On Monday 13th June I attended the Manaiakalani 'Create' Staff Meeting. The purpose of the meeting was for staff to share and engage with a range of creative ideas that make links between effective teaching in literacy and numeracy and The Arts side of the New Zealand Curriculum.
I attended two workshops: Literacy Mind Maps and 'Create' with Photography.
The learning I took from these workshops mainly revolved around helping students take risks with their learning in non-bookish and non-traditional ways. These learning experiences helped me see the value in casting the 'authentic learning experience net' out wider and further for our ākonga, in order to capture and engage more of the minds that I currently teach. I intend to put some of what I observed into practise through taking lessons that use the photographic functions of the iPad and get students using the dusty newsprint laying on the art shelf!
I am excited to see what potential outcomes I can achieve with my class, particularly through the lens of photography with iPads.
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