Gillian's Professional Blog

What did I learn that increased my understanding of Manaiakalani kaupapa and pedagogy? It was awesome to thoroughly go over the kaupapa VISIBLE. It was a good reminder that learning should always be visible for the learner, whanau, teacher and colleagues. I have just started with my class site and things seemed to make sense when hearing about Planning, Process, Outcomes and Assessments should be visible for the learner. I have always seen planning as something for the teacher but I totally agree that this journey should be visible for learners as it allows them to be the driver of their learning rather than being dependent on the teacher. I alos liked the idea that learning being visible online avoids the excuses such as "my dog ate my homework" or "my homework book got wet in my bag" etc. In saying this, learning online works well if students have access to devices which is something that our school are still working towards to being able to have this pathway to p...

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...