Week 4: DFI

Weekly ....WWW....Feedback to our bubble groups each week. This is such a nice way to start each week. Sharing with each other the successes and struggles we have had. As I watch all the guru’s at play making it look so easy. I really enjoy hearing from others who are still facing the same challenges as me and putting something new into their practise each week. It is a steep learnng curve at times but I am very grateful to be given the time and the opportunity every Thursday to learn about so many different things. Some of which I can say I have been using but not necessarily in the smartest way! What did I learn that increased my understanding of Manaiakalani kaupapa and pedagogy ? Share: This week I loved the nana's car analogy Dorothy used to describe the place Blogs still have for our learners as a sharing platform. The fact that it may not be the flashiest most up to date tool but it is still extremely effective and teaches the basics to all. What did I learn that could improve my confidence, capability or workflow as a professional? Using Google Sheets- I can really see how this would he Handy: Especially the ... Colour coding of student data and test scores specifically so that you are able to clearly see those students who scored well above or well below. What did I learn that could be used with my learners, how could they use it? I can see real classroom applications in having created a table of how many blog posts KK had done each month over a period of 2-3 years . - lAlso using the sum to work out the totals for each year and the average for each month .

Then presented this information as a column graph. I think this may highligt to our students the huge range in the number of posts our learners make and put the accountability and responsibility back onto them.