20/1/26
Day 1 of the Digital Learning Intensive
Core business doc
Session introduction
Manaiakalani - in the beginning
circa 2026
Manaiakalani is a Hawaiian word which means a constellation of stars that is shaped like a hook. 'Hook from Heaven'.
Started with 7 schools that needed support.
Manaiakalani is about equity for all NZers.
The Why - Equity, Achievement, Hope, and 21st Century Skills.
Ipads yrs 1-3. Chromebooks yrs 4-13. There is a crossover period depending on schools
There has been a huge change in technology since 2026 from bebo and myspace to AI.
2006-2009: using shared devices on dial up. Booking labs etc.
2010: ppl called for more time, access, gear, and professional development. Whānau meetings are at their most powerful when a group of children stand up and show what learning looks like. Then ask the whānau would they like this in all classrooms. They also asked what would parents be able to give to get their student a device. Parents said they'd be willing to give $3.50 (the price of a happy meal) towards that. The parents paid $3.50 a week and paid it off over 3 years. The devices are replacing the penci,l not the book. They started talking about cloud computing which was new. They set up with Andrew, who had just set up Fusion Networks and created a way for the families who lived within the cluster to have internet to the community. The internet wasn't needed at schools after school hours so shared this with families. Manaiakalani was sent a cease and desist to stop so a family member who was a lawyer set up a trust so it was legal and met requirements. They looked at all the cloud options and went with Google as it was the only one that was collaborative. It was also the only free one.
2011 - 2013: roll out to 1:1 devices.
2014: We'd only had laptop devices (netbooks) starting in yr 5. within this last 5 years they had so much tech starting and tried some Samsung tablets, a nameless brand device, and ipads. Ipads ended up being the winner.
~Hāpara was invented for manaiakalani. This was because teachers were receiving 3xmore work from children.~
Teachers worked to make their learning visible.
The whole community was 1:1 devices in 2014.
2015: Other schools with the same equity challenges were asking to join and the Maniakalani network expanded.
Why are we doing this DFI? We did not come to school to teach teachers - Manaiakalani Learner Quote.
Chalk and Talk Session - Google Chrome
There are many browsers to use. We use Google Chrome. Googles own internet browser. Because it is software it needs to be kept up-to-date. It isn't necesarily the best but is great with the full suite and the learners chromebooks use Google Chrome.
Being a signed in member is enormous.
Benefits - Speed, Features, Devices.
Professional Profile - Should have a professional photo and name. With your personal account this doesn't matter quite so much.
CTRL-Command-Space to open up emojis.
Chalk and Talk - Google Drive
Organise your drive
Having a folder for each year. Within that make additional folders.
Permissions - Consider making your top level folder anyone can view (e.g. 2024)
Set sharing permisisons up for access.
You can limit certain folders e.g. assessment. You can limit access. This can only be at folder level not file level.
You can disable options to download, print and copy.
Search or convert docs.
Colour code your folders.
Deep Dive - Google Groups
Base level - like a group email to the members of the group.
You get a set email from google to say you're in the group.
Then you can send an email using the google group.
If you reply to an email from google groups. You can repy using google groups or gmail.
If you reply to one it will default to EVERYONE. So if you want to send it to one person. Make sure you change it to just the one person.
In membership settings you can select a display name.
You can also change how often you want to receive those messages.
You can use labels to group posts and emails.
Why to use Google Groups?
Great to email parents.
Go to google groups. Click create groups.
Chalk and Talk - Summer Learning Journey Research
Having Initials at the start of the doc title it means as the more tabs you have up you can easily identify it.
Command-Shift-V is pasting without formatting.
Creating with Docs
Cybersmart
Kawa of care to be understood and signed.
"If you are in the right place at the right time I will see you..."
Blogging - Tips for blogging
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