Reflection 1
Today I put myself right out of my comfort zone by attending the first week of the DFI course run by Manaiakalani. Although at times I found it difficult I was put at ease by the friendliness, helpfulness and understanding of our 'bubble leader' Jacob. I liken the patience and guidance to how I am in my akomanga with my tamariki. To be given the tools to succeed is what I understand the manaiakalani pedagogy to align to. Equity for our tamariki goes a long way to increasing the wellbeing and confidence we need to give, and show our tamariki that we teach, as I believe giving them that understanding gives them the space to learn. This course is going to help my own confidence so that I can pass that on to my students.
Being able to navigate my way around some basic tools on google will help me to be able to plan better learn, create, share opportunities in my akomanga and watch the tamariki have fun while they are learning. Being able to quide my students through making even a simple poster with links is going to be an asset to our kaupapa topic this term. I'll be able to get them to create documents to showcase their learning and share them with the other kaiako. For myself, the simplest tip today and the best was colour coding of the files to help identify files quickly. My drive is fairly tidy but this tip was awesome and something I didn't realize I could do, so thanks so much for that. On and end note, even though I had some anxiety wobbles, I am leaving the course today looking forward to next weeks learning, so that's a win!
