Kia ora koutou!
Yes, its week 5 and I have so much to share today about what I have learnt at DFI. As usual, the learning was challenging in terms of my knowledge, understanding and practice, engaging and thought provoking.
The learning that has increased my understanding of Manaiakalani kaupapa and pedagogy are:
1. Visible Learning - Dorothy spoke about the importance of visible learning for the 21st century learner and teacher. What I enjoyed about this discussion was how it challenged my understanding of teaching and learning and that it shifted my mindset about Manaiakalani tools and pedagogy. I realise that through Manaiakalani we as teachers can engage and sustain student engagement because the tools are INCLUSIVE of all learners. We are able to differentiate the learning quite easily to engage our learners. Last year I created a site specifically for an ORR's student and both the Teacher aide and I were able to use Learn, Create, Share to engage him and share his learning with whanau. In addition, I used the site as a discussion point when completing an individual learning plan and parent/teacher discussions.
2. Multimodal, 3. Multimodal sites, 4. Multitext Database
The above multimodal learning pedagogy and concepts are where teachers can differentiate the learning using multiple modes of communication such as written, audio, visual and symbolic. We viewed some amazing sites and a multitext database that has some amazing resources for all.
From this we were given a task to create a multi modal site which I am still working up but will share for the purpose of learning. I will be incorporating this more in class as I see so many benefits for my students and today I was given the opportunity to practice to build my confidence.
Nga mihi
Kia ora Karla,
ReplyDeleteGreat to read you are learning so much. I agree we can enagage our learners and we can give them access to the learning via a class site anytime, anywhere, and any pace.
I would love to look at your site but can't get to view it yet! Here is how to share it so it can be viewed.
Ngā mihi,
Maria
Hi Karla,
ReplyDeleteAwesome to hear that the DFI is challenging your thinking. It's great to have a growth mindset and constantly evolve our practice. Wonderful you've had experience using sites to accelerate learner achievement and home engagement already.
Nga mihi
Stef