Getting digital savvy - struggle is real 👀

Google class sites, google docs, google extensions, google classrooms, screencastify & blogging to name a few!!!! These cool tools have become my bestest friends during this lockdown (they were before) but much more appreciated since we went into Lockdown.  Even now the saying 'work in progress' is real.  So with the many digital PLD opportunities that I have attended I still need to refresh, remind and review what I am doing over and over and over again, for example - changing the access when sharing videos for others to see - the excitement was high when uploading the video, until you get that dreaded email 'jenny is requesting access' 😕 a few times I have received these emails (most recent yesterday) or my wonderful students airing out their teachers laundry 'Miss I cant access the doc 👀'.
I made these videos (image only below) for my students (and parents) to be able to navigate our class site during the lockdown.  So confident until..........you know what comes next 😯.  Until next time I will be vigilant and check check check.  #Screencastify #free

Customizing Fun

Day 5 of Level 3 lockdown and I though I would share my excitement in customising my Blog Page👌 and it was supercool & fun to take it from semi bland to a great representation of my personality and character - bold, bright and bubbly 👅.  Here's a snippet - absolutely in love with all the customising options.  Pop in and check out my new look and drop a comment while your here. #Windsor

Well - 1st week of Level 3 lockdown, done and dusted and I survived although it was a very short week.  Got to hangout with my awesome class where we focussed on navigating through our class site so that we were all on the same page and each member knew where to go to access their learning.  I created 4 videos using sreencastify (this was because its the free version 5minutes max) 'gummon screencastify' 😌 still greatful to SCREENCASTIFY.

Another great catch up with my students and always looking forward to the next hangout - awesome to have other teachers join our hangouts.  Each hangout comes with a different narrative from my students - whether it relates to boredom/younger siblings/missing friends or just an outlet to reset I have learnt so much about them and myself during this whole lockdown/online distant learning experience - even better no one has had to use their WITS and no WALL OF OPPORTUNITIES have happened (we must do doing something right Rm 2)

 One of the really cool foci in our planning this week is to learn some NZSL. So that challenge has been set by next Fridays hangout each student will sign their first and last name using NZSL - so watch this space. Enjoy the weekend...........Oh yeah shot to the winning house this week.

Tik Tok Challenge

Pinch and a Punch for the first of the month - Hey Hey TGIF 👀👀👀.  So lockdown mode is going great even though I miss my class and my students - we are rolling along as best we can in our bubbles.  Not sure about you but the craze or thang at the moment to be doing is TIK TOK 👅  so one of Rm 2's PB4L challenges was to create a TIK TOK video of themselves or with family members - here is my super brave students who sent in their videos.  Not forgetting the teachers were also challenged to do the same (you will find our video up on our school facebook site 😅 (I invite you to go onto our facebook school page watch our video and chuck us a like 😊 please 😩.  Because I could some shannigan videos were also created under lockdown (some undercover) 😳 featuring me and Mr Haioti - the day of creating my videos was when I discovered PhotoBooth has special effects (I know WIP is ongoing for me). But all in all enjoy and have a laugh - lots of bravery has gone into posting these.......Take care until next post 😎

Lockdown Norm in the Haioti Bubble

Fakalofa atu everyone,

Hope we are all well despite the circumstances we are currently experiencing.  Special shout out to all our Wesley Intermediate students and their families during this time especially my wonderful students in the bestest class 'Room 2'.

Now term 2 has started we have kicked off with a 'SONIC BOOM' in Rm 2 virtually using Google Hangouts (1 of many pics of our hangout sessions).  Bit wibbly wobbly to start with trying to join a class or just even finding the link 

(all thanks must go to the teacher of Rm 2 who forgot to share the link 👀 )

After watching a few support videos (thank you FB teachers page) we got there in the end and now both teacher and students are Pro-freshional in the Google Hangout business. 

Not only have I had the enjoyment of hanging out with a swagg bunch of students - teachers get to Hangout too (over a fizzy bubbly) 😬  we have had Team meetings, TOD and the favourable 'HAPPY HOUR FRIDAYS' connecting with other staff.  Challenges for those vital house points are a fave & rave so house challenges are a must!!! We fight hard **literally** for our house points 😃

School has also started this week on Wednesday and so greatful to our SLT for holding down the fort at school with 5 of our students in attendance - so thats 1 bubble currently active at Wesley Intermediate. Shout out to Miss Siaoloa and Mr Tafea for keeping the team updated on the fun they are all having in their school bubble: photos are from today (Friday 1st of May) students enjoying a nice hot meal during break time - please note the 1metre distancing happening, woop woop!!!! Well thats it from me for now - take care in your bubbles until next post.  Koe kia 👌