How have I positively changed my practice during my postgraduate journey?
My reflections are organised and presented via the Gibbs’ Model of Reflection around Personalised Learning (Theme 1) “Ahakoa he iti, he pounamu - however small the steps may be, consider it precious/a valuable learning experience” What happened? I started this Mindlab journey more to support my rumaki reo kaiako colleagues. We had aspirations of becoming great technical users of a range of digital tools and resources to integrate into our classrooms with our akonga. We thought we would be able to do great things!! Reality set in - that this was not actually going to be a simple ‘fill my glass’ course and that I would be tested beyond what I thought I was capable of doing. It is probably fair to say, that I have experienced great lows in doubting my abilities to persevere and continue with the course (even now) and I have experienced some joy that has shone light at the end of my tunnel - and this is what my reflective log will now chart. What was I thinkin...