WEEK 1 DIGITAL TASKS

My Introduction on the Mind Lab July Intake 2016 Google+ community

Kia ora tatou, Ko Keri toku ingoa. I am the DP at Edmund Hillary School in Papakura. I teach a delightful class of NE-Y2 learning sponges. I am excited to be starting my Post Grad learning journey with The Mind Lab by Unitec on Tuesday nights @ Aorere College. Time to teach an old dog new tricks!

Looking forward to making connections and networking with the SUPER CREW in Auckland South.

Session 1 Reflection

I was gutted when I realised that I had left my phone at school. It's sad how reliant I am on having my phone with me! Especially for taking photos etc. I was one of the first to arrive and I always find that a nervous and anxious time. As the team were setting up for the session I felt welcomed and was put at ease. A couple (Alex and Paige) came and sat with me and we introduced ourselves. As usual I started to make connections - Paige works at Sommerville Intermediate where my niece attends. She recognised her from my whanau photos. I was also looking forward to meeting up with my own daughter's teacher. We had not long found out that we were on this journey together. It is so good to have a buddy!

Getting started with introductions, moodle, course tasks, asking questions, meeting new friends, having a hot drink and watching videos and thinking about the questions, it was all on! There were so many things to think about and reflect upon in my on class and with my own teaching.

Best part... tutuing with PlayDoh. Creating our thinking using this fun and tactile resource. Made me think about making some more for my class. We seem to be similar thinkers - we were all on the same page... We all made valuable contributions to the discussion and I know that my vocabulary and understanding was enlightened. Then working together to create a video to represent our thinking What is Knowledge and the Purpose of Education... I felt I was not much help with this as I do not have a mac and Sam, Alex and Paige do. I will bring my school i-pad next session. :) I did manage to find a background to use in our video.

One quote I picked up on quickly... FAIL FASTER - LEARN QUICKER. So let's get started...