DFI Session 8

DFI Session 8

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

I found this piece of of Dorothy's hangout, thought provoking.

Dorothy talked about how the word 'agency' may be perceived by some, as synonymous with 'agencies' resulting in a feeling of 'disempowerment' rather than the intended outcome of agency in learning. Therefore the word empowered, to send a more positive connection to a greater number of people is used in the Manaiakalani Kaupapa.

You can't be truly empowered with the other parts- Ubiquitous, Visible, Connected

Digital Learning is our challenge-We want it to empower our learners

The use of digital technologies should enhance learning and give our children a different experience.

Alarming Facts

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Learners are entering our schools at a 3 year age level

There is a 1/3 student turnover on school roles nationally.

Children on entering school have 30,000,000 less spoken words.

5+ a Day- I love this idea  🐸

This is a great idea! Rich learning. So empowering. It could contribute hugely to literacy learning improvement.

5 Iterations a day [Table tennis analogy]. 

5 Can you keep a conversation going 5 times back and forth. 

What about: 

5 talk moves in maths

5 Countries of the world

5 Things at school that make you feel good/happy/safe

5 Talk moves in a writing conference with a buddy.Eg a word you like, a phrase or       sentence you like, why you like it, something to revisit, a goal to work on.

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

What are the NZ Curriculum top future skills?

How can we get there?

See Digital Curriculum for Progress Outcomes


We can create and share as we are learning Eg. Co Spaces - rather than the more traditional way of learning, then creating then sharing.

Computational thinking for digital technologies

Designing and developing digital outcomes

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

• See slide 18 in Dorthy Burt's slide presentation Ideas to enhance empowerment in the classroom
• Timetable 5+a day into our learning.
• Thinking about how coding could be adapted into PE. Perhaps working with Innerfit on ideas.
• Writing instructions [Making a Sandwich] as a way to introduce idea of writing code. It needs to be specific.
• Developer, Tester, Robot game- Link to how we write code. Don't make too many parameters at the start. Let the kids come up with own rules and regulations.
• Game to develop coding skills

• Use of Co Spaces to create imaginative contexts for story writing. My class used Co Spaces at Mindlab on their last visit. I found being able to attend Mindlab as a 'student' hugely valuable. It allowed me time to experiment and get my head around it more. I will let the children loose on it as Emily suggested
• Co Spaces - Make a story

Create an environment, choose characters, name them, change how they look.

Add speech, thought bubbles

Contexts: Enviro Focus, Story telling [see The Lion and The Mouse], Report writing-add an animal to an environment, add facts in speech bubbles. 

• Lightbot- ipads app for writing procedures 

What did I learn that could improve my confidence, capability or workflow in my personal life?
Confidence is the big thing.
Managing photos
Use of Calendar- in use all the time for professional and personal events/reminders.