Presentations: 2012 - 2013
Presentations and Photo Galleries that I've created as the Kaiako-Teacher of e-Learning and Classroom Teacher @ EPS follow:
University of South Pacific: Fiji, 2013
Sustainability Transforming Teaching and Learning through ICT This micro presentation focuses on my role as an e-Learning teacher. In 2009 I was employed under a Ministry of Education ICTPD contract to work in five schools for Kawerau, a rural town in the North Island of New Zealand. With a population of over 7,000 people Kawerau is known to have had the highest rate of teenage pregnancy in New Zealand and teen male suicide is a recent concern. I worked three days a week as the School’s Facilitator and the other two days in an e-Learning lab with students. When the contract ended I moved back into classroom practice. Slide 1: The sixteen 10-12 year old students as e-Learners were very competent in both Literacy and Maths. As the two day programme required full commitment students were selected from three classes by Principals alongside their classroom teachers. |
Slide 2: At the same time the five schools were learning about and developing plans to integrate ICT into classroom practice. Working with e-Learners provided me with the opportunity to do the same and model best practices.
Slide 3: Over time e-Learners learnt to skype debate and make online resources. In my quest to integrate science I set up web space with experiments. Another group spent one week in a neighbouring school teaching digital photography. The same four e-Learners created pecha kucha presentations and were invited to share alongside me at a local gifted and talented symposium. The theme: Who I am as an e-Learner and how I view my life in today’s global world.
Slide 4: Once the contract had ended I returned to Edgecumbe Primary (where I had taught previously) as a fulltime classroom teacher with management roles. The school now followed an inquiry model and teachers in teams shared integrated planning. I set up in a two cell classroom block with four laptops, two stand-alone computers, a big screen and a portable interactive whiteboard. I also booked the school computer suite for consistent weekly use.
Slide 5: Teacher directed integrated inquiry planning has made life for me back in the classroom relatively easy. I like to begin the year with the topic ‘Our Learning World’ that helps students set up rules as expectations, rights and responsibilities in the classroom. At the same time I also discuss internet expectations and how to be safe online.
Slide 6: Reflecting back on my role I feel very honoured to have worked alongside students as e-Learners. We started out on an ICT journey of the unknown, made a few much needed detours along the way and have since moved our thinking out of the e-Learning classroom and beyond. Many of them now attend High School or University and keep in contact with me…yes you guessed it…through Facebook. Ki nga tamariki o Putauaki, nga mihi kia koutou.
Slide 7: I currently have a class of twenty nine 9-10 year old students with mixed abilities who are writing in exercise books. The school resources are somewhat limited and so I plan smarter not harder and fully integrate ICT and thinking tools and strategies into classroom practice. I’ve set up a class web space and encourage students to share and comment with their families. I am also in the process of completing applications for i-Pads as assistive technology for two of my very high needs students.
Slide 8: This term students have learnt to e-mail and were assigned e-Pals from Australia, England and Nigeria. A small group of very competent readers are reading e-books online and will soon contribute, enter into team discussion and share their own literacy team web space.
Slide 9: I am the Head Judge of Technology for our local Science and Technology Fair and so next term I have planned an integrated inquiry unit around wind energy, wings and things that fly. Students will select one of the science, technology or research processes and complete mini projects (paper or otherwise) that will be judged internally.
Slide 10: I envisage a number of competent students will set up their own blogs, dabble with web2tools and use video as a means of recording evidential data. They may even upload pieces of work to the Global One Day on Earth project. I currently use my iPad mini to share data and my iPhone to take photos. Given the scope of what has been planned I am seriously considering the purchase of 6 i-Pads for classroom use.
Slide 11: As a Performance Appraiser I am currently aligning the New Zealand registered teacher criteria and Teaching as Inquiry model with job descriptions at our school. ICT is a core component of that and so I am grateful for all that I do. The mixed abilities of 29 students and the four walls of our classroom have certainly made me proactively think outside of the box when it comes to e-Learning. In conclusion, anything is possible I guess if we as 21st century teachers really want to ‘take on the wero or challenge’, share good practices and sustainably transform learning and teaching through ICT.
Slide 3: Over time e-Learners learnt to skype debate and make online resources. In my quest to integrate science I set up web space with experiments. Another group spent one week in a neighbouring school teaching digital photography. The same four e-Learners created pecha kucha presentations and were invited to share alongside me at a local gifted and talented symposium. The theme: Who I am as an e-Learner and how I view my life in today’s global world.
Slide 4: Once the contract had ended I returned to Edgecumbe Primary (where I had taught previously) as a fulltime classroom teacher with management roles. The school now followed an inquiry model and teachers in teams shared integrated planning. I set up in a two cell classroom block with four laptops, two stand-alone computers, a big screen and a portable interactive whiteboard. I also booked the school computer suite for consistent weekly use.
Slide 5: Teacher directed integrated inquiry planning has made life for me back in the classroom relatively easy. I like to begin the year with the topic ‘Our Learning World’ that helps students set up rules as expectations, rights and responsibilities in the classroom. At the same time I also discuss internet expectations and how to be safe online.
Slide 6: Reflecting back on my role I feel very honoured to have worked alongside students as e-Learners. We started out on an ICT journey of the unknown, made a few much needed detours along the way and have since moved our thinking out of the e-Learning classroom and beyond. Many of them now attend High School or University and keep in contact with me…yes you guessed it…through Facebook. Ki nga tamariki o Putauaki, nga mihi kia koutou.
Slide 7: I currently have a class of twenty nine 9-10 year old students with mixed abilities who are writing in exercise books. The school resources are somewhat limited and so I plan smarter not harder and fully integrate ICT and thinking tools and strategies into classroom practice. I’ve set up a class web space and encourage students to share and comment with their families. I am also in the process of completing applications for i-Pads as assistive technology for two of my very high needs students.
Slide 8: This term students have learnt to e-mail and were assigned e-Pals from Australia, England and Nigeria. A small group of very competent readers are reading e-books online and will soon contribute, enter into team discussion and share their own literacy team web space.
Slide 9: I am the Head Judge of Technology for our local Science and Technology Fair and so next term I have planned an integrated inquiry unit around wind energy, wings and things that fly. Students will select one of the science, technology or research processes and complete mini projects (paper or otherwise) that will be judged internally.
Slide 10: I envisage a number of competent students will set up their own blogs, dabble with web2tools and use video as a means of recording evidential data. They may even upload pieces of work to the Global One Day on Earth project. I currently use my iPad mini to share data and my iPhone to take photos. Given the scope of what has been planned I am seriously considering the purchase of 6 i-Pads for classroom use.
Slide 11: As a Performance Appraiser I am currently aligning the New Zealand registered teacher criteria and Teaching as Inquiry model with job descriptions at our school. ICT is a core component of that and so I am grateful for all that I do. The mixed abilities of 29 students and the four walls of our classroom have certainly made me proactively think outside of the box when it comes to e-Learning. In conclusion, anything is possible I guess if we as 21st century teachers really want to ‘take on the wero or challenge’, share good practices and sustainably transform learning and teaching through ICT.
Making a Collective Difference and Leaving a Legacy, 2011
This 3 minute 30 second Pecha Kucha presentation is based on a few ways that students and I have used Comic Life, Auto Collage and Photo Story within our e-learning classroom and beyond. The first three ideas that I am about to share have conceptualised from our integrated inquiry planning – small steps that make a collective difference…and the second three have come about from a ‘fun’ space and my personal efforts as a proud Nan to leave a legacy. Slide 1: Let’s start with Idea One: e-Learners have again this year participated in the global One Day on Earth project completing 11 challenges based on the concepts of weather and the story ‘Cloudy with a chance of Meat Balls’. Ahead of time I set up a teaching and learning web-space. |
e-Learners have since used Comic Life to illustrate each challenge and I have uploaded a few into our web-space to replace the copious amount of text. I’ve also printed off a couple then included them along with materials and the book into a resource ‘Story Sack’.
Slide 2: Idea Two: The One Day on Earth project also required that we collect evidential data of our 11 science and technology challenges and upload it to the global website for the 11.11.11. e-Learners are familiar with ‘real-time learning’ and so six digital cameras, three mino camcorders and Photo Story were used to capture this information. Over time, we have pieced together the video that includes a ‘humorous take’ on the EBOP weather, uploaded it to the school You-Tube channel and also skype-shared our reflective experiences with Lois and friends from Berwick Primary in Australia.
Slide 3: Idea Three: Lance and I have worked alongside Justize, Reed, Roger and Danae who presented Pecha Kucha style at the Mini GATE Symposium. Again ahead of time, I set up a web-space and included a page called MCG: Mean Maori Mean – the Maori Concepts of Giftedness. Two of the students captured photographic images of MCG in action and then used Auto Collage to compile them. I’ve since uploaded these images to the web-space and printed them off as inspirational posters.
Slide 4: Ideas Four and Five - Leaving a Legacy: I’m a bit of a scrapbook fanatic… always seeking ways to make work come alive or spring from the page…so I thought why not use both Comic Life and Auto Collage to personalise the cover page of my CV. To do this I printed off pieces of work
as I went …then compiled the pages onto card in a3D fashion. 'A picture paints a thousand words'.
Slide 5: Idea Six: It’s been a dream of mine to write picture books for children and so with my two mokopuna in mind I am in the process of developing an e-book using Photostory. The narrative Nan’s Kiwi Christmas is based on one woman’s desire to have her family member’s
home for the holidays. It also serves as a gracious tribute to my beloved mum……
There are our SIX pearls of wisdom that e-Learners and I know will be us of within the classroom and beyond. words’ and so I believe the images have to relate well and be just as important as the information I have included in my CV. Our parting words or wero for you all is…“If life is about making a collective difference and leaving a legacy, then what are you planning to do?
Slide 2: Idea Two: The One Day on Earth project also required that we collect evidential data of our 11 science and technology challenges and upload it to the global website for the 11.11.11. e-Learners are familiar with ‘real-time learning’ and so six digital cameras, three mino camcorders and Photo Story were used to capture this information. Over time, we have pieced together the video that includes a ‘humorous take’ on the EBOP weather, uploaded it to the school You-Tube channel and also skype-shared our reflective experiences with Lois and friends from Berwick Primary in Australia.
Slide 3: Idea Three: Lance and I have worked alongside Justize, Reed, Roger and Danae who presented Pecha Kucha style at the Mini GATE Symposium. Again ahead of time, I set up a web-space and included a page called MCG: Mean Maori Mean – the Maori Concepts of Giftedness. Two of the students captured photographic images of MCG in action and then used Auto Collage to compile them. I’ve since uploaded these images to the web-space and printed them off as inspirational posters.
Slide 4: Ideas Four and Five - Leaving a Legacy: I’m a bit of a scrapbook fanatic… always seeking ways to make work come alive or spring from the page…so I thought why not use both Comic Life and Auto Collage to personalise the cover page of my CV. To do this I printed off pieces of work
as I went …then compiled the pages onto card in a3D fashion. 'A picture paints a thousand words'.
Slide 5: Idea Six: It’s been a dream of mine to write picture books for children and so with my two mokopuna in mind I am in the process of developing an e-book using Photostory. The narrative Nan’s Kiwi Christmas is based on one woman’s desire to have her family member’s
home for the holidays. It also serves as a gracious tribute to my beloved mum……
There are our SIX pearls of wisdom that e-Learners and I know will be us of within the classroom and beyond. words’ and so I believe the images have to relate well and be just as important as the information I have included in my CV. Our parting words or wero for you all is…“If life is about making a collective difference and leaving a legacy, then what are you planning to do?
Gifted and Talented Mini Symposium: 2011
My given name is Hinerangi…and I am also known at kura as Whaea Jeanette. We are a sub-group of the e-Learners Team at Putauaki who will shortly present pecha kuha style. Pecha Kucha is the Japanese term for chit chit and follows a strict format. Our mini pecha kucha presentations will each focus on six slides that have been timed at 30 second intervals. He koreo o te Whakatipuranga Hou: We are sharing our stories based on the theme…Who I am as an e-Learner and how I view life in today’s digital world. Slide 1: Thinking and learning are deliberate or accidental processes that we use to come up with new concepts and ideas. Both involve the creation, merging and understanding of thoughts that may never have been interconnected before. |
As an e-Learner I have become a contemporary CREATOR – He Kaihanga in all that I do. I have transitioned over the years from being that teacher-practitioner who seeks out, copies or reproduces the achievements of others to a networked Kaiako who now uses a range of technological devices, online tools and I.T mediums to convey meaningful, often original, yet powerful messages. Digital creation I believe, is based on the premise of ‘intentionally bringing into existence’.
Slide 2: The Internet is a complex network of computers linked by a high-speed system that helps us develop the necessary skills and behaviours for learning and connecting with anyone, anytime and anywhere. As an e-Learner I have become a confident COMMUNICATOR – He Pukorero locally, nationally and globally. With friends all over the world who are similar to whanau, I now make regular contact that has purpose and seek to increase my online network of like-minded others. I am the akonga or student who prefers to be fully participative in a social environment.
Slide 3: A virtual online community is a group of people who cross geographical boundaries in order to interact, pursue goals and enhance their cultural awareness of today’s digital world. As an e-Learner I have developed my online presence to become a courageous COLLABORATOR – He Taka Hoa. I like to engage in shared thinking and learning and have come to understand that communication networks are powerful mediums to spread about positive change. Through online collaboration and often the use of devices, I am certainly making the most of my local, national and global connections.
Slide 4: Technology has so much of a major effect on how we lead our daily lives that mobile devices are central and personalised to who we are, where we are and what we do. As an e-Learner I have become of sorts, a TECHNOLOGICAL DEVICE HOLDER – He Ipu
Hiko. Over the years I have digitally climatised and found it necessary to ‘trade up’. That simple plastic box with my class planner, calculator, floppy disk and cassette player is today replaced with a 21st Century backpack or trolley that houses my cell phone, laptop, i-pod, flip video cam and data storage. It is standard kaupapa or practice (as I have convinced myself) to carry no less
than three technological devices every day.
Slide 5: Research shows us that technological devices can have a reciprocal relationship with learning and are definitely shaping the way we think, work and live. As an e-Learner who has ‘normalised’ to now using devices, I have become a DIGITAL MULTI-TASKER – He RingaRinga Mahi Tini. I will always devote time to tasks like checking my inbox and FB to the more complex that include context switching, surfing between websites or applications and contributing to discussion forums. Although I’ve read that the human brain is really only capable of doing one thing at a time I tend to disagree. The bulk of my digital multi-tasking is often done in the morning, to eliminate afternoon fatigue and chunked during the day with kai and/or well-deserve kinesthetic breaks.
Slide 6: Digital-multi-tasking co-exists incidentally with personal learning and fosters an increase in self knowledge, skills and performance. As an e-Learner I have become a proficient SELF-DIRECTED SCHOLAR – He Akonga Pa Timata. Through just-in time or synchronous and co-collaborative or asynchronous online means, I now get to learn at my place, in my space and at my pace. I like it that I have been able to design and personalise my ara or thinking and learning journey and as a contributing member of the VLN or Virtual Learning Network I will often pursue other e-Learning interests that cross my pathway.
Conclusively I am the Kaiako-Teacher/Facilitator who believes that formal education no longer comprises our 21st century thinkers and learners living in today’s digital world. It is HOW and WHEN WE decide to comprise and walk the talk TOO that matters for…e-Learning is a continual process that affords to be rich, real and relevant and in my view is destined to last this lifetime, the next lifetime and many more lifetimes to come.
Slide 2: The Internet is a complex network of computers linked by a high-speed system that helps us develop the necessary skills and behaviours for learning and connecting with anyone, anytime and anywhere. As an e-Learner I have become a confident COMMUNICATOR – He Pukorero locally, nationally and globally. With friends all over the world who are similar to whanau, I now make regular contact that has purpose and seek to increase my online network of like-minded others. I am the akonga or student who prefers to be fully participative in a social environment.
Slide 3: A virtual online community is a group of people who cross geographical boundaries in order to interact, pursue goals and enhance their cultural awareness of today’s digital world. As an e-Learner I have developed my online presence to become a courageous COLLABORATOR – He Taka Hoa. I like to engage in shared thinking and learning and have come to understand that communication networks are powerful mediums to spread about positive change. Through online collaboration and often the use of devices, I am certainly making the most of my local, national and global connections.
Slide 4: Technology has so much of a major effect on how we lead our daily lives that mobile devices are central and personalised to who we are, where we are and what we do. As an e-Learner I have become of sorts, a TECHNOLOGICAL DEVICE HOLDER – He Ipu
Hiko. Over the years I have digitally climatised and found it necessary to ‘trade up’. That simple plastic box with my class planner, calculator, floppy disk and cassette player is today replaced with a 21st Century backpack or trolley that houses my cell phone, laptop, i-pod, flip video cam and data storage. It is standard kaupapa or practice (as I have convinced myself) to carry no less
than three technological devices every day.
Slide 5: Research shows us that technological devices can have a reciprocal relationship with learning and are definitely shaping the way we think, work and live. As an e-Learner who has ‘normalised’ to now using devices, I have become a DIGITAL MULTI-TASKER – He RingaRinga Mahi Tini. I will always devote time to tasks like checking my inbox and FB to the more complex that include context switching, surfing between websites or applications and contributing to discussion forums. Although I’ve read that the human brain is really only capable of doing one thing at a time I tend to disagree. The bulk of my digital multi-tasking is often done in the morning, to eliminate afternoon fatigue and chunked during the day with kai and/or well-deserve kinesthetic breaks.
Slide 6: Digital-multi-tasking co-exists incidentally with personal learning and fosters an increase in self knowledge, skills and performance. As an e-Learner I have become a proficient SELF-DIRECTED SCHOLAR – He Akonga Pa Timata. Through just-in time or synchronous and co-collaborative or asynchronous online means, I now get to learn at my place, in my space and at my pace. I like it that I have been able to design and personalise my ara or thinking and learning journey and as a contributing member of the VLN or Virtual Learning Network I will often pursue other e-Learning interests that cross my pathway.
Conclusively I am the Kaiako-Teacher/Facilitator who believes that formal education no longer comprises our 21st century thinkers and learners living in today’s digital world. It is HOW and WHEN WE decide to comprise and walk the talk TOO that matters for…e-Learning is a continual process that affords to be rich, real and relevant and in my view is destined to last this lifetime, the next lifetime and many more lifetimes to come.
EBOP Facilitator Hui & ULearn Conference - Pecha Kucha, 2011
This pecha kucha presentation is based on student achievement and what I believe to be six positive aspects of e-Learning. The images that I am about to share are in fact visual representations as symbols of one word that I have strongly associated with each aspect. Slide 1: Let’s get started with this chain of paper dolls… My word for positive aspect one of e-Learning is CONNECT. What we want for our young people is that they be connected, become effective users of I.T tools and have the ability to relate well with others. e-Learners at Putauaki have connected with so many people locally, nationally and globally. Being Connected in a sense, also promotes communication and equality for anyone anytime and anywhere. |
Slide 2: Mandala is the sanskrit word for circle and represents the universe in Hindu and Buddhist symbolism. A group of 12 things is called a duodecad so this is a duodecad hand mandala. My word for positive aspect two of e-Learning is COLLABORATE. To collaborate is to work together to achieve a common goal and encourage interaction in a multitude of ways. It is about being active in a range of contexts.
Last year e-Learners at Putauaki participated in the global One Day on Earth project that involved sharing planned activities on the 10.10.10 with people all over the world. We are now planning to complete 11 science and technology challenges for the 11.11.11.
Slide 3: Yoga is a physical, mental, and spiritual discipline originating from ancient India. This is the bala sana or child pose and represents the foetal position – a relaxation stance.My word for positive aspect three of e-Learning is FLEXIBILITY. This means having the ability to adapt to a new situation or change and being resilient.
About a month ago a group of e-Learners took up the challenge as teachers of digital photography and Powerpoint for students at Thornton Primary. The same group who work with PCs, learnt 3D and animation using iMacs at the Tech Pa, Te
Whare Wananga o Awanuiarangi in Whakatane. Two of them have also been selected to present pecha kucha style at the Mini GATE symposium for REAP next month.
Slide 4: Pascall is a confectionery company once owned by Cadbury, now owned by Kraft Foods and there is one New Zealand factory in Dunedin. Jet plane lollies made by Pascall are my Kiwi Kid favourite. I am not sure if that ‘desire’ has something to do
with the shape or range of colours and/or whether it’s because I have the option to chew off the wings or the cockpit first. My
word for positive aspect four of e-Learning is CHOICE. Including choice encourages intrinsic motivation, ownership of work and
promotes student-centred learning.
e-Learners at Putauaki really like it that choice is about being given the option to present using an array of e-learning mediums that can easily be combined.
Slide 5: The tōtara tree is a native that grows around 30 metres taking 100 years to do so and is noted for its root system and great girth of trunk. The Pouakani tree, near Pureora is over 35 metres tall, nearly 4 metres in trunk diameter and the largest living. There is a saying in Maori “Kua
hinga he totara i te waonui a Tane” meaning ‘a totara has fallen in the forest of Tane’. The totara is like a strong, proud warrior so for one of them to fall is indeed a great tragedy. The saying is similar to the whakatauki or proverb that is etched in my father’s headstone.
My word for positive aspect five of e-Learning is INTEGRATE. Integration addresses different learning styles and supports an inquiry approach to thinking and learning. Integration is part and parcel of an e-Learning classroom.
Slide 6: The dandelion is a perennial, herbaceous plant, considered a weed and is used to treat liver problems. The dandelion leaves adds flavour to salads, sandwiches and teas.My word for positive aspect six of e-Learning is CREATE. If creation is a mental and social process involving the generation of new ideas or concepts, then we want our young people to be creatively resourceful, innovative, enterprising and entrepreneurial.
Conclusively I believe that…“It is not that we can meet the e-learning outcomes of technology, it is more the thinking and learning behind the technologies as students…
1- Connect
2- Collaborate
3- have Flexibility
4- are given Choice
5- can Integrate...and
6- Create
…to go beyond what can be done in the classroom environment that is so important."
Last year e-Learners at Putauaki participated in the global One Day on Earth project that involved sharing planned activities on the 10.10.10 with people all over the world. We are now planning to complete 11 science and technology challenges for the 11.11.11.
Slide 3: Yoga is a physical, mental, and spiritual discipline originating from ancient India. This is the bala sana or child pose and represents the foetal position – a relaxation stance.My word for positive aspect three of e-Learning is FLEXIBILITY. This means having the ability to adapt to a new situation or change and being resilient.
About a month ago a group of e-Learners took up the challenge as teachers of digital photography and Powerpoint for students at Thornton Primary. The same group who work with PCs, learnt 3D and animation using iMacs at the Tech Pa, Te
Whare Wananga o Awanuiarangi in Whakatane. Two of them have also been selected to present pecha kucha style at the Mini GATE symposium for REAP next month.
Slide 4: Pascall is a confectionery company once owned by Cadbury, now owned by Kraft Foods and there is one New Zealand factory in Dunedin. Jet plane lollies made by Pascall are my Kiwi Kid favourite. I am not sure if that ‘desire’ has something to do
with the shape or range of colours and/or whether it’s because I have the option to chew off the wings or the cockpit first. My
word for positive aspect four of e-Learning is CHOICE. Including choice encourages intrinsic motivation, ownership of work and
promotes student-centred learning.
e-Learners at Putauaki really like it that choice is about being given the option to present using an array of e-learning mediums that can easily be combined.
Slide 5: The tōtara tree is a native that grows around 30 metres taking 100 years to do so and is noted for its root system and great girth of trunk. The Pouakani tree, near Pureora is over 35 metres tall, nearly 4 metres in trunk diameter and the largest living. There is a saying in Maori “Kua
hinga he totara i te waonui a Tane” meaning ‘a totara has fallen in the forest of Tane’. The totara is like a strong, proud warrior so for one of them to fall is indeed a great tragedy. The saying is similar to the whakatauki or proverb that is etched in my father’s headstone.
My word for positive aspect five of e-Learning is INTEGRATE. Integration addresses different learning styles and supports an inquiry approach to thinking and learning. Integration is part and parcel of an e-Learning classroom.
Slide 6: The dandelion is a perennial, herbaceous plant, considered a weed and is used to treat liver problems. The dandelion leaves adds flavour to salads, sandwiches and teas.My word for positive aspect six of e-Learning is CREATE. If creation is a mental and social process involving the generation of new ideas or concepts, then we want our young people to be creatively resourceful, innovative, enterprising and entrepreneurial.
Conclusively I believe that…“It is not that we can meet the e-learning outcomes of technology, it is more the thinking and learning behind the technologies as students…
1- Connect
2- Collaborate
3- have Flexibility
4- are given Choice
5- can Integrate...and
6- Create
…to go beyond what can be done in the classroom environment that is so important."