Day 6 - Enabling Access - Sites

Today has really gone fast - unfortunately I lost a chunk of my learning this morning due to admin commitment at school. I tried for sometime to dual connect but was unable to keep this up! I found today a wonderful opportunity to work on my site. Earlier in the day my understanding of Manaiakalani kaupapa and pedagogy was strengthen with the continual referral back the image of the whare and the words associated.  With 'connected' the default is visible and the digital world has enabled us to keep in touch. Connectivity is a way of life for our students. If we don't connect with our students they will not connect with their learning. As educators we can stayed connected to our Manaiakalani cohort by using the same language - to stay connected both parties need to share. The five affordances of Learn, Create, Share in a digital environment - engagement, teaching conversations, cognitive challenge, visibility, scaffolding are becoming more familiar.

I learnt many things to today to improve my confidence, capability/workflow as a professional.  Rewindable content is very powerful in a classroom environment. Great for students away on school events and missing class for whatever reason. The site is a one stop hub for learning - learning is all in one place and easy to find. This was visible for schools using sites during lockdowns - it was one space for students and their whānau to find their learning. Some things I need to do

• practice google meets
• make a new site each year - don't override existing content
• learn how to use the hapara interface on a cellphone and share with learners
• plan sites to make sure learner can navigate to learn in three clicks 
• plan the navigation of the sites - with buttons, menus - get students to check it

I can see that Google sites enables connections and meets all aspects of the Manaiakalani pedagogy. 

For my personal use I would like to set up a site with our family history one day. Also I like the idea that was shared to have a site to have links to resources to be accessed easily. Overall a really great day, thanks to the Manaiakalani team.

My site so far: