Summer Learning Journey Prizes

View outstanding blog posts and prize winners from the 2021-22 Summer Learning Journey 

Well done to everyone who contributed and participated this year.

The Summer Learning Journey activities remain accessible on the blog and can be shared with learners who have not yet tried. Great for holiday blogging and for learners to actively pursue topics of interest.

 

Bursts in Bubbles

Each year our Kāhui Ako Teachers model an exemplary Teaching as Inquiry cycle and share their progress publicly on their blog, at regular intervals throughout the year. 

In November we come together for our annual Bursts and Bubbles where their Inquiry is shared as Impact Bursts in a panel setting.  

As we were unable to meet kanohi ki te kanohi this year. Our teachers recorded their impact bursts which was broadcast at the scheduled time.

We recognise both the challenges and the efforts of all our teachers. Their impact bursts represent a three minute summary with more detail shared on their blogs. 

Blog Links Teachers' Inquiry 2021 

This slide deck which accompanies the streamed presentation includes links to teachers'  professional blogs where you are able to explore their Teaching as Inquiry in more detail and connect directly if you have questions or feedback. 

Manaiakalani Cybersmart Challenges

Check out the Manaiakalani Cybersmart Challenges.

Cybersmart challenges to help you Learn, Create, and Share on your device in smart and clever ways.

New challenges posted each week

Create to Learn

Manaiakalani Class OnAir connects audiences with the Manaiakalani pedagogy, Learn-Create-Share by offering an authentic window into the classroom. From learning design and lessons on demand, plus teacher reflections and learners' blogs, the Manaiakalani Class OnAir site provides a unique perspective beyond that of a classroom visit.

Listening to Manaiakalani Class OnAir teachers, Charlotte Gaston and Clarelle Carruthers yesterday, I was reminded of John Dewey's quote from our Create to Learn Staff meeting last year.

Additionally the opportunities to collaborate and share, and how this is planned for and practiced, have been generously shared during this Tuhi Mai Tuhi Atu Meet and via the Class OnAir Site.

Each episode includes an extended plan, lesson video, learning content, teacher reflection and learner generated content.

Thanks to Charlotte, Clarelle and all the teachers who have contributed to the site. Highly recommend taking some time out to explore using the new navigation links that have been added to the home page.... Thanks to Anne Sinclair and Matt Goodwin for curating.

All On Air Teachers' pages include links to their learners' blogs and I encourage everyone who visits to take some time to comment.

Yesterday's recording is available on demand including links to the Manaiakalani Class OnAir site.

Look out for further Meets later this term including Secondary and Te Reo Māori.

Tuhi Mai Tuhi Atu Teacher Meet May 13th 2020

Side by Side Images in Blogger

Small images can be placed side by side in a blog post (see above). However when the image size is increased it can help to use an invisible table to position your images side by side (see below).

The following html adds an invisible table in your blog post to position two images side by side.

<br>

<table><tbody>

<tr><td>photoa

</td><td>photo b

</td></tr></tbody></table>

<br>

Check out this episode Getting Geeky with Blogger for more tips

Interactive Poster for a Blog Post

Using a Google Slide to create an interactive poster for our Tuhi Mai Tuhi Atu Teacher Meet today. Content can be included in the poster that remains interactive when you embed in your blog e.g. hyperlinks, sound files and video.
Instructions to create and share

View all episodes OnDemand including Getting Geeky with Blogger

Tip: Blog posts with a Google Slide only embedded, do not display preview images in a feed e.g. Blog gadgets, featured post, Twitter Feed. Including an image in the post will make it stand out in a feed. Insert an image from your slide at the end of the post so it is picked up in a feed. See example below.

Blog Gadget includes image preview

Difference between posts with images and without

#mtfbwy

Tuhi Mai Tuhi Atu Teacher Meet Wednesday 6th May

Shout Out - Connected Learners Share

Manaiakalani Mail Out Term 2 Week 3

This week I invited educators from across our communities of learning to shout out and shine a light on a Blogger.

Based on the numbers from our Twitter feeds we barely broke the surface.

Catch Up On Demand and explore the links to some awesome blog posts, from our young people sharing their learning to some inspiring teachers reflecting on their experiences teaching online.

Show these bloggers some  ❤️ and leave a comment.

Tuhi Mai Tuhi Atu 

Harnessing the power of blogging to learn, create and share

Tuhi Mai Tuhi Atu

Over the past three summers The Summer Learning Journey has provided clear evidence of the significant, positive effect that sustained blogging over summer can have on the writing and reading ability of our young people.

During this week's Tuhi Mai Tuhi Atu Meet teachers shared individual blogging programmes they have designed to support their learners to continue harnessing the power of blogging to learn create share in the school holidays throughout the year.

How have they engaged their learners, kept it manageable and continued to encourage their students to keep blogging?

Thanks to Jo Earl, Danni Stone, Kiriwai Tapuke, Robyn Anderson, Clarelle Carruthers and Matt Goodwin

Watch on-demand plus connect with these awesome educators and access links to their blogging resources.

Tuhi Mai Tuhi Atu Teacher Meet April 22nd

Google Meet - Enabling Screen Capture Mode

With 6,000,000+ users Google Meet Grid View has certainly become the must have extension for those of us using Google Meet to support distance learning.

Significantly the extension has been developed by a New Orleans teacher for his school and generously shared. To see this extension continued to be refined over the past few weeks is greatly appreciated.

Last week an update to Google Meet Grid View  included Enable Screen Capture Mode.

I recognise this as a smart feature. When active this presents your Meet Grid View at its best for capturing the screen. For example, if you are wanting a screen grab to share publicly.

Significantly this feature disables the names of all Meet participants. Why is this smart?

Consider the huge number of individual Meet Grid View screen grabs shared in both digital and print media in the past few weeks. Many of these screen grabs include groups of students with their full names on display, shared extensively on multiple platforms from Twitter to one of our our national newspapers!

When hosting a Google Meet, especially with large numbers, having names displayed during your Meet is very helpful and a must have feature.

However if you plan to take a screen grab (either still or video) for reuse, especially if your Meet participants are students, select Enable Screen Capture Mode first.  Not only does this disable names it also forces the Grid View to best display for capture.

Whenever and wherever we share online it's personal, visible and amplified. It is personal because we are sharing information about ourselves.  Creating a positive digital footprint means learning to make smart decisions about what personal information we share and what personal information we keep private.  Manaiakalani Smart Footprint

A shout out to Angela Moala who posted this on her blog prior to Enable Screen Capture Mode being added to Meet Grid View. Awesome example of being Cybersmart... thank you Angela! angelamoala.blogspot.com - Distance Learning: Friday Spelling Test

Enable Screen Capture Mode activated - thank you Tamaki Primary whānau for demonstrating.