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2020 - What a year already!!

3/15/2020

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''Wow, I can not believe we are already in March!! I feel like I have done so much but at the same time done so little!!! With Camp, swimming, a new job role, working alongside teachers, working with new learners as well as every other element of day to day life I am actually looking forward to sitting down to reflect on the journey so far. 

As part of this  blog post I want to record what I want to learn this year and how it links to last year's inquiry. 
How can we teach Reading Strategies and 21st Century Skills through the vehicle of Role Play Gaming? ​
As part of the Manaiakalani Innovative Teacher programme I spent 2019 inquiring into: 
 
     ​'A number of learners do not make expected National Shift.' 


By the end of the year I had developed a bank of resources that I had trialed in my lessons and had gathered an amazing group of teachers who had trialled them successfully in their lessons too. 


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I had also got to the point of how the lessons could be used to engage the learners, through gaming. I had set up a website which I wanted to use as a platform for the learners to use as part of their independent activities to grow their ownerships of their learning when they are not with the teacher. 
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Sooooo that bring us to this year, what have I been doing? What are my next steps?

Since the beginning of the year I have been making sure to take action on what I learnt from last year: 
- I have gathered some baseline data from my learners before starting to implement 
- I have gathered teacher voice before steamrolling ahead with what I think is needed 
- I have created my 'tribe' of adults who are interested in my project as well as have passions that align with what I am trying to achieve

I feel like I have a lot to say about my next steps and wanted to give it it's own post. Find out next!! 


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    Although we do not know what the future holds I feel we have to attempt to understand what qualities and skills will be needed/desired to be successful adults: creative, risk takers who can self regulate and adapt to a changing environment (with confidence or resilience?).  - That's my thoughts anyways. Helping children to accept and understand what  ‘comfortable with being uncomfortable so you are prepared for anything’ means. 

    ​ This inquiry is focussed on determining which teaching practices and scaffolds accelerate a learner's journey from being highly scaffolded to intrinsically motivated to manage and direct their own learning. 
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