Amplify Basic Facts Online Toolkit

 Term 3 toolkits I decided to do another workshop based around Mathematics and statistics. My last ones were very popular and seem to be of high demand. So I choose Basic Facts always an area of need and concern. I started it in lockdown so I had my site I developed already started and just needed to add to it. My big idea was how to link the creation into the teaching of basic facts and using a lot more of the online manipulatives to model number sense and understanding of the facts. I had 57 registered to attend and had 36 turn up for the hangout. I was concerned that it would become a lecture at that high number and still wanted to include some activities. So I included a padlet to assess what our teachers are using currently to teach the Basic facts. I then decided to give an activity at the end so the teachers had a chance to be in the students' shoes. I got some great feedback. 

Grid view for Hangout meets

This wonderful resource has been shared which allows you to view every screen in the hangout on your screen. Which as we move to distance learning using this as a key connect tool this is vital.
This is a great extension for google hangout "Google Meet Grid View " we have been trialing it in our daily hangouts and it is a great way to view everyone in the hangout. Here are the instructions on how to install it.
Installation
To install the "Google Meet Grid View" extension do the following:

• Go to the extension's page in the Chrome Web Store - "Google Meet Grid View"
• Click the "Add to Chrome" button to install the extension.
• Give it permission to install.
• And then that is it! The extension will now show up in the top right corner of your web browser.

Using Grid View
Now that the Grid View extension is installed, anytime you are in a Google Meet you will now see a new button in the top right corner of the Meet window (next to the "People" and "Chat" button).
Simply click on this button to turn Grid View on or off. Once you turn it on you will now see all of the participants in the meeting.
There are a few options you can adjust in the drop-down menu below the button.

• "Only show participants with video" - If you check this box then Grid View will not show anyone who has turned off their webcam or who doesn't have a camera to begin with.
• "Highlight speakers" - If you check this box then anytime someone is speaking, a yellow box will appear around their them in the grid. This can help make it easier to see who is talking.
• "Include yourself in the grid" - You can check or uncheck this if you want to see yourself as well or not.

Note: Keep in mind, this extension is only changing the view for you, and not for the other people in the meeting. Each person controls their own view. For other people in the meeting to see the grid, they also need to install the extension one time, and then they can turn the Grid View on or off for themselves.
Google Meet Grid View is a great extension to help everyone in a meeting or classroom feel like they are more connected with the group.

Online toolkit

This week I presented my online toolkit on Amplify Talk Moves. It was great to get back into my Mathematics and statistics hat. This presentation I made a very hands-on one with the teachers doing exactly what you would get the students to do. It was hard to judge the time as it is teachers, not students completing the activities. Some of the main areas, I wanted to emphasize was the purpose and big idea of the lesson. We also looked at a couple of tools to help amplify the student's voice and discussed and shared ideas of how we could turbocharge the get ideas and voice of the students. I felt it went well and feel after looking at the cluster data Maths and statistics is an area we need to focus on.

Auckland Visit June 2019

My visit to Auckland for the week started on Tuesday 4 June observing and following Heather Collins as she visited a Point England senior year 6 class working on their profiles for their blogs. Using and sharing individuals up on the TV and asking students for the helpful, thoughtful and positive feedback and feedforward. Which reassured that I was also doing that exact activity in my work. .

I also observed and supported her in a NE class with students brand new to IPads. She worked with a small group and we went outside and took photographs and went back in and they had to choose 4 favorites and delete the others. This reinforced the importance of learning the basics and practicing using Ipad tools. I then got to observe in Khismira junior class of Ipads and got to see the IPads Blog app in action and some students shared me their blogs and how they post up using the app.

Then I observed in Clarelle’s IPad class they where practicing maths gaps they had found form the JAM assessments they had just completed. Through drawing and writing answers to teachers questions on an EE project.

 Then I got to spend some time with Anne my supervisor working on my Inquiry and effective facilitation and changes I have made to my facilitation over the year and a half. Importance of effective pedagogy, Deprivatizing, Explicit facilitation, Modeling good practice, and Co-facilitating. Wednesday I followed Fiona to Ruapotaka school in an IPad class and across to Tamaki primary. Thursday I got to Observe and chat to Robyn Anderson at Pamure Bridge primary. Looking at her very detailed processes. Great create activities. Acronyms for writing processes. Students shared their learning and blog posts. This was very motivating and inspirational. I got lots of ideas and she also picked my Maths experience. From this, we are meeting in a hangout next week with her senior syndicate to discuss some maths and statistic ideas for year 7 and 8.

Mele’s blog Pbsmelel.blogspot.co.nz
Then Fiona and I met to go over effective pedagogy and Learn, create and share.
4.30pm Thursday afternoon I facilitated my online toolkit.
 Friday I joined the Auckland cohort 2 DFI it was great to learn some more tips on Google keep I love the grab image text tool which can take text off images. Also, lots of good reminders to share with teachers. The good Gmail tips setting up filters and layouts. I then took a group to practice hangouts and sharing screens, turning the mike and video on and off, and leaving messages. This was a good visit to Auckland to get the reassurance of the work I am facilitating up North and the processes and pedagogy I am using is similar to what is happening in Auckland. I also got some good reminders of not forgetting to remind students of some of the basics (control shift V). Photo tools. The visit to experienced teachers class Robyn Andersons, Clarelle and Khismira were great, very beneficial I probably could have spent more time with them.

Deliberate acts of facilitation

What is this? How am I embedding this into my work? Is it working?
Modeling exactly what you would like the teacher to do, actually stopping and making the connections for the teacher. "Where else could you use this strategy?"  How can you use this in your teaching?
Making sure they have noticed and connected to what you are modeling and the importance of it.
This week I used a literacy example from the WOLF Fisher research in relation to the cybersmart curriculum on blogging.

1. Jot down 20 important words from the videos. (could be a reading, book, chapter, picture)
2. Now highlight the 6 MOST important words.
3. Now use those six words, to sum up, the video in a couple of sentences.

The challenge for the teachers was to think we're in their teaching they would use this example. Where would it be relevant? What is the purpose?

Inquiry 2019

For my inquiry this year I was thinking about looking at the best way to differentiate my cyber smart program in schools where I have classes of students that have already worked with me for a year. In 4 of my classes, I have students that have already had a year of cyber smart in 2018 but have a new teacher this year who is a new 1:1 pilot teacher. But there are students also in the classes that are completely new to Chromebooks and the cyber smart curriculum. There is one class all the students have worked with me last year but the teacher is new. I gave these students a google form survey asking there ideas and choices of what areas of the cyber smart curriculum they would like to cover or revisit.
I started off just working with the new students and decided to change to trial a year 1 and year 2 program. As I felt the year 2 students were missing out on good learning time. Having had a good look at the cyber smart curriculum there where many import aspects the students had not covered yet that I could incorporate into a year 2 program. As the students in the year 2 are capable of following instructions, leading their own learning and are very familiar with Chromebooks and google apps it seems to be working OK.

Understanding Area of a Rectangle Conceptually

This is a great use of materials and technology to gain conceptual understanding in Maths.
Visual is Maths has some great ideas and videos. 

Spark Curiosity: What Do You Notice? What Do You Wonder?

Kaikohkohe Cluster day Presentation

Treaty of Waitangi

Kia Ora,
With the Treaty of Waitangi day creeping up on us very quickly and schools starting back shortly I wanted to share some resources.
What a great way to start the year and build relationships and get to know your students.
Also remembering it is part of the key principles of our curriculum.

"The curriculum acknowledges the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi, and the bicultural foundations of Aotearoa New Zealand. All students have the opportunity to acquire knowledge of te reo Māori me ōna tikanga."

The New Zealand Curriculum, p 9

Tiki (Te Kete Ipurangi) has some knowledgeable resources, information, and videos that can be used. 

Treaty 2U from Te Papa

Waitangi Tribunal Resources 

Manata Taonga Ministry for Culture & Heritage

NZ History

Top Teaching Tasks Blog
Interactively explore the document
Treaty of Waitangi Grounds Education resources
National Library 


Get creative with your students writing ebooks, videos, animations, posters, multi-modal sites, drama, or art.

Classroom Climate

Positive, warm, welcoming classroom climate.

Creating positive growth mindsets Carol Dweck.