Migrating My Professional Blog: Keeping the Journey Going

One of the biggest takeaways from DFI, RPI, or MPI is building the habit of professional reflection through blogging. But what happens when the programme ends?

So Vicki shared a ‘how to’ step-by-step, which we could basically go away and do.

“Good news,” Vicki says. Coincidentally, Tanya and I were talking about this only a week prior to this. I learned that I can easily migrate my existing content from Edublogs to WordPress (or another platform) so I can continue to share, reflect, and grow as a kaiako.

Here’s a simple step-by-step guide I’ve found helpful:
ScribeHow: Migrating your Professional Edublog to WordPress

It may look straightforward, but like many digital tasks, it’s easy to put off. Take a few minutes, follow the steps, and I’ll have a professional blog space that stays with me no matter where I go.

Why keep blogging?

    • To reflect on your practice and notice growth.

    • To share your toolkit, ideas, and successes with colleagues.

    • To contribute to our wider teaching whānau across Aotearoa and beyond.

AI for Education

Dr Craig Hansen: Kerry Boyde-Preece

Summary of PLD:  (Manaiakalani Site: Secondary Connect)

Craig has created a short video that steps you through how to use and access the curriculum based AI program, TeachAID.  This platform developed in Canada integrates the New Zealand (2007) Curriculum through to NCEA levels.  

Craig shared with us how AI can revolutionise teachers’ practice in a variety of ways.  He explained the differences between curriculum and pedagogy-driven platforms versus productivity platforms.  Craig suggested that understanding the purpose of each platform is crucial for their effective use in educational contexts.

AI tools like BriskMagic School, Diffit, ChatGPT, Eduaide.AI and TeachAid are valuable tools to add to your kete.  

Eventually, there are a lot of prompts you might want to do:
Three-step guide for effectively prompting AI tools:
  • The Ps of AI (slide 1)  conversation with Chat GPT – when you have alot of information ask it to organise it into a structured Data Table or a structured text table
  • Fink’s Curriculum

If we want to purchase, we can use the codes below:
AI Tools on slide 8 – link to website
Educaide.Ai – coupon area: type Hansen (productivity tool)
TeachAid – Curriculum /Pedagogical tool