DFI Day 6: Enabling Acces
What did I learn that increased my understanding of Manaiakalani kaupapa and pedagogy and Visible learning?
Today I learnt that being VISIBLE is the kaupapa and if students and whānau don't know what the learning is, then you need to do something about it. Visibility is the game changer... the whole journey being visible and the learner being at the centre. Our transparency keeps us safe. If we lay it out, we empower our learners. What needs to be kept genuinely invisible? Bio data, disciplinary data, personal data. Barriers - passwords lock out others. Make sharing easy so take away passwords whenever possible. Hapara created a dashboard visible to the teacher and parent portal gives whānau access to track their child.
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| Hanging out with Julien, Darren and Dorothy |
Teacher planning and outlines should also be visible. I need to include these in my website so that information is accessible to all. Today I pimped my website so that it includes my timetable with the hyperlinks to different lessons. I am developing greater knowledge to set up my website.
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| Boom... check out my pretty buttons! |
What did I learn that could be used with my learners?
Navigating my website is a biggie which means that I need to dedicate time to set it up simply. Looking at other peoples' sites have shown me what kind of layout I like and I can now go about my business creating a website that requires 'LESS CLICKS' to get around.
What did I learn that could improve my confidence, capability or workflow in my personal life?
I learnt more about creating a website that is easier to navigate. I have lots of work to do so hope that I can continue to build it and make my programme visible to my students, whānau and whoever else wants to see what we're doing in each of my classes.
Great you're learning lots from these sessions Patsy. Becoming a natural !! Oh, and nice photo !!!
ReplyDeleteHi Patsy,
ReplyDeleteVisible is the key when students are learning online, just think about the conversations tamariki can have with their whanau. I see there's lots of potential to develop a real partnership with whanau through students' rangitaki. That's positive whanaungatanga wouldn't you agree?
You achieved a lot this week Patsy well done you!
Hi Patsy
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed reading your blog. Yes visibility of teaching and learning is certainly a game changer for everyone isn't it?
Kia ora Lee. Visibility leads us forward together. I liken it to the blindsman bluff activity at camp. If one person can see, and the other person is relying on that person to navigate them through obstacles, it takes so much longer. Take the blindfold off, and those obstacles are so much easier to navigate together. Have a great day Lee and thanks for the comment.
DeleteKia ora, Patsy
ReplyDeleteYour buttons are very nice.I am still trying to get my head around those. Decided to stop beating myself up about all the stuff I can't do yet.So glad you are in my cohort as it's always so nice to see your pretty, smiling face.
I Patsy I like your new buttons! I went through and changed all mine also so that my site was more attractive and user friendly. Yours looks great. Well done!
ReplyDeleteHi Patsy! Love the addition of the photo :)
ReplyDeleteHi Patsy - thank you for sharing your awesome trip site this morning - it was great to see a site for such a great purpose. It is clear that you have gained loads of skills to develop sites.
ReplyDeleteKeep sharing the great ideas!