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Here's an example of Hybrid Teaching and Learning in our Hybrid Timetable that involves a couple of Year 12 DGT students undertaking tasks onsite in the classroom, while a few of the Year 13 DGT students are undertaking tasks online from home.

A scenario that I've developed for the students is to complete tasks onsite at school within the VS Code - Code editing software on the classroom workstations, and transferring that code into the Neocities online web development application, so that they can continue working on their web development tasks from home.  This requires the students always ensuring that the codes in their Neocities sites is up to date.  However, it also allows the students to develop their technical skills in the more complex, industry standard Code editing software when they are in the classroom.

So, the hybrid teaching and learning methods in these contexts includes:
  • Online learning for students logging in from home and in the classroom (coding in Neocities) - Online learning is learning that is accessed by the learner via the internet, whether remotely or onsite at school
  • Remote learning for students logging in from home (coding in Neocities) - Remote learning is learning that takes place away from school, whether via the internet or paper based
  • Face-to-face learning for students logging in from home in the Google Meet, as well as students in the classroom (coding in Neocities) - Face-to-face learning is learning that takes place with the teacher, whether online or in person
  • Onsite learning for students in the classroom (coding in VS Code and also Neocities) - Onsite learning is learning that happens at school
The importance of setting up this approach for learners, of using complex software onsite in the classroom, and also software that is available online, is that the learning can continue for the learners regardless of whether they are learning from home, or learning onsite at school.  As long as the students have devices and internet access, the learning journey continues.

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The following is Student Voice that I obtained from students in my 11DGT Class about the Hybrid strategy that I applied recording a series of Google Meet Recordings in the previous lesson, which you can read about in the link below. 

Hybrid Teaching and Learning | Take 01

Whilst the feedback is from the students were In-Class Onsite, it is still useful to learn the value that these students placed on the Hybrid Teaching Strategy using Google Meet Recordings, and also, that the students could see the benefit of the Hybrid Teaching Strategy to their own learning journey.

Also interesting to read how other schools across the globe are approaching the use of Hybrid Teaching Models with their learners Personalizing Learning through a Hybrid Model.


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I've been thinking of ways to teach my students who are in front of me in the classroom, as well as enabling my learners to access the learning instructions either in real time from home, or as a rewindable resource to refer back to.

In order to ensure that I am engaging with the learners in front of me, while recording snippets of learning in Google Meets throughout the lesson, I changed the angle of my desk to be side on to the students in class.

I recorded four Google Meets during the course of the lesson with my NCEA Level 1 DGT Class.  Each Google Meet addressed a different purpose in the teaching and learning process.

Meet Recording 01 - Instructions at the beginning of the lesson

The first recording is an example of what I had intended prior to the lesson.  That being, that I would record the first 5+ minutes of the lesson instructions, which would then be available to students working offsite and online.  



Meet Recording 02 - Instructions on accessing the learning videos in LearnCoach

The second recording was a refresher of how to access the learning videos in LearnCoach, for students who may not have enrolled into the LearnCoach course yet.



Meet Recording 03 - Responding to a query on capturing evidence of student work

The third recording, was when I decided to record an interaction between myself and one of the students, in order to respond to her query around capturing evidence for her work.  This wasn't initially what I had intended in terms of recording the Google Meets while in class.  However, it made perfect sense to capture the teaching and learning, both for the student who asked the question, as well as other students who may also want to know the answer to the same question.



Meet Recording 04 - Responding to a query on accessing the software application

The last recording for the session, was to assist students on how to access the software application required for this unit of work.



The following are a couple of photos of the setup to enable me to record myself in the Google Meets, and still face my learners sitting in front of me in the classroom.




Next Steps

It would be useful to get student voice and feedback of students in the classroom, as well as students who were absent from school today.  I'm interested to know how the students in the classroom were impacted by what I was doing as a teaching strategy to address the learning needs of those onsite and at home.  I'm also interested to know how the students at home, feel about the Meet recordings, and whether these are sufficient to progress the learning that they missed in class today.


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The following is a screencastify on a quick task that I've set with my learners, so that I know, that 'they' know, how to access their learning on my site.

This was a timely reminder for learners to know how to access their learning, while they are in the classroom, as well as when they are offsite including during lockdowns.  It is also an extremely useful for students who are new to my subject and are completely new to Tamaki College.


Accessing work in DigiTech



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Year 7 to Year 13 Learners

Covid19 flipped our world upside down.  When we went into Lockdown, it meant that teaching and learning would have to take place remotely.  This meant that Technology Subject Sites needed to be up to specification for Students to access the learning while off site.  Within a very short time frame, the Tech sites were transformed to be vibrant, accessible, visible and moving towards being consistent.

Technology Department Class Websites

Everyone in one week was successfully using calendar posts with instructions, links, and hangout meets in their calendar posts.  This is how, Ozzie, Lyle, Meryl, and Anita all managed to enter Carol's classroom.  It was via a calendar event in her site which is completely visible, and then they attended Carol's cooking class.


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Developing Decision Making Skills

My hunch is that students using Calendars within Subject Sites to access learning, is helping learners to develop decision making skills.  

If decision making is scaffolded up to enable students to make choices, in this case, navigating steps to access learning eg. Site > Year Level > Calendar > Instructions, this enables learners to have the opportunity to understand how and why content has been set out in the way that it has.  

For example:

Q: Why would a learner have to click on Year Level?
A: Oh, because it is relevant to the Year Level that they're in for a particular year at school.  That will change from one year to the next until they leave high school

Q: Why would a learner have to click on a Calendar?

A: The calendar includes times that align with the number of periods in a day.  So long as the calendar includes calendar events for each lesson, the student will be able to access the learning for a particular lesson within a specific subject, that took place on a particular day.  This can assist with absenteeism, lateness etc.

Q: Why would you find Instructions within Calendar events, and how is this useful?

A: Pretty much the same as the previous answer.  So long as the calendar includes calendar events for each lesson, the student will be able to access the learning for a particular lesson within a specific subject, that took place on a particular day.  This can assist with absenteeism, lateness etc.  The other thing to mention is that links can be included in the instructions that will direct learners to particular parts of the Subject Site, another site, or any resource that is available online and is intended to assist in the learning process


Year 7 and 8 Learners

It has been a couple of years since I have taught Year 7 and 8 Technology myself.  However, I dug up through my archives some examples of how far back Year 7 and 8 students have been receiving lesson instructions from myself using Calendar invites, as well as using their email accounts to share or access work.
The screenshots from 2012/2013 and the adhoc/on-the-spot video that I captured in 2016 shows how familiar Year 7 and 8 learners are with instructions via calendars and email, once the process had been introduced to the learners and they became familiar with the process of accessing their learning in this way.
The following link is an video example of Year 8 Students from Glenbrae Students in 2016, explaining how they are accessing learning through the use of calendars, sites, and tracking sheets.  

The video demonstrates how empowered the learners were in terms of knowledge about their learning, accessing their learning, and having knowledge about how to access up to date feedback on where they were at in their learning journey. Not only where they were at, but also, how that enabled the learners to make decisions about how to progress with their learning.

VTaL Student Voice - Visible Teaching and Learning for Year 8 Students

I have examples in my Calendar from 2012 of learners from Tamaki Primary and Glen Innes School, of using Calendars to access learning.
I have examples in my Calendar from 2013 of learners from Ruapotaka School, St Pius X School, Panmure Bridge School, Glenbrae School, of using Calendars to access learning.



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Begin to collect evidence and data  and come to the next session ready to share your preliminary findings about the nature and extent of the student challenge i.e. using your baseline student data and evidence

My target group of learners for my Inquiry 2020 will be my Year 11 NCEA Level 1 class. I intend inquiring into the process of using the LearnCoach online programs (content) and VTaL Visible Teaching and Learning (workflow) to accelerate student achievement for Tamaki College students undertaking courses in Digital Technologies NCEA Levels 1, 2 and 3.



Evidence from Teaching Strategies

The following is a slide deck of teaching strategies that I applied with those in my target who attended class online in a particular lesson last week.  I have gained feedback in a hangout session with Technology teachers about the strategies that I applied to that session.  I need to reflect back on the feedback, and that particular teaching segment, to help identify preliminary findings about the nature and extent of the student challenge.





Evidence from Kamar


In order to track the formative feedback of where each of our learners is tracking 'within' standards, I have established a DGT - Student Standard Data Update 2020 Sheet.  The sheet includes information about the learner including gender, ethnicity etc.  It often enables me to conduct discussions with students relating to career interests and pathways, as well as where they have come from if they are new to the school.  The sheet shows the standards that a student is entered into.  The main difference being that colour codes can be applied to the sheet to indicate which standard is being work on, and where about in the standard that the student is at.











EDIT: During the lockdown period, I had planned an activity for my Year 11 students, to comment on how they felt about me inquiring into their learning.  The activity involved the students reading through the above blog post, and answering the following question, and publish the response as a blog comment.

How do you feel, as a learner, that I am inquiring into your class, to help you and your class to achieve?

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Kia ora! I am the Head of Technology at Tāmaki College and also teach Digital Technologies.


My target group of learners for my Inquiry 2021 will be my Year 12 NCEA Level 2 class. This group of learners were my target group from my 2020 Inquiry. I would like to inquire into whether Academic Writing exemplars specific to Digital Technologies, in conjunction with the 'Explanation Writing' classroom display resources for Digital Technologies, based on SOLO taxonomy, could accelerate achievement in literacy in my subject.


My target group of learners for my Inquiry 2020 were my Year 11 NCEA Level 1 class. I inquired into the process of using the LearnCoach online programs (content) and VTaL Visible Teaching and Learning (workflow) to accelerate student achievement for Tamaki College students undertaking courses in Digital Technologies NCEA Levels 1, 2 and 3.


In 2019, my inquiry is to maximise pedagogical practices (relating to integrated education, and collaborative teaching and learning), to effectively shift student achievement, supported by digital platforms connected to visible teaching and learning.


My Inquiry in 2018, was to develop a VTaL Purpose-Built Innovative Tool, to enable all elements of the VTaL Framework to be accessible to teachers, in order to accelerate student achievement.


In 2017, my inquiry was based on raising student achievement and shifting teacher practice around effective pedagogical practices including Learn, Create and Share. This will be achieved through the development, implementation and monitoring of the Visible Teaching and Learning Framework.

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