Week 32 / Activity 8 - A Change for the Better.

Activity 8: Key change in my professional practice

We are tasked to: 
Create a reflective journal entry in which you reflect on your personal 32 week learning journey and critically evaluate ONE key change in your own professional practice in relation to either any ONE of the themes. Then share your plans/dreams for your future professional development or your future practice.  

For this task I chose to use Rolfe’s model of reflection and... Google Slides! (As per my other posts). 

My final post for Mindlab... at this stage. 
This whakatauki comes to mind... 
"Ehara taku toa, he takitahi, he toa takitini." My success should not be bestowed onto me alone, as it was not individual success but success of a collective.
Thank you to all those who have supported me on this journey.


Week 31 / Activity 7 - Cultural Responsiveness

Activity 7: Indigenous knowledge and cultural responsiveness in my practice

We are tasked to: 
Create a reflective entry to demonstrate your critical understanding of indigenous knowledge and cultural responsiveness. Then, critically evaluate how your practice or your school’s practice has been informed by indigenous knowledge and culturally responsive pedagogy in two areas. I have chosen to evaluate 

For this task I chose to use Rolfe’s model of reflection and... Google Slides! (As per my other posts). 

What are other school's doing to be culturally responsive when looking at Learning Resources and Communications? 

Week 30 / Activity 6 - The Impact of Digital Learning

Activity 6: Contemporary trends in New Zealand or internationally

We are tasked to: Create a reflective entry where first you analyse a trend that is influencing or shaping NZ or international education that is relevant to your practice. Then, critique and evaluate your practice in the context of different audiences (local, national and/or international) and their perspectives. 


For this task I chose to use Rolfe’s model of reflection and... Google Slides! (As per my other posts). 

So here goes... 
This is my take on a 'trend' that is dramatically changing our futures. The impact of digital learning... 
A question prompted by my learning is what are other schools doing to provide equity of device ownership? 
How are we providing a free education when those without are disadvantaged? 


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