Learning - anytime, anywhere, anyhow

Well, today I had arranged a meeting with Grant, one of the Trustees of Kootuitui ki Papakura, to work with him continuing his learning about how to use his new chromebook (provided by the Trust). I thought that I had ensured someone would be at the school to let us in, but alas when I arrived no-one was there and all we could do was drive into the grounds and wait. I didn't have the caretakers number and the office administrator and principal did not answer their phones. So, we sat down at the outdoor table and started working. The wifi signal was excellent, so we continued working.
First, a parent drove in looking for a teacher. Next, the fire extinguisher man drove in to check the fire systems. But there was only Grant and I to meet them and give them the news that we were the only ones there. The man who worked for the fire protection company took this photo of Grant and I. We were happy to have visitors and get our training done. It was a cloudy day, so not very warm sitting outside under the dull, grey skies. However, our experience proved that provided there is wifi, learning can occur anytime, anywhere and anyhow - even in unplanned ways.

Working with students at Park Estate School

Today I worked with three students who wanted to write a post for their class blog. They decided to write about recent art work they had done. Only one student had finished her art so we took a picture of that to add to the post. Here is their post:

We learnt to do concertina art. It was fun because we got to colour the strips using colouring pencils. It was difficult because we had to put the picture of us in order and the strips in the right places. It was fun to see our finished art.

By Lile, Zidane, and Tamisha