to have been part of
Thank you for your friendship,
your passion for educating young people
Nau mai, Haere mai!. I'm an educator based in Tāmaki Makaurau/Auckland in Aotearoa/New Zealand. This is my professional blog where, from time to time, I share a few reflections and wonderings about my teaching practice.
Taha Challenge - a digital tool to encourage Year 7 & 8 students to manage themselves during lockdown by completing a series of challenges based on the Māori health model, Te Whare Tapa Wha (April 2020)
Get Ready! - a digital tool to guide and assist Year 8 students in their organisation and preparation for Leadership Camp in Term 3 (5th -8th August, 2020)
It seems a mighty long time since we are first gathered at Kuaotuna in late February that is 9 months and 2 lockdowns ago!
My next steps:
- Update content (videos, site pages) on Get Ready site for 2021 using feedback from colleagues and students
- Continue to reach out to the local high school and leverage the learning I have gained from designing Get Ready! site and attempt to bring my original achievement objective to fruition i.e. develop a digital tool to assist with Year 8 transition to high school
What could I have done differently?
Woulda (With 20/20 hindsight)
Shoulda (Woulda but circumstances made it challenging to do)
Coulda (Should have but didn't!)
- the Get Ready! Kia Rite! Nofo sauni! banner - translations in Te Reo Māori and Samoan- key dates/deadlines, location map and a photo gallery- a questionnaire for all camp related queries,- Four student videos- key Mindset slogans- Karakia
GOOGLE Analytics has been activated to monitor usage of the site. By the end of Day 1, 22 users had accessed the site - a promising start!
I got in touch with Year 9 students at the local high school last week to see if they would be keen to be part of the GET READY! project. Many were keen but in the end was happy to reconnect with two ex-Pt Englanders - Charlese was in my home class from last year and in school to help out with the weekly Riverside Club as student leader and Troy, was super keen to help out and ended up being very generous with his time,- I ended up filming bulk of videos with him!
Their input seemed like a positive way to build the tuakana-teina connection. Reaching out (via video). Being older/recent peers of the current batch of Year 8s the tips/advice they had to offer were likely to resonate more effectively than if the same information was coming from a well-meaning teacher!
Here are two examples of the videos we filmed:
PAPERWORK