Week 20 Ko ngā whakaaro mō tēnei wiki, ko te aronui ki te kaupapa hei rangahau. Ko ōku whakaaro i tēnei wā ko te rangahau i te Constructionism me te Collaboration i roto i te akomanga.. Kei te whakaaro tonu mō te patai.
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Week 19 Community of Practice Step 1 ( Descriptive ): I go back to Papert ; Harel (1991) that states that constructionism is the idea of learning by making and that these activities display qualities of learning richness . The change to learning by making is the style of learning that we trialled in the change initiative and this style of learning excited me . The children ’ s enthusiasium heighten my excitement . The makey makey activity that we participated in our session was fun, hands on and learning through making. We as the students were excited and focus on the task. I would like to look more closely and gain more knowledge on this style of learning , constructionism . The second topic I am keen to explore is collaborative learning and unpacking strategies to ensure the students interact and true...
Week 18 / My Reflective Practice He pai ki au te whakatauaki o te wiki: E kaha me te wairua. Energy flows where attention goes. I awhina tēnei korero i au i tēnei wiki. 1. Description: Theme 4: "Changing the script": Rethinking learners' and teachers' roles resonated with me when reflecting on the past 16 weeks. The change innovation that I untook included a change from teachers’ roles of transmitting knowledge to the student-centred pedagogies with learner’s designing, planning and creating wearable art for our Po Matariki. Students made decisions about their learning or creation. We worked together in ‘building-knowledge’ learning. 2. Feeling: In the beginning, I felt anxious as we had a deadline to complete the creations and some of the students took a while to start and get their ideas together. As time went on the students worked at their own pace and it was easier to share my time amongst them and other were happy to work independentl...