DFI Week Three - Reflections

Today's session was focussed on Media and it offered different ways to create and share using Google apps and YouTube. It was a very productive session for me as the information presented today filled in some gaps in my knowledge (YouTube channels, Google Slides and Drawing). Along with practice, it will help me improve the way I present ideas to my students.

This is one of the tasks that we had:



I'm looking forward to our next session on spreadsheets.

DFI Week Two - Reflections

Today's session was very useful mostly for organizing my workflow, but also learning more about how to use Meet to connect with my students.
There was a lot of information presented, some filled in gaps (Gmail, Calendar, Meet), some completely new (Keep, Tabs), that I need to sort out through a thorough exploration. It was a positive experience and I am curious to see what the next session will bring.

DFI Week One - Reflections

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

Learn - Create - Share - adapting teaching and preparing students for the 21st century digital demands. 

What did I learn that could improve my confidence, capability or workflow as a professional?
Being organised and having the technological knowledge of how to do it will improve my professional efficiency.

What did I learn that could be used with my learners?
I have learned how to use different tools in Google Docs, like how to organise text or Explore tool that I can share with my students or use to create presentations or activities.

Teaching Inquiry 2020

Inquiry Focus: 
How can directed play improve students’ understanding of Mathematical concepts?


Steps/strategies: 

Connect Knowledge-Play-Strategy lessons;

Teacher directed games/activities using materials;
Maths games/activities with materials;
Free play with materials;

Through:

Consistent and progressive lessons/flow based on students’ needs - introducing Maths ideas - directed play to explore the idea - introducing a strategy connected to the idea - test the strategy in word problems.

Life's a Stage...Term 4

Manaiakalani Film Festival - The Making of

The idea for the film came as a flash... What makes us human?... Our speech? Our thinking?...Not quite. It's our emotions! Psychologist Paul Ekman had a curious idea: what are the basic emotions that anyone in this world feel no matter their gender, age, culture, or religion? After a long and exhausting study, he concluded that there were six basic emotions: anger, disgusted, fear, happiness, sadness, and surprise.

Now it came the time to find out what all these emotions represented for my students. So, I gathered the information, namely: what made them feel each emotion; what is the facial expression of each emotion; where do they feel it in their body; how do they handle the negative emotions; how would they recognise the emotions in other people; what colour would they associate to each emotion. I was pleasantly surprised and privileged that they were open and keen to share their experiences. And that was how the ideas for the scenarios for each emotion came up.

Filming was an extraordinary experience, the students were amazing. I felt lucky that I had great colleagues that helped me and that I learnt a lot from anytime I had difficulties with editing, special visual effects, or any technical information.

This film offered me the possibility to work with different students and I am grateful for that.

My Inquiry Update - Term 4