Wānanga 2021
We came together face to face in regional clusters or from far and wide online during this wānanga. Here are a few notes I recorded from today's session.
Pat Sneddon - Amplifying the learn, create and share - Pat shares an important message especially in these challenging times and the impact of Covid 19 has had on our communities. Manaiakalani learn, create, share pedagogy has helped close the gap when in online learning and demonstrates just how important it is to maintain and build on this pedagogy in our current changing environment.
Dr Rebecca Jesson - I always enjoy listening to Dr Rebecca Jesson. She has a wealth of knowledge and I always walk away with another gem or to or a different perspective to investigate. She spoke about the importance of the purpose of the 'why' behind reading and the importance to fine and review.
Looking at the data
- Interrogate evidence of strengths and needs
- Identify strategies likely to work, based on research evidence
- Close interrogation of implementation - so that strategies adjusted to learners’ strengths needs
- Refine and review
This model was developed this year bringing together elements of the Manaiakalani pedagogy, high leverage practises and digital affordances and has informed the observations, questionnaires and these recommendations.
T-shaped Literacy
The importance of purposeful text to go of surface and depth
Up until recently, the selections were not chosen to build knowledge from one lesson to another. The units of study, five or six weekly lessons, were all too frequently a hodgepodge of selections organized under a vague theme, such as serendipity or adventures. Fortunately, the most recent versions of core programs present units of instruction with unified themes and selections that build knowledge over several lessons (LaVenia, 2019).
It's MIT time... after an informative morning the time came to share our pre-recorded MIT Pecha Kucha. It was a surreal feeling sitting with our cluster watching myself online. It all went well and I feel painted a good overall summary of my journey this year. I am proud to be amongst a great cohort of teachers during this 2021 MIT inquiry and each and everyone of our tools or websites will be valuable resources in the future. GO TEAM! 
Kia ora Janine! Really appreciated your video presentation at the Wānanga 2021 on Friday. I think your context resonates with so many teachers as diverse support needs in classrooms is the reality of many. How to make task instructions more multimodal and accessible to students is such a worthy and important inquiry. I too have been exploring this in the past year and have found both audio and screencastify to be a huge support. I have not used Mote so will be engaging with your site in the next week and experimenting! Like you say, it is also rewarding that your inquiry has morphed into a much wider educational interest that encompasses disability. All the very best with your important mahi which I look forward to following. Nga mihi nui, Naomi.
ReplyDeleteKia ora Naomi, thank you for your kind words. I am passionate about providing a rich inclusive program for all. If you need any tips about Mote feel free to drop me an email. Happy to share things I have tried with Mote in the classroom.
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