Connect! Connect! Connect!

Something that resonated with me today was the concept that the most powerful connections occur when we are open to sharing....and this is exactly what the Manaiakalani Programme is all about. It helps to support, foster and grow the connections between teachers, students and their whānau. This follows on from last weeks DFI which was all around visibility - being connected cannot occur, or is made extremely difficult, if teaching and learning is not visible. Being connected allows an open playing field where competition is less likely to happen and connecting and sharing is more likely to occur. Blogger is a perfect avenue for our students to both share and connect with one another.

I need to ensure that I allow my students to have an authentic and wider audience to connect with (and this is something that I need to inquire into.) This is because their connection is only as powerful as their audience. I want my students to be positive, helpful and thoughtful digital citizens. I need to provide the opportunities for them to practice this positive connection with others. Looking into setting up a blogging buddy with children from another school would definitely help with this.

As stated above, being digital allows to make teaching visible. We can turbo charge experiences and learning.

Today, we had time to create things for our site. We know that we want sites to be engaging so I spent some time creating buttons to make our hub site look more inviting.

Below are a couple of examples of my work today.

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