* This mornings discussion was all about visual teaching and learning. The key concepts being that the teaching/learning is accessible, available and in advance. We discussed how our google sites are what we use to make the teaching visible and Hapara is what makes the learning visible. Participating in this DFI course has really modelled these concepts to me and allowed me to step into my students shoes to become the learner and experience how they must feel on a daily basis. The fact that our agenda is available in advance makes me feel more comfortable for the day ahead as I have an idea of what to expect and it is reassuring knowing that the resources are accessible to me if I need to revisit certain things at a later date. I can see just how beneficial this whole visible teaching and learning kaupapa is for our students and I will continue to work on making my own teaching practice more in line with this.
We also looked at what multimodal means and how it makes the learning interesting and engaging for not only our students and their whanau, but anyone really.
Multimodal means having or using a variety of modes or methods to do something.
The over aim behind multimodal is to: REACH THEM, SUIT THEM and ENGAGE THEM. Initially the devices themselves are engagement enough, but that doesn't last. We are now in competition with a mind blowing array of digital media and in order to keep our students (and their whanau) hooked into their learning we need to ensure we keep things visually appealing, interactive and fresh.
During our create time I set up a new site for our Enviro kaupapa but then realised half-way through that I should just add a new page to our main school site so that everything is in one place. I am quite comfortable with how sites work but will definitely be aiming to keep our site more multimodal and constantly changing so that our students are excited to check in and see whats new! Below is a link to one of the pages I added to our school site where we will be starting a seed bank collection....
The 'Hapara Hot Tip' was very handy. I had no idea about the functions of the 'sharing' tab, particularly the 'unshared' function......quite scary looking at the state of my students drives and the amount of docs that are floating around loose! Eeeeek!
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