tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70758873499237860532024-03-14T07:40:13.138-07:00jaxdonald @ MindLabJaxdonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146433237693150828noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7075887349923786053.post-6102630938176963302016-02-19T17:26:00.001-08:002016-03-08T23:08:25.100-08:00Activity 10: Summarising your Postgraduate Learning Journey and your planning for the future<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;"><b><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Create a blog post where you reflect on your personal 32 week learning journey through the whole postgraduate programme with regard to the 12 Practising Teacher Criteria (PTC) in e-learning.</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">It is difficult to single out three areas of practice that I meet well when all the criteria are explicitly interconnected and without each of them, it makes it harder to be a 21st century educator, and to understand and meet <u>all</u> the criteria above. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;"><br /></span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">As a leader in the primary school sector, it is often harder to analyse my own teaching, learning and behaviour, and identify the positive things I have implemented, and the positive relationships I have built, particularly when so many of the issues I have to deal with are negative or problems teachers, students and parents have. These tend to over shadow the positives and at times it is hard to 'see the wood for the trees.' It is often hard to look beyond these issues and identify what I am doing well. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;"><br /></span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">The MindLab Postgraduate Programme has allowed me to reflect deeper on the why, how and what that makes me a 21st century educator, appreciate the support of others, and know we are all on a similar learning journey.</span></span></div>
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<li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">The biggest step was to identify why I needed to continue learning, how I was going to get what I needed to continue learning, and what I was interested in and choose the appropriate course to enrol in. The MindLab provided practical hands on experiences alongside pedagogy and camaraderie. It brought back the passion and helped me clarify why I got started in teaching.</span></span></li>
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<a href="http://elearning.tki.org.nz/Professional-learning/Registered-Teacher-Criteria-and-e-learning/Criteria-5" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: open_sansregular, 'helvetica neue', helvetica, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><b><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Criteria 5</span></b></a><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.6;"><b>:</b> Show leadership that contributes to effective teaching and learning.</span></div>
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<li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">DCL 1 and DCL 2 provided the research and background knowledge to reflect on my personal style and preference when leading others. I was able to use my learning and apply it within our school with staff, with students, with the BOT and with our parent community. The MindLab provided me with the knowledge and the model to share my learning via online tools, videos and a self developed website that requires staff and students with access to learn, share and collaborate online. </span></span></li>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An example of our online student Literacy Learning website<br />
https://sites.google.com/a/woodhill.school.nz/trash-trial/</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">An example of our online staff online interactive website</span>https://sites.google.com/a/woodhill.school.nz/growing-mindset-woodhill/</td></tr>
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https://sites.google.com/a/woodhill.school.nz/ukulele-woodhill/hand-position</td></tr>
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<a href="http://elearning.tki.org.nz/Professional-learning/Registered-Teacher-Criteria-and-e-learning/Criteria-6" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1aaf5d; font-family: open_sansregular, 'helvetica neue', helvetica, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><b>Criteria 6</b></a><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.6;"><b>: </b>Conceptualise, plan, and implement an appropriate learning programme.</span><br />
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<li>Assignment LCD 1 - 3 provided the knowledge; why 21 century teaching and learning is important for our future generation, the Lean Canvas provided the model of how to move our school into the 21st century, and the what - pedagogy - was provided in the readings and the course material to support, build and sustain our 21st century teaching and learning practices.</li>
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<a href="http://elearning.tki.org.nz/Professional-learning/Registered-Teacher-Criteria-and-e-learning/Criteria-7" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1aaf5d; font-family: open_sansregular, 'helvetica neue', helvetica, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: inherit; text-decoration: none;">Criteria 7</a><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.6;">: Promote a collaborative, inclusive, and supportive learning environment</span></div>
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<li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">I am really excited by the prospect of implementing DCL 3 - Lean Canvas. Our school staff have worked tirelessly in the past year to develop a culture of learning, learning how to learn, collaboration and enviro-school fun. We implemented professional development that supported staff to further develop their teaching practice that is innovative, proactive and reflective. Staff have increased their openness to new initiatives and have at times reflected, challenged and questioned rationale and processes.</span></span></li>
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<a href="http://elearning.tki.org.nz/Professional-learning/Registered-Teacher-Criteria-and-e-learning/Criteria-8" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1aaf5d; font-family: open_sansregular, 'helvetica neue', helvetica, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: inherit; text-decoration: none;">Criteria 8</a><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.6;">: Demonstrate in practice their knowledge and understanding of how ākonga learn.</span></div>
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<li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">My Learning Journey with the MindLab has provided me with the knowledge, practical skills and courage to move our school from a Traditional to a 21st Century learning model. </span></span></li>
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<li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">Our school is moving from Traditional Education to 21st Century education. As a part of this we are m</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">oving staff and students from dependent to independent learners. </span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">Self-directed learning is critical in the 21st Century classroom. I believe it allows students to differentiate learning for themselves, provide a greater depth of knowledge, and develops core 21st Century Life and Career skills. In turn we are also m</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">oving staff and students from individual to collaborative learning - increasing</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;"> collaborative learning and decreasing the emphasis on Individual learning. </span></li>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 24px;">Grow, Gerald. (1996) Teaching Learners to Be Self-Directed. Teaching Learners to Be Self-Directed. Dr. Gerald Grow, 20 Mar. 1996. Web. 27 June 2013. - Link The Staged Self-Directed Learning (SSDL) Model (Grow 1991) </span></span><br />
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Jaxdonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146433237693150828noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7075887349923786053.post-91237502718072005212016-02-19T17:26:00.000-08:002016-03-12T22:34:01.213-08:00Activity 9: Evaluations of cultural responsiveness in practice<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;"><b><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Create a blog post where you first share your own views on your indigenous knowledge and cultural responsive pedagogy.</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;"><b>Refection:</b></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">Many people would think that being Maori is an advantage when it comes to cultural responsiveness. This is partially so, from the perspective that I have been raised in the Pakeha world and have an understanding of the Pakeha education systems and processes, whilst also having an understanding of, and cultural connection to, Te Ao Maori, as a Maori. </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">Nonetheless, in my current role it presents a new set of challenges. </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;"><br /></span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">Our community is 68% Maori, and I am Maori. However, connecting with our Maori community presents the same challenges as for any mainstream school, no matter the size of the Maori population. </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">I believe some of my challenges are strongly influenced by my own schooling experience and upbringing. </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">When I was young, Te Reo Maori was addressed in a tokenistic way at school, and only in the form of providing kapa haka opportunities and covering basic greetings in class from time to time. We had one Maori teacher in our school, and he managed behaviour, so therefore he seemed terrifying to me as a young child. </span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">Maori was presented to us as fun - kapa haka and simple greetings. Yet, the corporal punishment discipline delivered by the only Maori role model in our school was anything but fun. This was a conflicting and confusing message. There was no challenge in terms of what we could learn about our identity, our culture and our values. There was huge challenge in connecting to this scary representative of our culture and learning. As a result, I grew up a white Maori in Christchurch. I saw myself as white, I measured myself against white children and my culture was bypassed.</span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">My response to this is to try to ensure my experiences are not repeated for my children. I want to ensure the indigenous knowledge of our children is recognised, celebrated and extended. I want to ensure my school demonstrated culturally responsive pedagogy.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">Our school follows Ka Hikitia as our guideline when implementing Maori across the school. We believe (in fact we know) that which is good for Maori is good for all students. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">The Guiding Principles of Ka Hikitia (2013), are similar to the statements made by Professor Russell Bishop (2009), in his video to support schools in developing a culturally responsive pedagogy.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">If schools and teachers fail to acknowledge and implement culturally responsive pedagogy, then as Professor Bishop (2012) indicated, the education deficit for Maori as students will correlate to the incarceration rate as adults.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;"><b>Communication methods is one area our school could improve. </b></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">We invite our Maori community to participate and contribute to school events at least twice a term. We email, Facebook, Twitter and publish information on our website to inform our community. Unfortunately these efforts appear to make little difference to our Maori community, particularly with encouraging their connection to our school. </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">We have an open door policy and chat daily to parents when they drop their children off. We have three out of five Maori representatives on our school board, and two out of four Maori staff. Our school hosts evening Te Reo classes in terms 2 and 3. </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">We increased our tikanga practice and our Te Reo use. Students are expected to enter our wharenui with shoes off. We start each day with karakia, waiata and student pepeha. We use Te Reo naturally in the classroom and have renamed each of our classrooms with Maori names. </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">We have held hui at school and invited our Maori parents to discuss how they would like Maori to look, feel and sound at our school. We have also surveyed parents with the help of the local Maori ropu. However we receive very little in the way of replies, and little in the way of positive feedback. </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">We have shared Ka Hikitia with our Board with the hope they will share it with their connections. We have have held Treaty workshops - focused on our community through the eyes of Ngati Whatua - for our Board and staff annually. These workshops include visit to local Maori landmarks and places with cultural and historical significance. </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">Staff have attend Maori events in the community and tangi in the community. I have visited homes of Maori in the community for positive reasons and to seek support for children experiencing challenges with learning and/or behaviour.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">I believe we have made a huge, concerted and consistent effort to connect with or Maori community. As the old adage says, "You can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink."</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">I feel saddened and frustrated that in spite of all our concerted efforts, the response from our community is lacking in passion, commitment, support or encouragement.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">I have reflected on this at length, and one major issue I have reflected on, is that our school is built in the heart of five contributing Marae. </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">Each Marae presents as though they own our school, they hold the knowledge and no-one is worthy to meet their standards. Any initiative is seen as suited to, driven by, or supportive of the "other" Marae, and therefore not supported.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">A natural response in this situation would be to go to a community kaumatua and seek their support and advice. The difficulty in this situation is with five marae there is no one community leader and there are issues between the leadership of all five marae. What works for one or pleases one but will often displease the others.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">As a Post Script: </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">An external community committee was established to try to bring these five Marae together. As of 2016, this committee has been disestablished due to a complete lack of progress towards their goal. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 24px;">Edtalks.(2012, September 23). A culturally responsive pedagogy of relations. [video file].Retrieved from https://vimeo.com/49992994</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 24px;">Edtalks.(2012, May 30). Mike Hogan: Culturally responsive practice in a mainstream school. [video file].Retrieved from https://vimeo.com/43097812</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 24px;">NZ Ministry of Education (2013). </span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><i><span style="line-height: 24px;">Ka Hikitia - Accelerating Success 2013-2017. The Maori Education Strategy</span></i><span style="line-height: 24px;">. Learning Media. NZ</span></span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">an actual situation that you have knowledge of, and how it was resolved. The discussion should be in relation to either the guidelines of your organisation on online practice or the code of ethics for certificated teachers.</span></span></li>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;"><b>Reflection</b></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">I have been fortunate, so far, in that I have yet to deal with a highly dangerous situation involving digital devices - "Knock on wood."</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">Access to pornography on a school laptop or device is an issue that no one would like to encounter. </span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">Speaking personally, I find pornography to be ugly, despicable and distressing, especially when it involves children. Pornography is a contentious issue, as it can be subjective. One person's "mild titillation" can be another person's "objectionable filth". As a principal called to at times adjudicate such differing opinions, there is always the potential danger of making a mountain from a mole hill.</span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">Although I have yet to deal with a situation such as this, the New Zealand Ministry of Education (2015), provides a guideline to support schools should this happen. </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">An example pertaining to dealing with an issue involving pornography is outlined below:</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;"><i>'Student ‘A’ was using a school laptop in the library and invited a group of friends to look at a website with pornographic and violent images. Another student viewing </i></span></span><i style="color: #333333; font-family: open_sansregular, 'helvetica neue', helvetica, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">it was very disturbed by the content and told the librarian the laptop should be confiscated and examined.'</i><br />
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<li>Loaded to the laptop locally. For example, using a USB memory stick?</li>
<li>Accessed via the school’s network?</li>
<li>Accessed using the student’s own internet connection (e.g. via a tethered mobile device) or a third party connection (e.g. community Wi-Fi)? </li>
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<li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">What type of images are involved? Are they inappropriate (i.e. restricted) or illegal (i.e. objectionable material)?</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">Were the images being viewed illegal content? If so, the laptop should be secured electronically and physically and the incident reported to the Department of Internal Affairs.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">If the images were inappropriate, could they become evidence in a school- based discipline procedure? </span></li>
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<li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">If so, the laptop should be secured electronically and physically and an examination conducted by a digital forensics specialist on behalf of the school board.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">Will a review of the school’s prevention strategies be carried out after this incident? For example, are the school’s policies on appropriate use of digital technology clearly stated and understood by students? What pastoral support is in place for students witnessing the content?</span></li>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">Developing a consistent practice across the school assists us in ensuring devices are updated and kept safe. Our school has decided to provide devices for our students to use. This way we are able to manage and assign one device per student and monitor the use and safety of these. Hapara Teacher Dashboard provides our teachers with an ability to assign projects, to access student work, and to monitor and share student work. </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">One way we address internet safety and device safety in our school is to involve our children in brainstorming the rules. Our school vision plays an important part and influences our wider school management, learning and behaviours. With this in mind, the approach and expectation is similar across the school. </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">Our school vision is often the starting point in our discussions with children on the establishment of our class treaties. </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">Once these rules or treaties have been decided upon, a letter outlining these is sent home to parents to agree to and sign, along with their child. This way our children and parents have a shared expectation, responsibility and understanding of the rules and consequences.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;"><b>Reference</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 24px;">Cinelearning. (2014, June 7). Teacher Ethics Video - Social Media Dilemma HD.[video file] Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGQbLSEPN5w</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 24px;">Cinelearning. (2014, June 7). Teacher Ethics Video - Ride Dilemma HD. [video file].Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0UEFSmxkbg</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 24px;">Ministry of Education (2015). Digital technology- Safe and responsible use in school. Retrieved from http://www.education.govt.nz/assets/Docu</span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 24px;">ments/School/Managing-and-supporting-students/DigitalTechnologySafeAndResponsibleUseInSchs.pdf</span><br />
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Jaxdonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146433237693150828noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7075887349923786053.post-89331567379653657442016-02-19T15:14:00.001-08:002016-03-12T22:30:57.357-08:00Activity 7:Social media in teaching and professional development.<div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: open_sansregular, 'helvetica neue', helvetica, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px;">
<b><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Create a blog post where you discuss your views on social media use in teaching and in professional development.</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">Our children are 'digital natives' - born during the age of digital technology and so familiar with computers and the Internet from birth. The digital tools that are reshaping our economy make more sense to young digital natives than to members of older generations. It is a </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">part of their home life and social life. A</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">sking children to come to school to power down is not in touch with their daily life.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">As mentioned in Office of Ed Tech. (2013), c</span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">ollaboration has always been a method and expectation applied within the teaching profession, and now technology has broadened our opportunities to connect and collaborate further than before through the availability of the internet. </span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">Being a connected educator offers a unique opportunity to research, learn and improve our teaching practice, interest and knowledge. </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">We live in a super busy era, parents working full time with their children in before and after school care. Social networking provides our school with a platform to connect with parents through Facebook, Twitter and an interactive email newsletter. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">Social networking provides an opportunity for our students to share their learning and daily interactions through personal Google Blogs, GAFE, SeeSaw and our school website. </span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">Our senior children have a one to one Chromebook allocation which provides access to GAFE tools to share their learning. Our junior children have a one to one iPad allocation which also provides GAFE tools, but more importantly video, photo, audio and writing tools to enhance their learning experiences. </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">This year we are implementing a new digital portfolio - SeeSaw. </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">Recently we have been exploring artists and using iPad apps to re-create our own art works and sharing this learning journey via See Saw.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">It is becoming more apparent that educators need to be up-skilled, not only with the use of technology but also with technological pedagogy. </span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">I believe is a necessity in the 21st century to be a connected educator. It e</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">liminates the feelings of isolation, the 'I don't know what to do' situations, and provides support and knowledge via online feedback, suggested trial and error examples and expert information that has the potential to transform our teaching and learning practices. Our classroom teaching and learning experiences are magnified through social networking. This has a similar impact on the students we teach.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">This has all added a new dimension for schools with the added responsibility to teach, and ensure students are aware of, the social responsibilities required when connecting to the the web and in becoming </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">responsible online citizens. </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">We are now having to investigate ways for students to be aware of on-line </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">personal safety -</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">how to; </span><br />
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<li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">protect oneself from online bullying</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">demonstrate appropriate online </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">etiquette </span></li>
<li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">monitor what they are sharing </span></li>
<li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">control who they are sharing with</span></li>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">New Zealand schools are fortunate to have a government that has already acknowledged this as a priority and which has addressed this by installing a fibre network, providing ultra-fast broadband, wireless networks and establishing through Network for Learning, online security filtering</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">for all New Zealand schools. </span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">Our challenge is to ensure children know how to keep themselves safe in their homes without the security blanket available at their school. </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">Beyond this, we need to teach children discernment - the ability to judge what is worthy and what is not. This will happen - all we need is time.</span></span><br />
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Jaxdonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146433237693150828noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7075887349923786053.post-64015254972920314522016-02-17T22:41:00.004-08:002016-03-12T22:28:57.399-08:00Activity 6: Contemporary issues or trends in New Zealand or internationally<span style="font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><b>Create a blog post where you identify and evaluate 2 contemporary issues or trends that are influencing or shaping NZ or international education, which you find most relevant to your practice.</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">Sir Ken Robinson has been an inspiration for me personally and professionally and one that inspires my passion of supporting children to retain their creativity, individuality and personality - rather than having it "schooled" out of them. </span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">Robinson states in his address, Changing Education Paradigms, that schools are modelled on the 'interests of industrialism' and 'in the image of </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">industrialism</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">.'</span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">He explains this simply by demonstrating that s</span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">chools are still organised by,</span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">We should be creating a model of learning that is based on divergent thinking. Providing many possible ways of thinking, teaching and learning. He further states, "our current system fails creativity and replaces it with education." </span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">This is sadly our truth. Our parents still believe that what worked for them will work for their children. However the research strongly tells us that with the exponential growth in population, demands on resources and time, and the pervasive spread of technology into every aspect of our lives (the Internet of Things), our children need to be developing divergent thinking skills in order to prepare for this unknown, exponentially changing future.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;"><b>How do you respond to those issues/trends in your practice? </b></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;"><br /></span></span></div>
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">The key message for our parent community is that the role of new technologies in transforming teaching and learning for the 21st century is heavily dependent on educators’ abilities to see the affordances and capacities of ICT in relation to all of the features of 21st century learning outlined in the NZ Ministry of Education report - 'Supporting future-oriented learning and teaching - a New Zealand perspective'. </span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">School management need to provide opportunities for staff to collaborate and up-skill in a multiple of disciplines to best meet the developing need for future divergent teaching and learning.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times . . . it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair . . . we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way . . .”</span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">The backdrop for A Tale of Two Cities was the French Revolution and the dawn of the Industrial Age. We are living through a similar transformative period in which the breadth and scope of possible developments—both good and bad—are equal to, if not greater than the aftermath of the political and economic revolutions of the late 18th century. (</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">US National Intelligence Council (2012)).</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">According to the research and publication by the US National Intelligence Council (2012), there are many 'Mega Trends', 'Game Changers ' and 'Alternative World' issues that no matter where you live in the world, all have the ability to impact on our lives and roles as educators. There is no escaping.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">Firstly, to be aware of the potential changes on the horizon and prepare our children through education - encouraging creative problem solving, building empathy for and understanding of each other, being environmentally aware, encouraging sustainable practices and being proactive problem solvers.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">Humans are in effect a virus inhabiting our world. As a virus, we are acting destructively. As Sir Ken Robinson notes, we are the only life form, that if we disappeared from the face of the earth, the earth would flourish rather than suffer harm or imbalance. </span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">Considering this, it becomes apparent that individual empowerment through knowledge and education will have the most impact globally because humans are both cause, effect and potential solution. </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">As educators, we have the single most power to influence how humans impact their world through interactions, connectedness and building empathy towards other living things - people , plants, animals and their habitats. We can achieve this through programmes such as Paying it Forward by giving, by sharing and by exploring solutions to world issues and issues in our local communities. We need to ensure our future citizens embrace their local environment and learn to be self sufficient and appreciative. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 32px;">Bolstad, R., Gilbert, J., McDowall, S., Bull, A., Boyd, S., & Hipkins, R. (2012).Supporting future-oriented learning & teaching: A New Zealand perspective.Wellington: Ministry of Education. Retrieved 5 May 2015, from https://www.educationcounts.govt.nz/publications/schooling/109306.`</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 32px;">Pearson. (2013, April 26).</span><em style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: open_sansregular, 'helvetica neue', helvetica, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 32px;">Global trends: The world is changing faster than at any time in human history</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 32px;">. Retrieved from </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdZiTQy3g1g" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1aaf5d; font-family: open_sansregular, 'helvetica neue', helvetica, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 32px; text-decoration: none;">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdZiTQy3g1g</a><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 32px;">US National Intelligence Council (2012). Global Trends 2030: Alternative Worlds. Washington, DC: United States National Intelligence. Retrieved 20 September 2015, from https://info.publicintelligence.net/GlobalTrends2030.pdf</span></span><br />
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Choose two professional connections you have in your map.</span></b><b style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></b><b style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Evaluate the impact on your practice and professional community.</b></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.6;">What this doesn't mention is the the notion of how big or small a 'community of practice' needs to be, so long as you are able to reflect on the above.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">The current professional connections I am involved in revolve around work and extended work commitments. Outside of my employment, the communities I belong to are simply interest communities, personal passions often of a creative nature.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;"><b>Teaching Professionals:</b> The nature of this </span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">community</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;"> revolves around the necessity and ability to collaborate and create ideas around our common school vision - Together we Care Learn and Grow. </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">The changes in our school have seen a new integrated curriculum which is noted as a 'interdisciplinary model so seldom seen in modern schools' ( Matheson & Freeman 1997). Although also noted that due to the cognitive and projected demands from the 21st century the workplace has bought new pressures that have turned the tide once again to a more connected vision of the curriculum </span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">( Matheson & Freeman 1997)</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">. </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">Our management team worked collaboratively</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;"> with staff and students to update our school curriculum and bring our practices</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;"> into the 21st century with our school vision intact. Our goal is to bring our traditional parent community with us through empowering their children.</span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">Interdisciplinary with our Maori community it is not - YET!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;"><b>Maori Community:</b> </span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">The nature of this community revolves around the necessity and ability</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;"> to acknowledge and implement Te Ao Maori into our school curriculum.</span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">Unfortunately this partnership has presented as mostly a one sided 'dictatorship model', where the Maori Community is standing back and waiting to cast judgement on whatever happens, rather that collaborating and creating alongside staff around our school vision of 'Together We Care Learn and Grow.' </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">As stated by Crowell 1995, "knowledge is perceived within experience and cannot be separated from the personal meaning given to the individual." </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">From this, I extrapolate that I cannot expect our Maori community to change who they are as Maori and as Iwi from this area. I can hope that knowledge passed down from Kaumatua and Kuia could be understood and internalised. Knowledge of the whakatauki that states the most important thing in the world is people, and that we as their community, and as the educators of their tamariki and mokopuna, are not just people but their people.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">We have held hui to consult with our community and share the impressive learning achievements of our children. The message from the community at these hui has been, "don't ask us what we would like you to do. Tell us what you are going to do and we will tell you what is wrong with it."</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">Such an approach makes collaborative community building challenging indeed.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">However, we must demonstrate the Key Competencies and Habits of Mind we encourage in our children, and persevere in the face of challenge. We have to for our children's sake.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">Te Ao Maori is an important part of who we are as a nation and having the ability to teach and learn is a privilege. The Te Reo Maori we teach needs to be supported by the experts within our local community if the school is meet the goals and ambitions of the community for it's students.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">As research says, "the critical element is that regardless of whether it involves skills, concepts, content, points of view, or methods, interdisciplinary always involves bringing together two or more things under one roof. And this is done in a conscious manner, for example through team teaching (Ballard & Anderson, 1994), by coordinating the contents of separate courses (Palmer, 1991), by teaching two subjects together (McBride & Silverman, 1991), or by exploring a general theme through various discipline-based activities (McDonald & Czerniak, 1994). Still, the content, methods, processes or skills taught remain bound to the primary discipline from which they come." An understanding of collaboration is needed between the two communities to better meet the needs and desires of our community. </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">Our desire for collaboration has not been reciprocated up until now. Therefore we have sought new ways to build bridges for that collaboration to happen. This has included going out into the community. Visiting our community in their 'place' - Marae, local markets and touch football tournaments. Increasing our on-line presence and sourcing a school pepeha that was gifted to us, then hand painting this onto six huge murals and displaying these on our building exterior.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">We live in hope.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;"><b>References</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 24px;">Ballard, L. B. & Anderson, R. (1994). </span><i style="color: #333333; font-family: open_sansregular, 'helvetica neue', helvetica, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 24px;">Two for one: Integrating history and English III.</i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 24px;"> Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Center for Rural Education and Small Schools, Manhattan, KS. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED 382 506).</span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 24px;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 24px;">Crowell, S. (1995). Landscapes of change: Toward a new paradigm for education. In B. G. Blair & R. N. Caine (Eds.), <i>Integrative learning as the pathway to teaching holism, complexity and interconnectedness </i>(pp. 1-21). Lewiston, NY: The Edwin Mellen Press.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 24px;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 24px;">Matheson, S., & Freeman, M., (1997). </span><i style="color: #333333; font-family: open_sansregular, 'helvetica neue', helvetica, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 24px;">The Logic of Interdisciplinary Studies.</i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 24px;"> Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago.</span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 24px;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 24px;">McBride, J. W. & Silverman, F. L. (1991). Integrating elementary/middle school science and mathematics. School Science and Mathematics, 91(7), 285-292.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 24px;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: open_sansregular, helvetica neue, helvetica, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 24px;">McDonald, J. & Czerniak, C. (1994). Developing interdisciplinary units: Strategies and examples.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: open_sansregular, helvetica neue, helvetica, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 24px;">School Science and Mathematics, 94(1), 5-10.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: open_sansregular, helvetica neue, helvetica, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 24px;">Palmer, J. M. (1991). Planning wheels turn curriculum around. Educational Leadership, 49(2), 57-60.</span></span></div>
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Jaxdonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146433237693150828noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7075887349923786053.post-80913108953913164492016-02-17T00:25:00.000-08:002016-02-19T00:06:28.327-08:00Activity 4:Your professional community<i><b><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Create a blog post where you first define your community of </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">practice in regard to Wenger’s concept of community of practice.</span></span></b></i><br />
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<li style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #333333;">Our 'community of practice' is small group of people who care, learn and grow together in a small rural community. We have developed a common vision for our school and our children. Together we use 'our common values' to ensure our teaching and learning programmes achieve this vision. Together we discuss, plan and research ways we can ensure our children are provided with the opportunity to learn and thrive in an environment that promotes and encourages all to Care, Learn, Grow Together, and tha</span></span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">t best fits the needs of our community.</span></li>
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<li style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #333333;">Our domain is education which is centralised around the location of our school. Our school is along a rural highway with a small number of children living within country surroundings - lots of space to explore and roam. Our staff are country focused and are passionate about their country lifestyle.</span></span></span></li>
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<li style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #333333;">Our community involves the teachers, the board of trustees and parents.</span></span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Our practice is the shared vision developed and </span>modified<span style="font-size: 12pt;"> each year by the community itself which supports the teaching and learning programmes and vision of our school - Together we Care Learn and Grow.</span></span></span></span></li>
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providing answers to any</b></span></span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"> three </span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">o</span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"></span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">f the following provocations which
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">What are the current issues in your community? How would
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<li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Our community of practice is becoming smaller each year. We are a small rural school that was originally built to teach the children of the local Woodhill Forest workers in the early 19th century. Late 2014 the local iwi, Ngati Whatua, won their Treaty Claim and the local forest and surrounding land (not in private ownership) was given back to the local iwi Trust. The Local Council also has a greenbelt in our immediate area which surrounds our school limiting any prospective housing development. </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Therefore our school has a limited community, which in turn affects our school role. </span></li>
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<li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Initially a few of our families had questions accepting the size of our school with the hope we will grow. Unfortunately we can have no immediate growth without housing development. </span></li>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">What is the purpose and function of your practice? In what
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<li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Our teaching and learning programmes, practices, vision and implementation embrace our rural lifestyle and opportunities. Innovative and passionate staff, along with the assistance of technology is one way to boost student achievement. Higher student achievement is the best way to market our school in our community and grow our school role. This is our goal, and the desire of our parent community. Our staff work hard collaboratively to continue to grow our student achievement. </span></li>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">What are the core values that underpin your profession?
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<li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The key competencies strongly influence our community of practice, in particular our teaching and learning programmes - why, how, and what we teach. </span></li>
<li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">I strongly believe that key competencies are life long skills that are important to teach, learn and practice in order to prepare our children with the ability to persevere, problem solve, be creative and survive in the fast paced unknown of the future which is, the 21st century. </span></li>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi5ny3DlHtP_6vs36XJHEYA" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1aaf5d; line-height: inherit; text-decoration: none;">OPENiPhotojournalism</a>. (2009, Sep 15). <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Etienne Wenger talks about 'walking the landscape of practice'</em>. Retrieved from <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjw0YoqpEq8&feature=youtu.be&list=PLb5Ty6fTaPkWE" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1aaf5d; line-height: inherit; text-decoration: none;">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjw0YoqpEq8&feature=youtu.be&list=PLb5Ty6fTaPkWE</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Team BE. (2011 Dec 28, 2011). <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Communities versus networks?</em> [ Web blog post].. Retrieved from <a href="http://wenger-trayner.com/resources/communities-versus-networks/" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1aaf5d; line-height: inherit; text-decoration: none;">http://wenger-trayner.com/resources/communities-versus-networks/</a></span></div>
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<b style="font-family: open_sansregular, 'helvetica neue', helvetica, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">“Maybe reflective practices offer us a way of trying to make sense of the uncertainty in our workplaces and the courage to work competently and ethically at the edge of order and chaos...” (Ghaye, 2000, p.7) </span></b></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Reflection using our school Teaching as Inquiry format.</b></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Step 1 - </span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; line-height: 24px;"><i><b>REFOCUS</b> - What are my strengths & learning needs?</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 24px;"><i>What educational outcomes are valued for my students?</i></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 24px;"><i>How am I doing in relation to those outcomes?</i></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 24px;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 24px;">As the leader of the school I can make change quickly, based on my learning and up to date research and pedagogy through Post Grad study with the Mind Lab.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 24px;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 24px;">We worked as a staff to develop a Growth Mindset, and are all open to change for ourselves, our children and for the future of education in NZ. Our teachers are open to continuous learning through Post Grad study - in 2016 all staff will complete their own independent tertiary study. We hope this will compliment school operations and the future direction of our school.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 24px;">Challenge: To move our parent community with us through modelling expectations and 21st learning programmes with our children, who will in turn involve their parents.</span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Step 2 - </span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; line-height: 24px;"><i><b>REALITY</b> What do I need?</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 24px;"><i>What strategies (evidence-based) are most likely to help me help my students' learning?</i></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 24px;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 24px;">I am a strong believer that the key competencies will support our children into the future and we base all our teaching and learning programmes on key competencies. The research through the Mind Lab strongly suggests that our curriculum must be key competency focused rather than knowledge delivery based. Creativity, problem solving, flexibility and perseverance are the dispositions that alongside the key competencies will see our children be successful in life and in life long learning.</span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Step 3 - </span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; line-height: 24px;"><i><b>NEXT-STEP</b> Learning</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 24px;"><i>Is there something I need to change?</i></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 24px;"><i>What are the next steps for learning?</i></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 24px;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 24px;">My focus in this post grad study is to move from a traditional teaching and learning response and set up and move into a modern 21st century teaching and learning response and mindset. </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 24px;">The research and information provided through the Mind Lab has provided me with the research and evidence to support these changes and the pedagogical basis that underpins them. I need to continue to inform our 'traditional education focused' parent community about what we and doing, and in particular the why we are doing it.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 24px;">As our country school has decreased in number, I will be a teaching principal this year. We have one multi-levelled classroom and will be team teaching across the levels. This provides me with an opportunity to model the expectations and build a new culture for our school. An environment and learning program that is Whanau-Based alongside the principles of Maori and whanau. </span></span><br />
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<span class="s1" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In essence, our Appraisal Process describes an inquiry model for improvement. The Inquiry cycle below is similar to the number of models for inquiry found in many educational contexts and resources, but specifically reflects a focus on student, teacher, and school leader capability. </span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Our </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">next step is to use this more regularly and independently to improve what and why we do what we do.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Teachers are always reflecting, formally through staff appraisals but also everyday in many ways. Through conversations with colleagues, learning conversations with children and introspectively. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">As outlined in the reading, Quinn (1988/2000) identified that some reflections can be time consuming. In order to address this after each lesson our teachers bring children in together to reflect on how well they achieved and what they think they need to do next. This can be short and simple, through an indication with your thumb - thumbs up, thumbs mid way and thumbs down. This quickly informs the teacher how well it went, or what needs more work and with whom. This simple system works well with junior children.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Rees (2007) identified the need for solitary reflection in private. Goal setting conferences and goal setting charts that align with our school values - together we Care Learn and Grow - provide an opportunity for children to self reflect but also within a context that we all believe in.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We all need to be aware, as educators, mentors and, supervisors, of the risks, and proceed with sensitivity (Morley 2007). We also need to work within carefully established boundaries if learners are to address difficult personal, (Hunt, 2001) academic and behavioural issues.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Educators may themselves be at risk – not least because they may feel tempted to go beyond their own level of expertise. As Boud and Walker (1998) point out, teachers need to “be aware of what they can and cannot handle”. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">What is clear throughout this reading is that there are many types of reflective practices and many thoughts on the processes of reflection. As mentioned earlier, our aim is to grow a community of learners where Together We Care Learn Grow by encouraging children to reflect and develop positive behaviours for learning. We achieve this by proactively promoting and focusing on the positive, and modelling the desired outcome, in what we say and how we behave.</span></div>
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Jaxdonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146433237693150828noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7075887349923786053.post-4534338241826281912016-01-13T02:35:00.001-08:002016-02-19T16:12:00.695-08:00Activity 1: Create a reflective journal<div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: open_sansregular, 'helvetica neue', helvetica, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px;">
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">I am a mother, a leader, and an educator who is passionate about bringing 21st Century tools to children who would otherwise not have access to these tools.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">All these examples have been introduced and taught me in my role as a teaching principal.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">Particularly children who are outside the school box - the quirky, the creative, the kinaesthetic, the divergent thinkers, the talk-to-learners, the peripheral children.</span></span></div>
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I have been blogging since 2011, and this assignment caused me to pause, take stock and reflect on the process, but more importantly, the philosophy behind and around it.<br />
I feel the content that is posted should be up to the individual person and not assigned as a project. Therefore the information I am willing to share online publicly is limited to that which falls within my comfort zone and fits with my beliefs about personal privacy.<br />
We encourage children to be selective about the personal information they share publicly, and I apply the same standard to myself.</div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;"><b>Why Blog?</b></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">In the past we were reticent about talking about ourselves publicly. The question that always came to mind was, </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">"why would anyone want to listen or read what I have to share?"</span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">In spite of this, for the past several years I have been a strong advocate for school blogging, encouraging and supporting staff to create classroom blogs. Resistance is not uncommon - "why do I need to ..."</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">This reticence can be addressed in several ways:</span></span><br />
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<li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">Provide a context in which to write - 'My Classroom Learning'</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">Identify your audience - Parents and extended whanau'</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">Identify your main purpose - 'To open up and share my classroom experiences with the world (parents and extended whanau)</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">When this becomes your rationale then Blogging becomes much easier to do. </span></li>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: open_sansregular, 'helvetica neue', helvetica, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">Today, that reticence is on the wane, particularly in the case of generation m - the mobile generation.</span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open_sansregular" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">For me, as a "pre gen m", I prefer to keep my personal life personal, and my blogging professional.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: open_sansregular, helvetica neue, helvetica, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 24px;">http://elearning.tki.org.nz/Professional-learning/Teacher-inquiry-into-e-learning/SAMR-model</span></div>
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