Jono's Amazing Professional Blog

What’s on top?  Today is the third time our group has met but the first time all of us have been face-to-face. Nick was missing from our last one; Anousha and I from the first meet in Coromandel. In a recent Staff Only Day at school, I was reminded of the value being connected with the people I work alongside. The relevance in being part of the MIT-22 group this year seeing the genuine level of care and perseverance each of us wants for our kura to become better places of learning.  The office building at KPMG Viaduct is an awesome place to be. In a world very different to our school and classroom settings, it is always an eye-opening experience when you see the spaces other professionals work in. Nice view of the water, yachts and a beautiful sunny day. Lunch and coffee was a bonus - many thanks for hosting us, KPMG!  In today’s hui, we presented the progress of our individual projects to the MIT-22 group and responded to the following questions:  1) What has emerge...

What came out of this meet?  Today's online meeting was an opportunity to listen and contribute to other projects, and discuss our own projects. We have refined our "How Might We" statements and are now starting the design process of our projects.  I am confident in my decision that a Google Site will be my primary platform for creating and presenting my project. I will incorporate some of my learning from last year's Manaiakalani's Digital Fluency Intensive (DFI) and how to make my site presentable and accessible. The site needs to be user-friendly for Y7&8 students, which I believe will make it also accessible for their teachers and parents.  At the moment there are going to be six key areas within my site:  What is algebra? Help Page for Students, Teachers, Parents  Algebra tutorials Algebra levels of achievement  Algebra terminology  Algebra Practise One piece of feedback I received is to focus on creating video tutorials with my focus gro...