I am a facilitator working in the Manaiakalani Outreach Programme in Tairāwhiti, New Zealand.
In 2018 I have been working in 9 schools in Gisborne providing a programme of in-class support for 18 pilot teachers. Before joining the Manaiakalani team, I had been a long-serving staff member of Awapuni School.
What excites me about the Manaiakalani programme goes back to what I saw when I visited Pt England School many years ago. Russel and Dorothy Burt had by then clustered some local schools together and were leading the way by using the Learn Create Share pedagogy and building partnerships with whānau to access devices for their children.
Since then I have used the affordances of digital technologies to break down barriers to learning, engage ākonga, motivate and sustain motivation, offer choices and allow learners to work at their own pace. The use of digital technologies brings meaning to collaboration, connecting, critical thinking and communicating.
Seeing the growing confidence of teachers and students this year in using devices to Learn Create and Share is the best part of the job. The creativity that is shared on blogs is exciting and viewable by a global audience.
"Tech gives the quietest student a voice"
Jerry Blumengarten
@cybraryman1
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