Manaiakalani PD day March

Today's session is quite different from the previous ones. We are part of Manaiakalani which is a large "Community of Learning". All the schools in the cluster are working in the same direction in slightly different ways - which are tailored for their students.

Use of Woolf Fisher Research data shared by Aaron is put to good use by all of "us" to plan for this year and the near future. That presentation by each school is quite interesting - different strategies employed by different schools across the cluster.

Sharing PAT data with students (with due explanation /interpretation) can help motivate them. "I thought I got a pass but..." Screenshot and share?

Accelerated reading - do we have the data to compare "before" and "after" to show what is working and what is not.

"Never delete a teacher from Google if they leave the school" We have unlimiteed memory and the resources are usually reusable.

Critical Literacy - using language that is not biased towards any "side" so that students are encouraged to think about the topic and take sides.

Insert a 360 video from you tube

open video - share - embed - control C - paste in html tab at the bottom - see video.

Swivel tablet to see 360 degree.

Insert you tube

Open video - share - embed - copy the link using control C = paste on post (in html tab) to see it.

Success!

Last week

A dinosaur at blogging, but I am trying :-). Trying to insert an image.
Last week has been challenging at school with a team member leaving and senior classes in need of someone to handle their assessments. I took over one senior class which lwaves me little time for other routine jobs. I could say I am struggling with some of my deadlines. It is short term (hopefully) and will get better soon.

The beginning

I am getting started with blogging. The plan is to gather thoughts & ideas, share and revisit these at a later date to see what worked 😊and what didnt 💥