Preparing for the Wānanga

Time is upon us, unfortunately, this weekend we were due to go to Cook Island but due to travel restrictions, this is not happening. As I sit here feeling cold I am slightly disappointed to not be in a warmer climate. However, I am glad we are all safe.

I am however getting ready for the main presentation of my MIT project that will be given to numerous principals and Manaiakalani Trust members. 20 slides that will go into a Pecha Kucha, which will make the slides ticket over every 20 seconds, so a total of 7 minutes I will be presenting. It doesn't sound long, especially when I stood in front of the staff recently and did professional development on sign language for 30 minutes (although that was partly hands-on). Not nervous, not nervous. Have I convinced you yet?

Here is what I have started with which developed into ... now to put together the slides and practise what I want to say (which will be in the speaker notes).

 

I am so grateful that we have had to keep this record of what we have done, as for this task I referred back to the posts I have created to help identify my original thinking and the revisit the process we have gone through.

MIT @ KPMG for the Next 'SCARY' Steps

Today we made it to KMPG, it was the first time there due to all the uncertainty that has occurred through the initial nine months of 2020. The first section was great, looking at what everyone has created. (There are some exciting digital tools that the MIT teachers have made.)

One I have already started to use (that is not my own) for reading as I have groups at Purple and Gold or reading ages of 7.5 years and 8 years. The fact I don't have to think about making questions using the different types (literal, re-organisation, evaluation, reaction, inferential and vocabulary) means I can focus on helping the students all thanks to Sarah. Click on the title to check it out. I have even shared with some of our teachers.

My next steps are to continue adding resources to the site and prepare the slides for the presentation to Principals. Nerve-racking.

We had fun during the day catching up and enjoyed great hospitality and food at KPMG. We were all keeping safe using masks as we move around Auckland.