Connectivity
Being connected to your learners is such a powerful thing. Allowing learners to develop, engage, enjoy and while building confidence in learning is key. However, without first being connected you will inevitably find barriers for some of our most at risk learners.
I found throughout remote learning, my learners craved connection. Connection to their teachers, classmates, physical spaces and routines. By developing a class site I a was able to offer a safe space where learners and whanau could meet, discuss and connect through learning. Albeit on digital platform it became a hub for positive connectivity and sharing of learning. We connected with family, places, pets, friends and activities. As I was able to positively connected with my learners the rest kind of took care of itself, creating future focused learning, in a connected community.
An important part of any class site was that it needed to be a One-Stop hub for learning, accessible anytime, at any place. Information about events, learning groups, sharing weekly overviews and timetables. Personalising learning supported by rewindable content and learning processes.
I still have some learning and development to come, particularly around rewindable evidence, but feel I'm in a good space with working with sites. Here is a link to my class site
Kia ora Barry, I have to agree that connection is super important and your site is dripping with positive relationships. Go you.
ReplyDeleteYour digital assemblies are fantastic. They made me think of the Pt England News (PENN) - a TV station that is beamed into classes each day.
I can see your learners loving something like this at GizInt.
Ngā mihi nui,
Maria
Kia ora Maria,
DeleteThank you for taking the time to comment on my post regarding the importance of being connected. Positive connections is a huge part of my practice. I feel really lucky to be able to edit and produce our weekly digital assemblies. It's a huge job! All videos are sent to me with different degrees of quality, results in about 3 hours editing for a 20 minute assembly. However, my editing skills are getting better and I have found using the software from Wevideo very user friendly. I love the idea of a TV station, we are in the process of setting up Mako Media - so watch this space!
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Kia ora Barry
ReplyDeleteYour bog and site are AWESOME, so interesting to look at and to read!
Each post and the resources and videos you have included are so creative and I am sure these make amazing resources for your students. I am sure this makes learning so much fun for them.
I am blown away by the confidence of the students in your hub and school in your videos. Your school assembly is a great idea for the times we find ourselves in, this means the students are not missing out on their weekly acknowledgements for great work.
Your blog posts are super informative and to the point, I really like this.
Thank you so much for sharing not only your blog and site but also your awesome ideas and inspiration. You have given me lots of food for thought moving forward.
Fins Up!
Kia ora Natasha,
DeleteThank you for choosing to engage with my blog, it's kinda nice to know people are looking at it and leaving comments (we live in a world where digital thumbs up and comments can give you a wee boost, for right or wrong). At first I wasn't sure what the requirements were when first starting my DFI journey. So I just started throwing stuff up, it usually takes a couple of days to post - as the DFI is pretty intensive and need to get my head around it.
I love the image of Kapiti Island on your blog. I was unlucky enough to visit there and spent time with a group of mates exploring, learning, laughing and just enjoying the people. It was a pretty tough climb I'd have to add, but I made it up and still managed to crack out a waiata "Tau Mai e Kapiti". Anyway e hoa I've enjoyed connecting with you through this kaupapa, lovely to have a fellow Hurricanes and Castlepoint fan in our group. Good luck with the exam. finsup!
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Kia ora e hoa . Kei te pai tō mahi. Really like the idea of connectivity having a common portal for learning as your Hub. The use of graphics and putting yourselves as Kaiako in the visuals make it unique and special for the learners. I have been interested in what people have been doing on the otherside of lockdown season 1. Matt goodwin and his hub at Pt England have developed a system that reflects the enthusiasm for learning that they saw during lockdown. You can have a look at how they do it here .I think you might relate to this sort of set up. Fins up
ReplyDeleteKia ora Dave,
DeleteYes setting up our class site in term one, really set us up well. Learners had experienced driving/navigating site before going into lockdown. We were quickly able to upskill whanau and reassure them of the practice and support in place to continue learning. This allowed us to reach out to the six whanau that were unable to launch learning from a digital platform. I'd love to visit Pt. England, we did run live digital assemblies over lockdown which were fun. Our whanau really engaged and appreciated the normality of these celebrations.
Thank you for your positive and calming influence over the DFI sessions. I'm not sure where the A-Team name came from but it's not far from the truth. finsup
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