Dannielle Cook
Kia Ora, My name is Dannielle Cook. I am a year 7 & 8 teacher at Pompallier Catholic Primary in Kaitaia, New Zealand and also the schools Deputy Principal. I am currently a fifth year teacher and am passionate about social studies, literacy and te reo Maori.
Sunday, 10 April 2022
Tuesday, 10 November 2020
Manaia Kalani Reflection
After three years the Te Hiku Cluster has completed it's first round within the Manaiakalani program. I have only been a part of this for 2020 and have found it to be an awesome program that allows for students and teachers to learn within a community which is supportive and pushes the use of digital technologies.
Check out our kura's reflection on the past year within Manaiakalani.
Sunday, 13 September 2020
Maori Spirituality in the Catholic Classroom
Manuel Beazley - Vicar for Maori in the Auckland Diocese
Atua --> Whenua --> Tangata
God --> Land --> People
It was a great opportunity to hear from someone who is an expert in this field. I am looking to develop a school-wide te reo program where we are able to track progress. The kupu that was shared today was awesome and is something I can use in this next project.
Notes:
TAPU: Holy/ sacred/ set apart --> Protected, preserves the tapu
Te tapu i te _____. Sacred because of what it is, created in the likeness of God.
Te tapu o te _____. Sacred because of the relationship it holds.
When hopes and dreams are shared they are considered tapu ('o')
The quality of a relationship increases mana.
You possess mana by being tapu, 'i' - potential 'o' action
PONO: truth, and honest look at reality.
TIKA: right order, just, correct --> Ability to respond in a way that is correct.
AROHA: Love- Communion (tapu meeting tapu), Action
Wairua: two waters
Waituhi: of the physical
Waiora: of the spiritual
Where or How is your wairua nourished?
With family, ocean, home, special places, church, nature.
Whanaungatanga: relationships and the quality of these are important.
Kotahitanga: Unity of purpose.
Pukengatanga: the pursuit of excellence. Mohiotanga, matauranga, maramatanga. What I know, what I have learned, what I understand.
Rangatiratanga: Leadership
Turangawaewae: Stand tall- a place to stand. Identity.
Kaitiakitanga: Stewardship:
Manaakitanga
Tangata Whenuatanga: being who you are
Wednesday, 26 August 2020
CREATIVITY- Out of the Box
Amie Williams
How can we get our learners working harder than us?
M- multi modal
A- amplification
P- personalisation
I- interaction
C- coherence
Allow students to be Free Range - make choices themselves on creative ways to present their mahi.
Slide 9 has some great ideas on how you can apply MAPIC to students Digital Learning Objectives
Using Podcasts: great way to allow students to share their passions or to share something they have learned. Could be an awesome way to connect with our Local Curriculum (interviewing people in our community). Can use as a follow up task - listen and feedback, book review, video review etc.
Scratch is something that I currently use in my classroom, I really like the idea of once you have shared on your blog and received feedback to then go and create a version 2.0. This get students to take a step back and actually action and reflect on the feedback they have received.
Creating interactive google drawings: We use google draw quite often to share our new learning in Te Kahu, I really like the idea of using a google draw to then link into other mahi. Can link in many different areas of learning- make it transdisciplinary.
Sharing expertise by creating a screen castify of the task you are completing. This would be a great way to incorporate Tuakana- Teina.
How can we empower our tamariki to be more creative?
Giving students 'free range' to create using tools that reflect their passion, also tools that challenge them. Trying new things.
JAMBOARD of create ideas.
Slide 8 has a spreadsheet that can be used to scaffold students create tasks.
This was an awesome session that gave me some ideas on how I can better facilitate create in my classroom. It is always fun to share ideas and tools with other teachers and to also reflect on my own practice.
Tuesday, 9 June 2020
4, 3, 2, 1
Like everyone else our lives were flipped upside down due to Covid-19. Children slowly started working from home; the class got smaller as the days went by. Then level four was announced and schools across Aotearoa closed their doors.
Being a Manaia Kalani school put us in such a good place to hit the ground running with online learning. Class work was uploaded to our class site as usual, except now with the aim for students to be able to complete it unassisted. We ran sessions twice daily through Google Hangouts where I was able to teach my tamariki and the students were able to catch up with each other.
It was a fast learning experience figuring out what worked and what didn't for the students in Te Kahu. It took just over the first week until we had the perfect system running. With a class of 27, I had 23 attending both sessions and completing their mahi and others joining where they could (only one not engaged).
Our two lessons focused on either math or literacy, running a contract system allowed students to tap into other learning areas and expand their thinking. The independence of students grew along with their level of responsibility. Covid-19 was building students who took agency over their learning, who took pride in what they produced and grew my students from children to young adults. They chose when to take breaks and when to knuckle down and get things done.
As levels progressed downward and normality began trickling back to us I made my way to school alongside other members of staff to make hard copy packs for whanau who had connectivity issues and for those who needed a break from the screen.
We are now back at school and normality has been restored. Students entered school eager to get back into the swing of things and with a new sense of ownership over their learning. They were so excited to see their friends and solidify those relationships with one another.
We discussed how our learning went and what we wanted to carry from our remote learning experience into our every day classroom life. Students enjoyed the choice they had in their learning, the choice of what tasks to complete, and when to complete them during the week. We have established a daily fitness program which students run and plan. We have also now turned our Friday's into an independent day for students to work on what is needed and fill in their gaps as they see fit.
I have found the whole experience amazing; yes it was hard, yes it had its challenges. But the outcome of it all has been really positive for my students and their learning journeys.
From one teacher who is very happy to have her 27 smiling faces back in front of her every day :)
Thursday, 7 May 2020
REVISION- DFI Week 9
THE FINAL DAY!
Ubiquitous Learning - Dorothy Connecting with Manaiakalani
Thursday, 30 April 2020
COMPUTATIONAL THINKING - DFI Week 8
Reflection
Connecting with Manaiakalani - Dorothy
Empowered: Empowering learners, empowering teachers, empowering whanau.Technology is more than just a tool, it transforms the way that we learn and offers new experiences, it assists when making connections with students. No barriers! Empowering students with language, share and converse with each other.
Blogging gives students the opportunity to build their language banks, this can have an awesome positive impact on their reading and writing. Students are empowered through visible connection and ubiquitous learning.
How have I been empowering students during lockdown?
Students have been given a lot of choice over how their work is shared, this allows them to explore multiple digital technologies.I have also sent students a google form to see how they would best like to learn, this was really positive in terms of designing my teaching and planning to meet their needs and wants.
Deep Dive- The Future of Tech - Gerhard
It is so interesting to see how far technology has come and where it is heading. It blows my mind how much has been achieved even in the last 5 years in terms of Artificial Intelligence. The thought of technology taking over is very daunting, I feel as though many jobs will be lost due to technology and already have been. Although there are people behind every technological breakthrough, there are only so many people who can do this job/ have a passion for this job. Imagine a world where robots did all of our jobs? What would we do then?
Intro into Computational Thinking - Kerry
I found it very interesting doing the Digital Technologies review on the Kia Takatu site. This is a way to measure how well digital technologies are being implemented in our school. I would like to get the whole staff to do this so we can compare and look at where to next. I believe as a staff and through Manaiakalani we are beginning to implement digital technologies well by facilitating turbo charged learning experiences.
DIGITAL READINESS REPORT
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Exploring Coding - Gerhard
Create
CONNECTING WITH WHANAU
I thought it would be awesome to connect the whanau in our class by hosting a Whanau Quiz, bringing our little village together after being a part for 5 weeks. Not only did this allow me to connect with whanau and whanau to connect with each other it also got whanau involved in their child's learning.
It was a fun and exciting way to be involved and have a bit of fun.
I received lots of great feedback from whanau saying it was fun, great way to connect and that it provided some good whanau time. This is definitely something I would love to do more of, Keeping whanau connected, Reconnecting our Village.
Thursday, 23 April 2020
DEVICES- DFI Week 7
Daily Reflection
Cybersmart- Fiona
Hapara Teacher Dashboard- Dorothy
Manaiakalani 1:1 Journey - Dorothy -Partnership | Participation | Protection
Digital Dig- Using Chromebooks
and had a play with Explain Everything. I really enjoyed using this app and the features that come with it. It provides such an awesome platform for students to share and talk about their work as they are doing it or once it is complete.
Create
For our create task today we had to make a screen castify of one of the Cybersmart lessons from the manaikalani site. I chose to use the Smart Surfers lesson. When then had to record ourselves talking about the lesson and how we could use this in our own classroom. Here is mine:Thursday, 16 April 2020
Home Learning
I decided to gather some student voice and sent out a google form to find out how they are finding learning from home. I have linked to results below.