Limiting the links and learning beyond the walls...

The Prime Minister announced on Tuesday 23rd March that we are moving to Level 3 for the next 48 hours and then from Thursday 26 March we move to Level 4 in the COVID-19 Alert Level structure for a further period of 4 weeks where people are instructed to stay at home.  For Tuesday and Wednesday, the expectations are that teachers go work to teach the children of essential workers, including children of teachers, and to prepare online work.  They will not be able to access the school site from midnight Wednesday and will work from home. Teachers will need to provide them with learning opportunities there to the greatest extent practicable. For those with online learning already in place, implement your online learning programme.    School holidays brought forward School holidays are being brought forward so that they are completed within the current 4 week period. Holidays will now begin from Monday 30 March to Tuesday 14 April inclusive (a reminder that the Tuesday after Easter Monday is always a closed day for schools).  However, at the end of the school holidays, schools will be open for distance learning but not physically open for staff to work at the schools.  Note the instruction to stay home (Alert Level 4) will continue beyond the new school holiday period but schools will be technically open for distance instruction. Teachers will be working offsite.                                                                                                   Supporting learning from home Here in Manaiakalani I have been helping my 21 classes, across 8 schools, to make their students learning visible, accessible and available in an authentic way. Here are just a few examples of how we're doing learning in a ubiquitous way from Y0 - Y8.                                                                         Rm 10 GTS    Yr 3 @ PBS    Team 2 (Y2/3) PES          Every class has a class blog, and most students have their own individual blog, which will allow connections to be maintained despite the current physical restrictions we are currently having to abide by.

T1 2020 the story so far...

This year I have x20 teachers across 8 schools within the Manaiakalani Kaahui Ako with an additional x2 teachers who are within the MIT (Manaiakalani Innovation Team) developing the ENGAGE programme in a turbocharged way.

Term 1 is about empowering learners (Teachers and Students) to be SMART LEARNERS

I have classes ranging from Y0 - Y8 and within that range I have 1:1 classes who have ipads and chromebooks, but also classes where devices are not in use so they are supported in a LEARN CREATE SHARE ethos.

Here are some examples of my in-class-support facilitation across all year groups to date...


kawa-of-care - GBS - LCS

Peter's Profile 2020 - GTS - CBk

Room 12 Class Profile - GTS - CBk

Room 2 Class Profile - PBS - LCS/Ipad

Rm 13 Tuhi Mai Tuhi Atu Connection - PES - LCS

Cybersmart 101 - PES -Ipad

Kawa-of-care. - PES - Ipad

Class Profile - RPS - CBk

Profile Update 2020 - RPS   - CBk

Tuhi Mai Tuhi Atu Connection 1:1 - RPS - CBk

SPS Celebrations - SPS  - LCS

Blue-vanilla-tigers - SPS - LCS

Individual Profile - SPS - LCS/Ipad

Animation - SPX - Ipad

Curriculum Connections  - SPX - CBk

All About Us - TPS - LCS

Sharing the Learning through Creation - TPS - LCS/CBk

Tuhi-mai-tuhi-atu-connections. (Te Reo) - TPS  - CBk

What is Cybersmart?

Term 4 toolkit; CYBERSMART WOF

Seeds sown, germinate and flourish

I received this message today which was SO time needed.  It's from a parent of a student I taught 5 years ago...a simple reminder that the seeds you sow harvest for many years to come!

Hi, the other day a friend of mine said how do you teach your children respect? Their children bursts through the door while my friend is in the phone and demand things and are quite rude. They said their children are very disrespectful. My friend tells other people how respectful P is and waits until I’m off the ph to talk to me. So I asked P how come you are so respectful, what did I do to nurture that. His answer : well mum is wasn’t actually you. It was Mrs Collins. She taught us how to speak around adults. If you need their attention , you place your hand on their shoulder. He remembers that from Year 3! Thanks for teaching my son respect!

MET Hui T3

What is "Being CYBERSMART"?

• empowering learners as connected and confident decision makers
• at home in a digital world
• learners, footprints, relationships, media, surfing, legal, money, values, teachers & parents
• whole school focus
• planning is collaborative
• prioritise "categories" for your learners
• planned & deliberate teaching, relevant and real scenarios, as part of an existing programme of learning
• inquiring into evidence of teacher shift and student achievement

Smart Learners - LEARN

Smart Footprint - CREATE

Smart Relationship - SHARE

Ko te tū atamai i te ipurangi ki te ao ako hanga, tohatoha

Being cybersmart in a Learn, Create, Share, world

being cybersmart empowers learners to connect when their learning is visible & ubiquitous

empowering confident, connected, actively involved, lifelong learners

...elevating positive actions!

whenever and wherever we share online it's PERSONAL!

T4 SMART MEDIA

Smart Learners critically examine information on line

Te Matau i Te Rangi 

This is a significant component of the Manaiakalani Programme and we need to support the kaupapa and teachers in our clusters. Now needs testing of the rubrics and feedback...

WWW

Connected Learners Share