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After the initial meeting with Alex to discuss the collaboration of teaching 10TTu for the Human Rights unit of work, I decided to look at my approach to how I would be teaching both of the Year 10 classes this semester.  So, I jotted down some notes to make sense of how things would look different for each class.  

Essentially, the assessment task for DigiTech will look exactly the same, other than 10TTu having their Social Studies teacher, Mr Brown, as their client for the project.  This will enable Alex and I to stipulate specifications within the learning process, that focuses on the unit of work being used to address a social action, and also to align the content of the work with the learning that is happening in Social Studies.

Next steps are to obtain baseline data of both classes, and to investigate a summative assessment opportunity to measure against the baseline data.  This will require working with experts in the English department.
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One of our Social Studies teachers, Alex Brown, and myself, had previously collaborated together on the EMR Collaborative Project early in the year.  With the changeover of our junior students from Semester 2 into Semester 3 subjects for Technology, this presented an opportunity for Alex and I to collaborate on another project with 10TTu.  So, we had an initial meeting to see how we could make this happen.  

Image result for universal declaration of human rights pdf poster

We talked about contexts relevant to the next unit of work for Social Studies; that being Human Rights.  We also discussed how the development of a digital media outcome, could be used to supplement the learning and understanding of the content relating to the context, and the possibility of the outcome also being used to address a social action relating to Human Rights.  And so, we're at the stage of sharing initial ideas and are looking at ways to expand our planning in a collaborative sense, both to engage student learning, and to accelerate achievement across both learning areas.
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I had the opportunity to attend the National Enviroschools Hui.  This included a session delivered by Tai Tokerau facililator, Jacque Knight, about using cross curricular project based learning at the secondary level.


One of the Planning Processes that we undertook, included a collaboration between four different teachers, of three different schools, covering five different learning areas.  Other than myself and my colleague Dorothy, as a collective we were largely unfamiliar with working together.

Our first mission was to discuss and decide on an environmental context within our local area, that impacted the learners within our schools in some way.  We were then given a Planning Process to follow that would enable us to identify Inquiry Questions, Activity Possibilities, Resources, and then Assessment/Curriculum Links.

The Planning Process was very simplistic but very effective for collaborating.  It felt like a very natural way of discussing learning possibilities and then connecting the learning activities to assessment opportunities within specific and specialist learning areas.

I'd like to try this process with the next collaborative project that I'm involved in at school.

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Based on the EMR Collaborative Project - Data Collection and Student Achievement, with two different Year 10 classes, my hypothesis is that collaborative projects accelerates student achievement in secondary school learning environments.  What are the examples, data, and research that supports this theory beyond the EMR Collaborative Project 2019, that is relevant to and connects with learners at Tamaki College?  What have or am I doing differently in my teaching practice to positively impact student achievement?

Participating in PD Opportunities
I have recently and am currently participating in PD opportunities about collaborative and integrated projects that have and are likely to involve Tamaki College learners.  These include:

  • OMG Tech (integrated project with Junior Students at ASDAH Auckland Seventh-day Adventist High School.  Next Step - meet with the convenor Kawana Wallace, alongside Dot, Sheila and Russel for a project for TC
  • National Enviroschools Secondary Hui - To attend with Dot.  Jacque Knight sharing an awesome, implementing cross curricular project based learning at the secondary level.

Collaborative Projects
The following are possible collaborative projects for the remainder of 2019 and beyond:
  • CoLab Global Connections - Next Steps, make contact with schools in the US and Canada
  • EMR Collaborative Project 2019 - Reflect on the collaborative process with staff
  • Projecting ahead to 2020 - EMR Project


The valued learning outcomes I want to improve for my students in this inquiry is:
  • accelerated student achievement, through engagement, experienced through collaborative projects across multiple learning areas.

The changes I am making to my teaching to improve these outcomes are:
  • collaborative planning with colleagues
  • actively participating in EOTC activities organised by other learning areas involved in the collaborative project, and
  • sharing teaching time with another learning area whereby I taught the focus group of students during different subject lesson time eg. during Science lessons

The reasons why I think these changes in my teaching will be effective for learners are:
  • Students will benefit from the changes, which support the learning process to enable integrated projects to be effectively implemented for the students

Implementation of the changes in teaching:
  • I will capture (photos) student work that is a direct consequence of the changed practice.
  • I will also gain student voice to see the impact of the learning activity and/or task associated with the changed practice

Monitoring the effects
  • Pre-test and post-test writing, before and after the collaborative project.  Develop two similar/near identical tests.  Have students analyze the outcome of their tests.
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How to celebrate Matariki at home Me pēhea te whakanui i a Matariki i te kāinga


The presentation in this blog post includes examples of some of the ways in which my whānau celebrates Matariki at home.

This includes different ways of learning and talking about whakapapa, acknowledging tīpuna and sharing ideas about whānau celebrations through vision boards, time spent creating and reflecting on taonga, and Josh blogging about our marae in Te Teko through his school Science project for Strength of Structures.  I'm sure that he would appreciate some feedback and comments on his blog posts. 


How to celebrate Matariki Me pēhea te whakanui i a Matariki

The last slide in the presentation includes links to various Matariki activities that are happening around Auckland this year.




 

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The following is the Press Release of the EMR Project that Tamaki College Year 10 students participated in this year.  The EMR Project was a collaboration between Science, DigiTech (Technology), Social Sciences, and the Experiencing Marine Reserves (EMR) Team, whereby students participated in a range of Marine-orientated activities, undertook a social action, and participated in a competition sponsored by EMR.



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The following are a series of photographs that shows the process that myself and my friend Jo Horgan, went through to make Truffles today in one of our EdTech Workshops today delivered by Carol Heka.

The skills that I learnt in this lesson includes:
  1. the steps to create the truffles
  2. the importance of listening and following instructions, because I rolled my first truffle through the crumbs without any melted chocolate on it ... I should not have done that
  3. that it's okay to not make the perfect truffle ... just because my truffles didn't look like Jo's truffles, my truffles will probably still taste okay

I could use these skills again, if I were to:
  1. follow another recipe being delivered by Carol or another Food Tech teacher or Chef
  2. participate in another workshop that required me to listen carefully to instructions





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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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