Last week I attended the #GafeSummit in Auckland. The event was held at Hobsonville Point Secondary School. I have inserted access to the three presentations I attended as well as access to everyone’s presentations via the Summit Schedule.

Summit Schedule

Each session enabled me to  make connections and reconnect with other educators and for me to reflect on my own learning. I was excited to see some of the #TeachMeetNZ presenting for their first time and had intended on supporting them, however became very sick. So once I presented my first session and  the first day ended I went home to bed and put in apologies for my second session. For this presentation, I included several hands on moments after showing the attendees examples of what our students had created using google draw. Included also are links to educators who have a way with visual and graphic skills:

• Pam Hook;
• Richard Wells;
• Sylvia Duckworth;
• Sylvia Tolisano;

Here is my session description and my slides are above.

• Session Description *Sonya will share how she uses Google draw to create thinking maps. She has recently used this strategy with students as part of Flat Connections Global project where students from around the world contributed to shared Google Draw maps. She has also used Google Draw with second language learners to help them plan their writing.

#Etwion Global Networking Webinair

List of presenters

@BartVerswijvel & I proudly announcing great speaker line-up @ #etwion Global Networking webinar #etwinning Join us pic.twitter.com/HFdnwolzGw

— Arjana Blazic (@abfromz) April 24, 2016

My ongoing personal inquiry is teachers and how they share their learning. I am really excited to be joiningArjana and Bart @abfromz @BartVerswijvel and five other global educators  @Joe_Sheik @fibeal @ShellTerrell @karinam60 @BensBel,on Tuesday 26th of April for a global networking seminar as part of their programme for European teachers called The Networked Teacher.

I will be sharing parts of my personal inquiry but from my prospective of how I have built my personal learning network. I have been asked to focus on my New Zealand connections so am extra excited to share about our part of the world to over 200 European educators in the eTwinning programme. The hashtag is #etwion so if you are up around at 5.00am do follow the hashtag. You can also follow along now and see what the attendees are learning.