Ngā Matapakinga | Discussion

I've just been doing some research lately for a Digital Technologies workshop on telling localised stories and have enjoyed creating my own story in Tour Builder by adding photos and videos. But I'm super impressed with  Google Earth 3D the updates are spectacular - check these videos out...the potential is huge.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KtwMRedAbc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XcLcF-huCo

Imagine using this tool to tell stories about our ancestors in te reo Māori?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6pcznVAFWw

Where will your local stories take you? 

As we are about to enter in Term 3 of 2020, I wonder what schools have done differently around reporting to parents/whānau? 

I have read online through different social media platforms there has been some differences, but largely I am still reading comments about the time teachers still had to put in to create the 'mid year' report. 

I have just spent 2 days being immersed in the NPDL Deep Learning Lab conference. I loved hearing the conversations and stories of teachers globally that attended this conference the opportunity to do things differently (what are those silver-linings we can take away and move forward with?). 

Has your school done things differently around reporting in real time to parents, whānau and students? What are you using to connect with students, parents/whānau to have learning conversations around progress and achievement? Were there any differences in what you reported on?

I would live to hear your examples.

Hit the ground running

Welcoming space, but can't touch

How to slow down time

What we are looking at is what we should keep, leave and improve on after this shift in learning. How can we support each other not to fall straight back into the manic rush that is teacher life?

Over in another land of online conversation and contemplation, there's a growing pool of reflection and whakaaro around what we can takeaway from COVID-19 and keep, tweak, lose or improve going forward @ Covid-19 Lessons learned going forward. A big huge thank you to @markmaddren for sharing your blog connections as well.

Image source:  Covid Image by FrankundFrei from Pixabay

Very helpful things to remember/consider. Thanks :-)

@Tessagray. Talking to yourself in a compassionate way is actually really good for you. 

Thanks Kath - a really helpful questions and for me also being ok if the "what do I need right now" is not your norm or is out of the box.

I came across this visual which I like as well.

Breathing Breaks