Dealing with Data Day 4

 Today we focused on the tradition of sharing and how sharing in an online context is not in competition with the sharing in person - be it assemblies, with the principal or when family come to visit in the classroom.  All offer rich opportunities for connecting and validating the child's learning experience.  

In our possible return to level 3 for the rest of the country and joining Auckland - it is timely that all our opportunities are available to us.  Extremely pertinent to me was because my family are self isolating awaiting covid test results for my partner who has the 'flu.  When level 2 was announced on Tuesday night, we had just returned home from a face to face school interview.  The next day I was at home and advised that I would conduct online interviews for my class the next day and as I was at home I could do so.  The process went very well and a colleague's students even made slides of the now abandoned School Art Exhibition in the hall, to share with the school community.  

Today, somewhat tired from my last interview finishing last night at 8pm, I learned how to use forms, maps and sheets.  Below is the sheet I used and information I took to a slide to upload, analysing Tara's blog statistics.  Though my students don't currently have a blog this is a useful process for me to learn professionally.  

I could certainly use maps as an interesting ways on our upcoming trip into Wellington - in mathematics - looking at distances but also at venues we will visit etc.  This could be shared with parents/caregivers on Seesaw...

We are all interested in seeing how the decisions roll this evening but feel if there is a need to return to using our Seesaw platform for learning and are faced with more time learning from home, that will possibly allow me more opportunities to use and experiment with these tools.  Silver linings I guess!