[6707] Gratitude

The final assignment for this course was to express our gratitude to those that helped with the completion of this course. I decided to do a short presentation video.

Click on the link EDUI 6707 Gratitude to see a larger version.

EDUI 6707 Gratitude from Liko Puha on Vimeo.

Completing this course makes me one course away from completing the program. I will be enrolling in the capstone starting in a couple of weeks. I have also applied for graduation with hopes of walking at the Summer 2013 commencement on Friday, June 15,at 5pm at the Cal State University East Bay campus (Hayward).

Blessed and grateful,
--Liko

EDUI 6707 Icebreaker

The Assignment

Interviewing a Fellow Classmate

Please choose a fellow classmate, email them and request their participation as an interview partner.  You may also use our "Cybercafe" for this effort.

This assignment will act as an 'icebreaker' in our course.  To read more about the rationale, technology and processes for icebreakers, visit here: http://twt.wikispaces.com/Ice-Breaker+Ideas

For this particular icebreaker, please create an audio or video and then share the url or upload the audio/video to our discussion area. Help us get to know you and your interview partner through this effort!

Liko's Introduction by Atina Delfino

http://portal.sliderocket.com:80/app/FullPlayer.aspx?id=7592930B-8417-924D-B15E-37843D0F9D46

Atina's Introduction by Liko Puha

http://prezi.com/roadism4zwah/introducing-atina-delfino/?kw=view-roadism4zwah&rc=ref-19319114

[6707] Making a Connection

It is a scene played out over and over in Hawaiʻi. A natural face-2-face icebreaker. Two strangers meet and inevitably, through fluid and casual inquiries, a connection is made, placing each other carefully into their individual stream of places, family, friends, acquaintances, experiences—all bound by connections. Note: The language used below is Hawaiʻi Creole English (Hawaiian Pidgin). 

• “Where you from?”

• “What high school you grad?”
• 
“You live Hilo? You know da Pereira’s live Keaukaha?”
• 
“You live San Francisco? Ma cousin Keʻala dance hula wid Patrick Makuakāne guys.”

In Hawaiʻi, we are raised with a strong sense of place, an integral part of our identity that comes from the host culture.

For students of my Hawaiian culture and language courses, ice-breaker questions usually include:

• Where were you born?
• Where were you raised? (Where did you grow up?)
• Where have you migrated since?

Students are encouraged to find a connection with each other beginning with the answers to those simple questions.

Additional Resources

What does a "Sense of Place" mean to you?
http://www.moolelo.com/Sense-of-Place.pdf

Welcome to Hawai'i (Official airline greeting for State of Hawai'i)

In-flight programming for airline usage that welcomes visitors and kama'āina to our islands using the Hawaiian language. This program is part of an effort to create a sense of place at our local airports that authentically reflects the host culture of Hawai'i.

http://youtu.be/kAOAnA1ttjc

Pidgenology
A humorous take on pidgin.
https://vimeo.com/32612024

Hawaii Pidgin The Voice of Hawaii
A more academic approach to explaining the roots of pidgin.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7X9AAeDCr4

Developing a Sense of Place and an Environmental Ethic: 
A Transformative Role for Hawaiian/Indigenous Science in Teacher Education? 

Pauline W. U. Chinn 
http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~jar/HOH/HOH-5.pdf

Axioms of an Extraordinary Online Instructor

"The deepest online learning takes place through relationship."
"Extraordinary teachers inspire students, model skills of critical thinking, foster collaboration, and encourage students to reach beyond what they perceive as their normal boundaries."

--L. Wildflower (2010)