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= = == =Nau Mai, Haere Mai Welcome to Room 3=


 * Welcome to Room 3. My name is Sharon Ngatai and I am a new Facilitator of Learning to the Year 8 team. I recently married my partner Grant of thirteen years. Together we have two gorgeous sons, Taniora and Pauro. Taniora is a student at Dilworth Senior Campus in Auckland and Pauro attends Te Kakano Early Childhood Centre in Te Awamutu. I have a Bachelor of Management Studies Degree, Graduate Diploma of Teaching and a Graduate Diploma of Information Communication Technology in Education.

I am passionate about the integration of ICT as a learning tool in the classroom; critical thinking development of young children through reading progammes that develop skills of questioning, confidence in speaking and sharing opinions and children working co-operatively in groups and independently. Room 3 students will also learn within a Maori enrichment context of language; visual arts, games and numbers in all curriculum areas. Room 3 will be responsible for the Televison Studio which will encompass the day to day broadcasts at school and new opportunities within the school.**


 * My expectations for learning in the classroom are that students will take responsibility for learning by posing questions and issues and searching for answers, connections and possible new problems. Erickson (2000) I will also encourage students to constantly assess, reflect and evaluate the processes and outcomes of their learning to assist them in understanding what they have discovered or produced. I believe students will develop a positive attitude, enthusiasm and skill towards learning How to Learn. I expect all my students to be active; autonomous and engaged in co-operative, collaborative and independent learning.**


 * __Reference__**

Erickson, H. (2000). Stirring the head, heart and soul: Creating a love of learning. California : Corwin Press