Google Summit Learning Story- August 2015

Learners:  Aleena, Kavisha & Jessica                          Learning Coach: DWilkes

Learning Area: Technology and KCs                            Date: Aug 12, 2015

Learning Observed

Aleena, Kavisha and Jessica made us all proud when they represented us at the first ever Student Google Summit on Aug 12 at Hobsonville Point Primary School.  They were joined by hundreds of other learners from around Auckland and facilitated and participated in some exciting workshops about learning with digital technologies.  There was a lot of work leading up to this day.  First the girls met with Ms Wilkes to express their interest, brainstorm what they could present and then write and submit their pitch to the GEGNZ.  They demonstrated passion, commitment and skills while meeting their deadline.  This was their pitch: Using Google Sites for our Learning Pathways We are going to be presenting our Learning Pathways. Our learning pathways are in Google Sites. Every learner at OrmPS has a Learning Pathway, even all of our Learning Coaches. We like using Google sites because it has some features that some site makers don't for example: In Google sites you can edit the background on the site so that it won't be all blank, we can embed docs and other online artefacts, put in pictures, link out to our learning, share with our learning coaches and families and so much more! Come and learn with us on our learning pathways journey. They were of course successful and were added to the programme.  They then had to create their presentation and including a fun kahoot game as well.  The learners decided it would be great if they could practice their workshops the day before to iron out any crinkles and so they were able to facilitate their workshops for the rest of the habitat.  Amidst technical difficulties they persevered and responded to feedback making some small changes to improve their presentation.  On the big day the girls demonstrated confidence and resilience when many devices couldn’t access the internet.  We were very proud of the way they solved problems, remained calm, positive and supported the participants.  Way to go Aleena, Kaivsha and Jessica!

Evidence of learning

Trial run of workshop with LH1 learners = success! Aleena, Kavisha & Jessica intro Learning Pathways   OrmPS Girls working the crowd!     Kavisha & Aleena with Peanut             The OrmPS Crew at the end of Google Summit

Key Competencies/Vision Principles

Jessica, Kavisha and Aleena showed they could relate well with others both in their collaborative effort in creating and facilitating their presentation and in responding to feedback.  They participated and contributed, managing themselves in 3 other sessions on the day and took their learning back to OrmPS to share with others.  They showed curiosity in the google cardboard session and made connections to prior knowledge.  They were capable at solving problems when there were technical difficulties and constantly collaborated to maximise their own learning and that of others.

Next Learning Steps

start thinking about their presentation for next year write a blog post about their experience teach family members some new skills/tricks they learned