2024 Teacher Only Day - Workshop#2 "Creating your Pepeha via iMovie".

This second workshop was lead by Sandy & Latini - how to create your pepeha via iMovie.  link

 This was an informative workshop - we started off with the 'Lalaga' cards, questions that were designed to 'connect' or create talanoa/korero with your learners/colleagues.

However we had an interesting talanoa/korero with our learners who don't know their whakapapa/gafa/genealogy.  Alot of the learners parents aren't aware of their genealogy, an opportunity to ask family who are still present.  

We ran out of time to utilise 'iMovie', however there is a new feature on google slides, to record yourself.  I recorded my Pepeha using my DFI visual pepeha slides.  I had to change my pepeha and include both my parents details.  As I'm Samoan, we don't have associations of river and mountains, but we have 'villages' that our parents have been raised.  I didn't include it in this recording - but will definitely include this in the next one.

Rarotonga - Cultural responsiveness practice

From this trip, it took me back to a workshop we attended with our guest speaker Dr Rae Siilata. She uses the Va'atele framework (or double hulled canoe) as a metaphor for our leaners experiences navigating through the NZ school system. 

 As professionals, from a cultural responsiveness lense, was to be aware of our own and our learners cultural identity and views. Throughout our trip, observing the learners using storytelling, humour, arts, drama, singing, onhands learning (gardening), mindful of sustainability & environment. 

 Within the MIT cohort, our teachers practice cultural responsiveness with ease - key things that were reinforced on our trip, relationships, learners prior knowledge, learning contextual, space, each learner has a story to share and collaboration.