Hurō, Hurō! He rā ma ngā mahi Rīpanga Kūkara! He pūkenga o aku Māhere!
Dealing with data! Something of which I enjoy especially when using ‘google sheets’ – what a day it will be.
Dealing with data can often be onerous if you are unsure of what you are collecting data for, so what skills are needed to help workflow become more effective or to give you the confidence to teach our students the skills of how to use ‘Google Sheets’ and ‘My Maps’. The contexts of how we use these tools is very important and the time to share ideas in a safe space and ask questions is pivotal.
Using google sheets daily, has given me knowledge with how to use these tools with confidence, but today I learned new ‘tidbits’ which can help me save more time refining my practise. Yes, just add it to my kete and practise! I am grateful for that.
My maps and the learning around that reminded me of the work I put into teaching our students about ‘Our School Pepehā using Google Earth’ and the time we spent with ‘Thinglink’, both fantastic tools but knowing they have ‘My Maps’ will make their learning more accessible because they can do this in google. Tick! Its a winning formula.
The Beginning of Google Sheets Analysis
My takeaways this week:
- Tohatoha – How are we sharing our learning? Who is our audience? Context
- Google Forms/Sheets – Really pivotal with our current statistical investigations
- My Maps – Perhaps to help embrace our place in our community and to identify a sense of belonging.
Finally, I refer back to my comment above, ‘the time to share ideas in a safe space and ask questions is pivotal’. As a person who does not like to ask for help, I was reminded today of a need to ask questions for clarity, for understanding and to ask for support when needed. Our school values lead with Rangatiratanga, Whanaungatanga, Manaakitanga and Kaitiakitanga, all of which invoke our ‘Learn, Create and Share pedagogy’. I learned from Mele’s video today, I learned from Marko last week and I definitely learned resilience by watching some of our ākonga struggle this week with the use of chromebooks, but the messages they share are unique, they share fun, they share their ups and their downs; so it is their resilience and bravery for asking those questions to clarify, understand and to ask for support which I acknowledge here today as my final takeaway. Ngā mihi maioha ki a koe, Makaore.