DFI Session One Reflections:
An excellent day of integrating the 3R's - Reconnection Revising and Reflecting.
Reconnection:
It was great to reconnect with the pedagogy and the history of the Manaiakalani programme and it's journey to date to provide equitable outcomes for all akongā / learners. The key message that learning is ubiquitous and that our most vulnerable learners are afforded the same learning opportunities as those who are deemed to be more fortunate. The Learn, Create, Share pedagogy allows all learners to have the opportunity to challenge themselves with new learning, allowing them to create either digitally or by more traditional methods and then through the power of technology and the innovation that is the internet, they are able to share their learning success with a wider audience through digital platforms such as Blogger. This allows for a vast range of feedback from peers, whanau and teachers. The spin off of using this pedagogy is that it provides our akongā with an authentic audience as well as an engaging way to access and develop new learning skills and knowledge.
Revising:
The 'Chalk n Talk' provided the opportunity to revisit many tools that are used all the time and provided a few new tips and tricks to be used within these platforms such as the explore tool and short cuts to speed up productivity. The 'Explore" session allowed an opportunity to reacquaint with those tools that have only been dabbled with briefly. The speech to text function has many benefits for those who struggle with putting pen to paper and for those learners who struggle with reading fluency and articulation. So, while it was a revision session, there were some very handy new learning that occurred.
Reflecting:
From this session, it was evident that like the classroom there were a range of abilities and skills. We are all at different points of this DFI journey. It provided us the opportunity to put ourselves into the shoes of our learners and to feel the uncomfortableness of entering the learning pit. We all play an important part in providing the support required for all "learners" to emerge from the learning pit. Through our discussions and collective knowledge we can support each other through the challenges that lay ahead!
'He waka eke noa - We're all in this together!'
Kia ora anō Jonathan,
ReplyDeleteI couldn't agree more with your whakaaro/thoughts around 'walking in the shoes of learners'. New learning is challenging at times it can create different types anxieties, and we have learners in our schools that feels this way everyday in their education journey. This could be a great reflection to share with your staff?
I look forward to following your DFI blog.
Ngā mihi nui
Nā Makaore
Kia ora Jonathan,
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing these reflections and take outs. Your comments on the learning pit are spot on, and particularly challenging for leaders of schools to find themselves stuck in the bottom of said pit. Great to have the attitude of supportive collegiality that you express here. I suspect those who may have found themselves at the bottom of the pit will be the first to reach out in a different situation where they exude confidence.
Thanks for joining us this term.
Dorothy
Kia Ora Jonathan,
ReplyDeleteWelcome to the learning pit! It can be challenging to put ourselves in our learners shoes, but I'm glad that you have found some tools that you're able to implement in your learning space. I really like the poster you have made!
Nga mihi
Stef
Kia ora Jonathan,
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing your thoughts on the first day of DFI. I'm glad to read there were so many things that connected with you. The opportunity for our young people to experience an authentic audience can be so motivating! And as you mentioned, we are all on this learning journey together. Having the opportunity to put ourselves in that learning pit that our students experience all the time can be a really valuable reminder for our teachers of what that feels like.
Ngā mihi nui
Vicki