**Updated 11/12/15: Click on comment button below to see student mana’o!
As you might already know, students were asked to record a conversation on the topic “Is Education Important?” Students worked hard to create follow up questions and practice their conversation & communication skills in preparation to interview a family member.
We live in a technological age and our 5th graders have never experienced a world not filled w/tech and tech tools. They are digital natives and therefore, feel very at home with clicking, with apps, with instant feedback,etc…but, I also want them to feel at home with having to intently listen without visual interference, to have a conversation, & to be able to interact w/others. According to Dr. Steiner-Adair, we need to intentionally unplug!
This assignment makes concrete cultural connections with the WEO standards, integrates technology in a minimal way (just for recording-since we do not have tape recorders anymore), promotes listening skills & it also strengthens ties between student, ohana, & school by allowing a look at our work together. Students are working on a project to help self-reflect on the importance of listening that will help to solidify the above. Click on the link below to hear the great student conversations, Hawaiian style…”looking to the source to learn!”
Students learning how to use the voice recorder app in class with Miss Galang. Mahalo for sharing #TheGreatListen tweet w/us @5BFish!
Haumåna, Please post a comment on the following:
1)The mana’o nui from your conversation with your ohana
2)Your thoughts on this assignment…an “aha” moment
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