Day 9: External Recognition

 

Dorothy discussed the Manaiakalani alumni programme. She talked about visible teaching as Inquiry and continuing to document in our blogs and share what we're learning and doing. My goals relating to the Manaiakalani program are to continue with blogging, embed blog posts in my appraisal and comment on as many blogs as I can (including student blogs). I would like to keep in contact with the group I met online - I hope we didn't drive Kerry too nuts with our questions!

The Exam:
I had some issues with beginning the Google Level 1 exam (ticking the invisible terms and conditions boxes to be able to start) but then completed it within 45 minutes and having 3 questions to go back and review. The dragging and dropping of multi-choice answers was tricky (and slow) but I am glad to say I've survived it and so did the wifi connection.

I have made great progress and gained so much confidence with using all things Google from completing the DFI course. The highlights for me were defnitely creating a class site with google sites, Hāpara Hot tips and Makaore's sense of humour! I am extremely thankful to Kerry who was onsite at school every Monday to help me with troubleshooting and creating DLOs for my classes.

Short term goals: I have signed up to do the Hāpara Champion Educator course on 27 January. This gives me some much needed work to revise over the coming holidays (haha). I would also like to work towards my Google Level 2 certification.

This has been a really enjoyable (and sometimes, tiring!) course!