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We need to be aware of our actions/language when around students.
Positive role modelling is a good way of doing this.

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Language shapes reality
Language is not just what we say, it's our action/inaction, and it can be visual/mixed media
You can use language to influence people
Language is dangerous, powerful, also a wonderful gift. Think Dumbledore's quote from HP7.

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Sometimes we are unaware of essential aspect of our learners/others culture which connect us or them. Language is our way to connect, communicate and create ideas.

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Be intentional with the language you use.
Have an understanding of the power of your language choices.
Apply to everyday practice: growth mindset language, positive, hopeful, resilient language.
Using art/creative expression as a way to highlight social issues.

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1.language is key insetting the tone and contest
2.piggybacking ideas of a piece of information
3.Use of research to generate  big questions

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Slave trading is bad but you can make light of the situation through cultural appropriation.
The way the video explained language was so simple and clear but really profound.
Our language holds great power and we should learn to use it more effectively while also being aware of our bias

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Language can shape our thoughts, especially the thoughts of those we teach. About what assemblage art is. I learnt about the Don Juan ex slave ship.

Another tool in the toolbelt, be conscious of language you use to teach, and variety of DLOs.

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- Language is powerful
- It influences others
- She is a deep thinker
- Slavery is bad

- Stayed on topic
- Completed out task
- Stop, collaborated and listened

- This is what we use to communicate with the kids.

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-How important the way we say things = comes across
- How others will understand language
- how we need to understand how language works.
2: Being able to listen to others and hear their points of view.
3: Stop and take time to listen to others and the way they use their language.

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Where / what is the frame of reference for the colonial / dominant cultural lense through which the world is viewed? Should a minority still conform to the social norms as dictated to by the dominant culture? Is this cultural flagellation?

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- Becoming more aware of what we say/express to our students.
- Language is a tool for connecting with students
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BR - Role modelling  positive dialogue. Communicating positive language. 

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BR - Role modelling  positive dialogue. Communicating positive language. 

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Showing the students how we relate and communicate to each other respectfully.

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Al - I had no idea about the pacific slave trade, but looked further both into that and assembalge art as we decided which way we wanted to go.
The video is one I have seen before and is relevant to our teaching as we have so many cultures attending our kura.

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That language is one way of conveying a message,  that can also mean different things to different people depending on their background/experiences.
This means we have to be aware of peoples backgrounds and understandings, as otherwise intentions and meanings might be missed

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in the beginning was the word - we shape our understanding through our language; connotation as well as denotation.

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in the beginning was the word - we shape our understanding through our language; connotation as well as denotation.

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https://www.fabermazlish.com/
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Language creates the image, shapes our thoughts, influences us.

Being 'active' listeners

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Language is one way we communicate our thoughts and our culture. The arts is another way we can do this. Art can send powerful messages that transcend language.

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We can become something if we say it enough.
Language means different things to different groups.
There is a lot about South Pacific History I don't understand.
We need to think about what and how we say things to students.

We need to look at

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1) 3 key messages; there are parts of history that we are not aware of that may affect our learners, we need to be mindful of how we deliver our instructions and information as not everyone has the same understanding (coming from different backgrounds, countries, languages etc),  we can mix subject areas ex) Art and Social Sciences for high engagement in learning experiences.

2) We want to listen to the stories, opinions, ideas of others in our meetings and PLD, we also want to listen to the stories, feelings, histories of others on the world stage and bring them into our every day language and learning experiences.

3) We should have diversity in our classrooms. We need to cater and share the histories of all of our students. Ex) we can go further than just language and culture weeks, we can teach these histories through our reading, literacy, social sciences, arts classes.

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The importance of being intentional in the language we use in our daily practice, being inclusive.

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1) Language controls the way we think.
- Positive/Negative
-Acceptable/Unacceptable
-Normal  / Different
2) We are imagining someone else's point of view.
3) The video encourages us to think about how we communicate in the classroom and how we model it to our rangitahi.

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Language is shaped and influenced by our experiences.
Knowledge and interpretation of language can be interpreted by different people depending on these experiences.
There are many forms of communication or ways to communicate an idea or message or meaning.
We need to be conscious of the language that we use or the way we react to someone else who is speaking or sharing their thoughts.

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The artist raised awareness for us regarding 'Blackbirding' - WE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THE PACIFIC SLAVE TRADE!
This highlights the importance for our students around using critical literacy when looking at written, visual and aural texts.

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Language is simply one way of communication and can be interpreted differently.
We can also communicate using visual arts.
There are parts of history people should know about but don't, which is why everyone needs to do history at high school because it is super important and better than every other subject.

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Language is a key driver of classroom culture. 

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Language is a key driver of classroom culture. 

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We need to deliberately set out to create a positive and optimistic culture, by promoting positive and optimistic language

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Language shapes our perception of reality.

This has many implications. It may prevent us from fully understanding how those of different cultural backgrounds view the world.

Therefore -  Second language learning needs to be compulsory.  だから、早く勉強しなさい！

Dialogue Protocols: Be aware how your verbal signals may be interpreted differently by different people.

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Language we use can be taken in different ways depending on peoples culture.