How has technology changed the way we learn?

In the olden days children use to sit in rows and look up at the blackboard. They used slates to do their work but when they had finished they would rub it out. Today technology has changed where there are laptops were you can use your google drive to be able to look back at your work.

As technology got better the children started sitting in groups of four. There were listening posts so they could hear stories and tv’s would get wheeled in for the class to watch documentaries on.

Then came out the plasma tv’s, smart phones, smart boards and laptops that became popular. Kids used simple class computers until the chrome books came out and they had different kinds of technology in front of them.

Did you know technology connects us to the world? We are able to create DLOs using google drive and still be able to look back at the work that has been done.

We are also able to look at other people’s blog posts. You can share your work that you have posted on your blog. So then people can comment on your work or do something similar to what you have done.

How to make a Hangi

In writing we have been looking at writing explanations. I found it interesting that a hangi is cooked differently to the way we cook umu in my culture. My explanation on how a hangi is made is below.

How to make a Hangi

A hangi is a special kind of traditional way of maori cooking using a pit which has been dug in the ground. Men work together to lay down the hangi.There a several steps to preparing and cooking a hangi.

Firstly the pits needs to be dug in the ground.Then volcanic rocks and irons are lit and the fire needs to burn for about 2 hours.While the fire burns a Karakia is said to pray for the environment and protect the native trees, bless the food and pray that it is cooked nicely.

Once the fire has been burning for about 2 hours they break it down and dig out the ashes to remove some embers. This helps stop the food from getting too smokey and acrid (better tasting).

Food gets wrapped in cabbage leaves.This keeps the food from drying out and keeps the dirt from going in the hangi after the wrapped food is put in basket. Meat like chicken goes in first and then veggies are put on the top.

Cabbage leaves and sacks soaked in water then put on the hot irons. The baskets are carried over to the pit and then covered with wet sacks to keep dirt out. Finally it is all covered with canvas. They let it cook for about 3 and a half hours before they remove the sacks and the baskets of food.

Hangi food is still cooked on special occasions the same way it has been done for many years.

The Summer Learning Journey for NEXT Foundation from Next Foundation on Vimeo.

The NEXT foundation came to visit Panmure Bridge School. Rachel from the Summer Learning Journey came to talk about the 2017/2018 SLJ. The CEO of The NEXT Foundation also talked about how the Summer Learning Journey is really helpful and can help us improve on our reading and writing. Daniel was the star of the movie that the Next Foundation had created about the Summer Learning Journey. I found the movie really awesome and I saw lot's of my classmates in it. After the assembly the NEXT foundation was kind enough to give us a yummy lunch.

The people in my local community

I used Tagul to create this word cloud that shows who the people are in our local community. A community is a group of people who live in the same place (eg: Panmure), or have a common connection (eg: the Niuean community).

Te Taiao O Tamaki

Today we watched a video of the performances at Te Oro. Some students at Panmure Bridge School went to Te Oro to present and to perform. All of the schools in Manaiakalani performed and I think their performances were amazing. They live streamed the performances so the people who couldn't come to Te Oro could watch it. The people who were performing made our school proud.

Learning to give clear instructions

Today in writing we learnt how to give clear instructions to our partner. I worked with Joshua V and it was easy to understand what he wanted me to do because he kept his instructions simple.