Gillian's Professional Blog

What did I learn that increased my understanding of Manaiakalani kaupapa and pedagogy? SHARE- TOHATOHA:  There are many ways of sharing and it has been happening for a very long time. I love the idea of sharing because being a second language learner Think, Pair, Share is a strategy we often use to encourage the learning of a new language. The sharing progression from face to face, to a group and to a class is important in building confidence in learning a new language so seeing this encouraged in Manaiakalani is awesome! Social Media is a platform that has had a huge impact on sharing throughout the world and with a wider audience. Sharing online was something Manaiakalani realised that motivates and encourages learners to produce work in order to share to an authentic audience and with a purpose. I totally agree with this! When students understand that there is a purpose to why they are creating something, they specifically create and share their work to engage to that audience....

It is always good learning more about the Manaikalani kaupapa and pedagogy. Something that stuck with me today was when Vicky had mentioned that "Creativity is not about talent but exploring" 😍I love this! I enjoyed watching the video such a great example of learning through create. Vicki also mentioned something around Digital Technologies empower creativity. This is very true especially for our children they love technology so as an educator it is my job to be able to build my confidence with digital technology to be able to plan creative but more importantly effective tasks for students to be able to explore and create their own. Devices should always be used to create rather than consuming technology- Very true! The 6 C's in Education are an awesome way to go back and reflect if we are doing our part to encourage this. YOUTUBE: I have always been a youtube user by looking for resources however, I never really thought about creating my own professional channel so bein...

What did I learn that increased my understanding of Manaiakalani kaupapa and pedagogy? What does the Learn look like at YOUR school?  I have noted down below what Learn looks like with some of the frameworks and programmes we have going on in our Kura that I feel really display the Manaiakalani kaupapa and pedagogy. We recognise effective practice through teachers ongoing reflections and collaborative planning. By trialling new approaches to support the different learning needs through Spiral of Inquiry. We Amplify effective practice through empowering students to take lead of their learning in these programmes and the use of their School Values.  Turbocharge effective practice is done through different learning pathways such as STEM and LEGO Robotics where students are provided with the opportunity to experience things they have never done before and use that new learning to  collaboratively create something together in groups/classes. What did I learn that could improve...

August 03, 2021 MANAIAKALANI -  Digital Fluency Intensive -  Core Business I have really enjoyed learning about the background and kaupapa of Manaiakalani and seeing where it is today. I love the idea of schools working together with communities to support our tamariki's learning by staying connected, empowered, visible and ubiquitous. I understand that digital learning is definitely a hook into this generation as they definitely are the 'swipe' generation 😎 I also understand that with Manaiakalani GOOGLE plays a big part and the use of all the different apps we have learnt today has also been very helpful with understanding how the kaupapa and pedagogy looks like. I work in a Samoan Bilingual Unit where we plan and teach from Yr's 1-8 and there are times where we would meet in year levels as a school so what I found really helpful is the shift+z so that I can make a copy of doc's used in different year levels and place that into our Team planning and being able t...