Day 3: Media

Day 3: Media

What did I learn that increased my understanding of Manaiakalani kaupapa and pedagogy?

I loved exploring the realm of the 'CREATE' side of Manaiakalani. It really inspired me to provide and look into more opportunities where students could actually represent their learning in a way that stems from their interests and uses a more creative thinking -/ hands on approach. I can relate to this, as I am quite a visual/ hands on learner. 

"When it comes to learning, if the hands are involved the head really gets going." - Stuart Middleton

It also fostered the concept of learning through play, and enables students to have their own drive to follow through their learning in different ways.

Looking and producing work that does not all look the same. I think also fostering and believing in students enough to trust them to explore their own creative ideas.

"Give the pupils something to do, not something to learn; and the doing is of such a nature as to demand thinking; learning naturally results." John Dewey

What did I learn that could improve my confidence, capability or workflow as a professional?What did I learn that could be used with my learners?  

Youtube

I have used Youtube previously in the class, but I had not thought about creating a playlist of videos for my students to explore. I also thought having an option to stop the suggestion function was really helpful, especially because of the fear that students will click from one video to another and then land on something they shouldn't have seen.

Film making
I have always wanted to do this in my class. Previously we had worked through I-Movie on the iPads and students have uploaded their own clips through the format of 'landscape shot' etc. I would love to expand, and move to different areas of movie making - especially through stop motion movie making, News reporting using green screen, filming interviews and doing a lot of work and exploration through drama. Would love sharing these having a film festival or even on the blogs so that students and whanau have access to them and celebrate what they've created.

From my own experience of using a little video camera and making videos with my friends and family it is really awesome to see this being explored in our own classroom spaces. I just need to make sure my students can manage themselves in a way where they can work together to produce content.

Podcasting
Eventually, I'd love to have a space where students can podcast, maybe this could be done through a book club? I have a lot of chatty, funny, bubbly students so I feel this would be a great tool for them to explore and enjoy. 

Google Drawing
Would be amazing way for students to create digital posters and illustrate themselves digitally. Would be also cool to see students creating their own memes possibly? There are plenty of ideas that could be explored through Google drawing. 

Google Slides
I have always wanted to eventually create Google Slides that students can work from and use in their learning. I really want to in the future get more confident with interactive slides where students can move images around and use the slides as a fun interactive working document.
I have not personally reached this point yet as I feel if I were to create so many activities now the activities would not be used to their advantage due to the amount of time my students have with devices, but in the future this is definitely something I want to be really good at.

I could also look into creating an animation with google slides and even getting my students to create a little video with their own animations.

 What did I learn that could improve my confidence, capability or workflow in my personal life?

Personally, I believe that it has helped me to think outside of the box a bit more. I feel like it helps me even accessing my own creativity and exploring areas that may feel a little daunting, but are worth it in the long run.

Animating with google slides: