Day 5: Collaborate - Sites

Kotahi te kohao - There is but one eye
O te ngira - of the needle
E Kahuna ai - Through which passes
Te miro ma - The white thread
Te Miro pango - The black thread
Te miro Whero - The red thread

Today our online DFI professional learning groups were discussing the visible learning kaupapa of Manaiakalani schools and how to do so with collaborative google sites. To really have empowered learners they should have access to planning, and outcomes. Learners, whānau, and colleagues should also have access to the learning pathways. 

 

We also looked at multimodal learning during the day. We had the chance to review some past sites that teachers had created before creating our own. This was a great opportunity for me to reflect. Looking at sites, and from my new learning having the confidence to critique! I created my own site from scratch and I worked in a smaller group where we created a plan; our groups theme was 'A lucky day for Little Dinosaur' story. I created for developing learners critical thinking, and there were plenty of multi-modal resources. With Marias support I was able to add youtube videos, and images there was text and links. 

Another important thing to note is that multimodal resources and rewindable learning opportunities are no substitute for quality teaching and learning. The two go hand in hand and one really cannot exist without the other. Know thy learner. Hook thy learner. Teach and provide quality multi-modal resources which can be revisited to cement and extend learning. Te Whariki advocates that being "in an empowering environment to create and act on their own ideas, develop knowledge and skills in areas that interest them and, increasingly, to make decisions and judgments on matters that relate to them" (MOE, 2017). 

I enjoyed today's learning opportunities such as creating a google site, further extending my digital learning and understanding. 

Mauri Ora,

Tracy