The art of visual and sensory engagement
The 'deep dive' this morning shared how powerful learning and teaching can be if purposeful, engaging, multi-sensory experiences are woven into classroom learning. This content continued to deepen my understanding of this component of the Manaiakalani kaupapa and pedagogy and the 'hook' that increases engagement and enriches learning and teaching.
The notion that cultural capital generally begins at home in conversations around the dinner table was another interesting point. Equitable access to learning and teaching is more than access to a learning device and WIFI, it is about creating an environment which demystifies both the content, process, and assessment processes and supports rich learning conversations, self-reflection and collaboration for learners of all ages. Creating equity around every learner having access to digital affordances is key.
During the multimodal media session, we viewed a video about the spectacular Liberty's windows in London video. This reminds us of the need to create an enticing 'shop frontage' if you want to attract people to engage. Hooking kids into learning is so key - creating exciting and wizzy ways to engage kids in their learning. The Manaiakalani symbol for this is the hook. Maintaining But this isn't sustainable every day for teachers, however through smart use of digital tools and multimodal design it can be.
Providing multimodal opportunities to engage with the learning and deepen understanding was the focus for the afternoon. Woolf Fisher highlights the importance of focussing on multimodal literacies to extend and deepen learning. At every level, our young people need multimodal literacies. Woolf Fisher Research shows that visible learning and teaching contributes to accelerated learning.
I felt more confident using Google Hangouts on my laptop, as well as mobile phone. This time my laptop camera and microphone both worked without a hitch - yay. Dorothy's session today provided another authentic opportunity for us to gain experience and grow our confidence in using this effective communication tool. In our Google Hangout, Dorothy talked about attaining behavioural engagement through multimodal texts that hook our young people in (includes video, animation, books, visual communications). Cognitive engagement follows behavioural engagement and develops through multitextual, a range of texts at different stages.
I felt more confident using Google Hangouts on my laptop, as well as mobile phone. This time my laptop camera and microphone both worked without a hitch - yay. Dorothy's session today provided another authentic opportunity for us to gain experience and grow our confidence in using this effective communication tool. In our Google Hangout, Dorothy talked about attaining behavioural engagement through multimodal texts that hook our young people in (includes video, animation, books, visual communications). Cognitive engagement follows behavioural engagement and develops through multitextual, a range of texts at different stages.
Today's session increased my knowledge of Google sites and continued my journey of learning how to make my work more visible and practical ways to collaborate more with colleagues and others. From today's session, I have started to set up a Google Site for Connext Trust and will keep working on sharing more of our stories, calendar, images and resources this way.
Amie, Herman & I worked together and explored how to set up a Google site that was multi-modal and multi-textual. The topic was around horticulture and was designed to provide an engaging introduction and learning experience for Y9-10 learners.
Click here to view (it's still a work in progress).
As we end our sixth week of the DFI the real-life application of new knowledge throughout this programme continues to be so useful in a pragmatic way. It provides an excellent stage to learn about the context, build our technical knowledge, and then are hands-on applying this new knowledge in an authentic context and cementing that new learning first-hand. As I referred to after Week One, being in the learning pit myself and experiencing the successes and frustrations first-hand continues to provide a useful lens through which to empathise with how new teachers and learners may be feeling too. Two thirds of the way through and I'm already looking forward to getting back to it after the school holidays.
Thanks, Jo
Thanks, Jo
