Week 5

This week I had an increased understanding of Manaiakalani kaupapa and pedagogy, we focused on Visibility. Visibility is key especially including whanau. Previously alot of learning was not visible and this became an issue. Often the teacher would give instructions, but children would just have to guess what they have to do. There is Cultural Capital - it was expected that if you go to school, you will succeed. This is often what we discussed with our families. Manaiakalani's aim is to have teaching and learning visible for everyone. This enables whanau to be involved in the child's learning as well as the student.


Today I explored Multi Modal learning, a really simple way to describe it is Teachers are like sales people. We have to sell learning to engage learners. An example presented in class today was window dressing. Window displays are set up to entice customers to purchase items. Similarly, Teachers need to set up learning and hook in their students.


To improve my confidence, capability or workflow as a professional I have learnt how to use google sites to create a multi modal learning space. It is important to plan your site before you begin and children should be able to access the content in three clicks. When embedding documents onto your site, you need to make sure you have your sharing options set up correctly so children can access the content with no hiccups. I created a site for Reading that would be useful for my students learning.