Day One - Digital Fluency Intensive

Introduction - Taipa Area School - Kia Ora Whanau it was a good way to start the DFI!

Origins of Manaiakalani

Decile 1a commmunity. Tamaki. Schools built closely so no child would need to buy a bike. Whole community is now undergoing major change with intensification of housing. Principals meet in 2006 and looked at results which were bad. Young people were not leaving college with the basic skills. Sat down and developed vision and goals.


Manakalani Goals
Motivate our learners to engage with the curriculum
Provide model for 21st century teaching and learning
work with learners to establish an authentic audience for their learning
empower our learners with an evidence based belief that their voice is powerful
raise achievement outcomes 



Learn Create Share - Learn it   Create from it and then Share it!

Thinking during the day: 
Learn Create Share with Literacy /  commitment from staff that using google apps in reading and writing - share stories, read out articles , 
Create a list of google tools 

Need to establish partnership with whanau - what are we doing to achieve this?
- Student run workshops
- Newsletters?
- Regular FB posts  
- Education around the pedagogy 
Collect classroom emails and set up a google group
Do all our parents know how to access their childs mahi?  
New Entrants - digital presence.

Google Groups
Easy to set up
google.groups.com
TAGS (Goggle Groups) and LABELS (Blogs) - mean the same thing

Contacts in gmail
Set up google group from contacts - only problem it is not collaborative
Google Groups
Setting up parent groups - sports teams etc 

My Homework
Organising Drive with numbers so that most used are up the top of the list


Hints Google Doc's 101
When copying always go to Shift Control V - Do not copy and paste without formatting!!
Do not underline!
Voice Typing - Tools - Voice Typing - If boys cannot write then let them use voice -Ensure the principles of effective teaching are used in its introduction
Insert - Table of Contents

Assigning questions - Useful for students to ask questions on text for other students
Highlight the text that you have pasted (to show students where info is) and then ask a question about the text
Could be used for vocab, asking questions, 
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Reflection

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

Learn Create Share. Want to look more closely at how we are partnering with our whanau to strengthen the Share aspect so it includes whanau. My thinking is that they do not understand the power of adding comments to blogs. We need to support our whanau into this.

What did I learn that could improve my confidence, capability or workflow as a professional?

There are heaps of different tools that can be used to make life easier when working in Drive. I need to sort my files so that the ones I use regularly are easily located. Using a colour code will also be helpful. \
I want to look at how we use our newsletter using google documents. I use way too many words and need to use more images. 
There are lots of ideas google 101 

What did I learn that could be used with my learners?  

I have started a google document that will be used for Matariki. It includes text, images and links to matariki sites. Students will be asked to read text and develop questions to ask others.
I want to also ensure that students feel confident using google docs and know some of the rules ie pasting. We assume they do. Will use a modified scavenger hunt