Tuesday, 25 August 2020

Hapara Certified Champion

Becoming a Hapara Certified Champion has been a goal of mine for a while. In fact I started the course last year but sadly could not complete it due to other commitments. 

This time around I was determined to do my best and show what I know about Hapara while hopefully learning some new tips and tricks along the way. 

I found the course very good and learned a lot of cool tips and trick while reminding myself about the power of this platform for support student learning and increasing visibility for teaching and learning in the classroom. 

I found it interesting learning more about workspaces as these are something used more at often in Manaiakalani high schools. Create my own workspace was a lot of fun and made we think about elements I could be adding my own site design. 


I want to give a huge shoutout to the Hapara team especially Randy Fairfield for all his support and positive feedback during this course. I really think that is one of the things that sets this course apart from other free professional learning you have a mentor guiding you as you develop your skills and Randy was excellent reaching out with offers of help at every stage and letting me work at a pace that worked for me. 

This is not an advertisement for the course but rather a reflection on my learning but might I just say if you have not done this course and you use Hapara teacher dashboard, I so recommend it. 

It feels great to finally have taken the time to do this and to be able to proudly say "I am a Hapara Champion Educator!" 


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  1. Robyn Anderson25 August 2020 at 15:14

    Awesome Clarelle! I did this course during the last lockdown and I loved it. Like you I learnt a lot of tips and tricks, and totally agree Randy is an amazing coach/mentor. I found it interesting that as someone who has been using Hapara for a number of years, there was so much I hadn't actually connected with. What changes to the way you use Hapara do you see yourself now implementing? Congratulations on becoming a Hapara Champion Educator!

    Robyn

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    1. Clarelle Carruthers26 August 2020 at 08:43

      Hi Robyn,
      Yes lockdown created good opportunity to do this course didn't it. I think what I will be implementing most is more regular use of dashboard to teach filing of projects. I love highlights and used it a lot when I had a Chromebook class but sadly it doesn't work the same on iPads and so I use a different app to see iPad screen. I also found workspaces interesting and wondered what elements of the well structured layout of a workspace I could bring to my class sites.
      Thanks for your comment.

      Clarelle

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  2. Mrs. Moala26 August 2020 at 12:59

    Well done you! Thanks for being my buddy during this course! It gave us something productive to do during our first week of the lockdown.

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    1. Clarelle Carruthers26 August 2020 at 13:10

      Thanks Ange, yes I agree it felt good to achieve something positive. Thank you for all your support it was great to be able to discuss what I was learning with you.

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  3. Unknown27 August 2020 at 13:36

    Congrats again on completing the coursework and getting certified, Clarelle! I sincerely appreciate the positive feedback regarding my facilitation. It really does make me happy that you had a fantastic experience with the course and feel better equipped to support your students. Hapara Champion Educators are the best!

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    1. Unknown27 August 2020 at 13:37

      (I thought it would share my name, but I guess not! You probably can tell already, but this is Randy).

      https://www.misteredtech.com/

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    2. Clarelle Carruthers27 August 2020 at 15:09

      Hi Randy, thank you so much for taking the time to comment. You made this course so enjoyable for me. Many thanks again Clarelle.

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