Day 2 Reflection

 Day 2 Reflection

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

This week we focussed on the Ako (Learn) component of the Pedadogy. I learnt the four goals of Manaiakalani which describes both teachers and students as learners. The underpinning believe of the Manaiakalani Programme is Effective teachers implement effective practice and this needs to be recognisable no matter which world it is happening. It's very important that when we move into this digital world, we need to recognise the effective practice that is making a difference to our young people whether we are in a digital world or in a digital teaching environment.

The key messages for Recognising Effective Practice are: learning by reading from authentic texts, by sharing ideas in discussion, by thinking categories and developing strategies and collaborating and making choices in learning, creating and sharing. 

Manaiakalani has presented an idea of learning through RATE (Recognise, Amplify, Turbocharge, effective practice in the digital world of our learners). Highly effective teaching is happening through the Manaiakalani Programme and these effective teachers are prepared to invest in the young people: invest their expertise and their passion and are open to learning mindsets. 

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

I learnt how to use Google Keep as I feel it's very useful to take notes as we go through the day. Previously, I always used sticky notes and attached it to my laptop.  I also found using and saving the signature in the gmail quite convenient so now I don't have to write my name every time I send an email. Another thing I found very useful was changing the settings for Undo Send to 30 seconds. Creating a Google Meet and inviting other people will also be useful next time when we have some crisis where we have to do online teaching.

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

I learnt how to record myself when I'm commenting on a blog post in Google Meet while presenting/ sharing my screen with my buddy. Even though my video is not that great but I am definitely going to try that out with my students. 

What did I learn that could improve my confidence, capability or workflow in my personal life?

I learnt how to use Google Keep and I feel it's a very useful tool to take notes as we go through the day. I also love the voice memos as this app converts the speech to text. I found Calendar quite useful as well which will help me to note the important dates for family functions and events.