A Professional e-Learning Approach to Working with Māori and Pasifika Students

Breakout 6, uLearn 2012
Janelle Riki, Moana Timoko, Anaru White and Togi Lemanu

Blended learning -

• How the technologies and face to face learning are blended.  
• Different spaces
• No time constraints
• Rich range of media.

YouTube for schools

YouTube for teachers.

Skype in the classroom - I want to contact an expert in...

Traditional Maori Learning

• Roles and responsibilities. 
• Talents and potential spotted early and nurtured. 
• Assessment happened as part of the learning.
• Context relevance.
• Failure - seen as part of the learning.  Not ready to move on, lets start learning.
• All roles seen as important.
• Te Reo - oral language
• Chief aim was to make children "bold, brave and independent"
• Observation
• Participation
• Audience who had a vested interest, and with whom they have a close relationship with you.

Collectively we have to stand up and say we have to do something about our failing students

Engage them and inspire them, and they will do well.

BROfessional approach

• B Blending
• implies something has to be done
• blend of approaches, strategies, the good stuff
• R  Relationships
• people have to be receptive
• links
• O  Open
• open to ideas
• removing barriers
• give it all!
• opens avenues
• access to knowledge
• who they are, what they come with
• sharing about yourself

Te Mangōroa Discussion post - online one stop shop

Pasifika Learners - Relationships - People, Time, Nature

• get to know the students and their families.
• take time to get to know the cultures contexts.
• make the families feel welcome - multicultural signage, ...
• Connections and Conversations, Making Links for Learning - DVD

Relationships with families and students is most important!

What are Māori students good at?

• Sports and PE
• Arts - visual, drama, music
• Kapahaka - (rote learning)

• Think about what they are good at and use/encourage it.

Digistore !!!

• digistore.tki.org.nz/ec/p/home
• digistore.wikispaces.com
• digital images, sound files, video files
• our history, our country, our time

Alternative to pen to paper

• Track changes - on pages
• Natural reader
• + 2 new ones
• Etherpad
• Literacy learning progressions

Online tools and websites

• Wall wisher
• Storybird
• Vocaroo
• Animoto
• Software for learning
• Te Mangōroa
• Wicked
• Kōrero Māori

iPad Apps

• ibook author
• Sock puppets
• Hika
• Te Reo Dictionary online
• E-Wai
• Te Pataka pukapuka
• Kaitiaki