DFI 9

Kia Ora,
 Today was our last DFI session held at Taipa Area School. I will reflect on by answering the following questions:

What did I learn that increased my understanding of Manaiakalani kaupapa and pedagogy? I have learnt so much over this 9 week  and I am happy with Learn, Create Share pedagogy.
What did I learn that could improve my confidence, capability or workflow as a professional?

I learnt about google site, sheet, docs, forms, Hapara workspace and a lot more that has increased my confidence to use effectively with my learners.

What did I learn that could be used with my learners? All the things over 9 weeks  that I have learnt can be used with my Students or learners.
What did I learn that could improve my confidence, capability or workflow in my personal life?

I learnt how to make or use google site, google slide and lots of other google apps that will help me. I will revisit all the links from each of the 9 DFI agenda so I on learning and practicing to become super confident with Digital Technology. I am happy with my DFI Badge for now

Many thanks to our excellent facilitators Kerry and Venessa.

DFI 8

Hello Everyone,

Today our session was at Waitangi Learning Centre. I will reflect on today's session by answering the following questions:

(1)What did I learn that increased my understanding of Manaiakalani kaupapa today - specifically empowerment? 

I learnt more about computational Thinking from Digital Technology Curriculum and it really fits in the learn, create, share pedagogy of Manaiakalani.

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

Learn about how to use scratch and make different code.

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

Students can tell story by using scratch.

(4)What did I learn that could improve my confidence, capability or workflow in my personal life?Learnt about coding and how it can be used to solve problems. 

Many thanks to Venessa, Kerry & Monica.  

DFI 7

Kia Ora,
Today, we started our Digital Intensive Course with Taumata led by the students and teachers of Tautoro school. I will answer the following questions to reflect on the day.

What did I learn that increased my understanding of being connected with Manaiakalani’s kaupapa and pedagogy? Learn ,Create and Share pedagogy with dealing with data. Transparency and continuity with learners achievement record.

What did I learn that could improve my confidence, capability or workflow as a professional?Google sheets, Google forms,google maps.

What did I learn that could be used with my learners?
How to create google chart using data from google sheet. Here is the chart I made using one of the students (Ebony) blog data.


What did I learn that could improve my confidence, capability or workflow in my personal life?
Using google sheets to analyse data or budget.

Many thanks to Venessa, Kerry & Alicia.

Digital Intensive Course -6

Kia Ora,
Today we started our course at Taipa School. I will reflect on by answering the following questions.

• What did I learn that increased my understanding of Manaiakalani kaupapa, pedagogy and enabling access/ visible learning? I learnt that when making a site it is very important that the site is easy to navigate and is easily accessible  to the learner and the wider community( our Parents) and the have the permission to access your pages on the site.
• What did I learn that could improve my confidence, capability or workflow as a professional? I learnt how create new site.
• What did I learn that could be used with my learners?  google site. 
• What did I learn that could improve my confidence, capability or workflow in my personal life? Enabling access.

Many thanks to Kerry and Venessa.