; can our sts see themselves reflected on the the class site? It needs to be what is currently being learned now, not old work; the home page is our shop front window, is prime real estate; is our content engaging in a way that hooks them in and engages them in their learning?

Someone has put a huge amount of effort into the Tree Octopus website. It is stunning!

Things are starting to come together. It's really good being able to utilise, practice and build on what I have learned in previous days to new learning and new contexts.

I've found that if I take a screenshot it is saved as a png. I can then add a link and insert that image from a drawing to the site. It is very easy. Yay!

Thanks for your help Vicki with an idea for context for multimodal learning. As a visual learner I found sketching a basic outline for a site helped with ideas for content. I even managed to complete a (very!) basic site.

It will be great to be able to edit, add and remove content from our school website, rather than having to rely on others.

Questions I have:

Is it possible to embed a site? If it is, where do I go to get the html info to put into the blog? Is it possible to embed a form into a multimodal site?

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

I've already emailed staff to see if they have used the multimodal spreadsheet. I will encourage them to add content to it.

I will have a much more critical eye when I look at the class sites from now on. I will be able to understand what sits behind how great the sites look and I will be able to give much more specific feedback.

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

I look forward to integrating what I've learned on a multimodal site for my maths class. For example having questions in a form, YouTube video and/or song, ARBs.

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

Maybe I take time this week to be cognisant of how and where I use digital tech outside of work as I didn't do it last week.

It was full on, but I found it much easier this week because there were multiple presentations linked to the new learning.

Once again a huge thanks to the very patient facilitators who have helped me today 😀