Manaiakalani Digital Fluency Intensive Training Week One

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Manaiakalani Kaupapa and Pedagogy


It was valuable to learn today about the establishment and first years of Manaiakalani and how the Learn, Create, Share pedagogy was an integral part of the organisation prior to any focus on students having one to one devices. Knowing the importance of the pedagogy in creating engagement and successful learners without or with minimal technology involved makes me feel confident in how we having been establishing Learn, Create, Share and how introducing more use of technology will be a natural fit.

In addition, understanding the importance of communication with our whānau during the journey was highlighted for me.

New Learning to Improve Confidence, Capability and Workflow Professionally and Personally

The link below shows a poster created using new functions to assist with navigating and creating in Google Docs.



We also completed a Scavenger Hunt which gave me new knowledge and skills using the Explore Tool within Google Docs 



 New Learning I can use with my students

 As my students will be new to creating content there was a lot of things that came up today that I will be able to share with them:

 - How to create a document where you highlight parts of the text and create questions for others to give comments which show their understanding or opinions.
- How to use voice typing for students to record their thoughts or reading.
- How to use a cut out cup to direct your voice to your devices microphone in a busy environment.
- How to create and edit, using tools in Google Docs.
- Where to access images which are free to use in projects (flaticon.com, unsplash.com)



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