DFI Day 4 Dealing with Data

I was really looking forward to todays DFI as I learnt so much last week that I could transfer directly into my kete of pedagogy.  Looking at the agenda I saw some deep dives that I could see would be really valuable to assist my workflow.

How did they day unfold...

SHARE

Dorothy presented a fantastic session on the share part of the Manaiakalani pedagogy which actually created an epiphany for me. It wasn't only around what share is or how we can use it to engage and motivate the tamariki, but on a personal note. In my Kahui Ako role I am focussing on Learn, Create, Share, pedagogy though a bicultural lens including modelling pedagogy and supporting teachers in the cluster. 

In Dorothy's presentation she showed a slide which demonstrated how share has been around forever, she then went further into her presentation and showed a slide with images on it of sharing. It occurred to me that from a bicultural perspective there are many narratives, stories, real life examples and mythical stories that demonstrate fantastic morsels  of learn, create and share. Situations that have occurred and presented themselves aligning directly with these three words. I thought that it would be a valuable idea to select some images, through a bicultural lens with backstories included, to unpack this pedagogy further. Maybe I could create an image that would be useful to share wider than the Kahui Ako? 

How create can present itself, all equally important .

1:1, small groups, whānau or small groups within school, larger groups such as community gatherings, assembles, lecture theatre or conferences and sharing with the world with the potential to reach across the globe.

SPREADSHEETS

Coming into today I was a beginner at using spreadsheets and really only saw them as a bunch of data for very organised people. However now after being shown the ins and outs and the exciting things that we can create I see them in a whole new light. I see so much potential to assist my workflow and organisation especially with gathering and collating data on assessment etc. With reports due in a few weeks I am going to make a commitment to use a spreadsheet to gather data and also try the customise option to highlight those tamariki that are my target tamariki. I will need lots of practise to get around these and there is so much to learn but I now feel engaged in this part of the google suite. Maybe I will become one of those very organised people? With my tamaiki I know that there are many opportunities to use spread sheets and I will introduce the blog posts activity to them as a taster of the possibilities.

Time to create.. I had a go at using the statistics available on our classroom blog for the past few weeks and came up with this. I was really pleased with how it turned out and of course the next step would be to provide some analysis of the data.

MY MAP

A seriously cool tool. Maria introduced me to My Map and I had so much fun playing around with it. I can see many uses for this tool in the classroom starting with tamariki plotting their whakapapa on a map of Aotearoa, their marae, awa, maunga etc. A visual on these places would be amazing as a digital pepeha. Lots to unpack and explore here... I have a feeling that the tamariki will be really savvy with this tool and it will become one of the go to tools for create. This was my map of holiday destinations of our Thursday DFI cohort that I created.

FORMS

Revisiting Google Forms and diving a little deeper was exciting. I learnt how to add an image into my form and am going to spend more time over the next few weeks learning how to make pathways. Here is a copy of the form I created. It was done very quickly and next time I would like to spend more time developing quality questions and response opportunities I really wanted to practise inserting images today.

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LABELS and BLOGS

I didn't realise that you are able to click on existing labels within your blog and that they automatically add them to your current blog post labels. This while a very simple piece of information will be extremely helpful for the tamariki in my class as they are always asking "What labels should I use?" Now I can just direct them back to labels that they have already used and get them to pick which they feel are the most appropriate. I am also grateful to the selection of labels provide for me to use on my blog as shown below. This will be more time efficient and ensure everything is linked in some way.

DFI Day 3

Mihi

It was so nice to be welcomed back and to be a part of this large online cohort. Starting the day with karakia from Makaore set the tone and the efficient way we moved through the agenda maximised the learning. What a day of learning it was... 

I met the wonderful Kerry and her team and felt very included in the space...ngā mihi Kerry.

Manaiakalani Pedagogy

Listening to Dorothy present on Create was a reminder to me that the  CREATE part of the Manaiakalani pedagogy is so important as we encourage those tamariki who may be disconnected with learning or unmotivated to stay excited. It really is at the heart of the matter and has been around for so long. If we look at research from 60 years ago we see tamariki creating, it's not new! Reflecting on our 8 weeks lockdown, the joy that sparked the tamariki over this period, was the create, there was an abundance of problem solving, adapting and thinking outside the square over this period. Tamariki were tapping into their creativity.

Youtube

Revisiting Youtube and the benefits of creating playlists is an area that is new to me and something that will definitely increase my workflow. Rather than hunting around and then being diverted to other kaupapa I personally can see benefit in taking the time and getting these playlists embedded into my site. If this is going to save me time I can only imagine how much more focussed the tamariki will be if they are not zooming around wasting time as well. It was also a chance to recheck settings.

Levelling up

I enjoyed working on Google Draw today with Makaore and Gerhard. This is an area where my tamariki are better than me at using and I really wanted to develop my skills around this. A perfect opportunity to earn how to layer and also use the tools to trace and colour images. I feel a lot more confident with this tool now and see the benefits of being able to incorporate it in the create pedagogy space.It was fun and has endless possibilities.

Reflection

As always these days are so beneficial to me as a teacher and mentor but also personally as I take time to put aside the daily rituals and really focus on developing my weaknesses or areas that I feel less confident in.  I wasn't sure about how the online delivery would go but after finishing todays session I am excited, positive, buzzing and ready for next week.