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Shared Waiwai In The Online Waihona
Unlike approaches using mainstream curriculum having little resonance
to what’s meaningful in the lives
of haumāna (students), skillfully crafted learning materials rooted in Hawai‘i and ‘ōlelo Hawai‘i must be homegrown.
By Dr. Kēhaunani Abad, director of Kealaiwikuamo‘o for Kamehameha Schools
In Honouliuli where my family lives, my daugh- ter, a proud Hālau Kū Māna Charter School grad- uate, has been tending a māla (garden) that’s home to dis- tinct kalo varieties that we water daily, and mulch with yard and kitchen compost.
may seem foreign to some, but for many communities, it’s as natural as kalo. Today, Kanaeokana has a thriving online Waihona (receptacle) built from scratch by Native Hawaiian developers. It’s
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On precious rainy days, I love watching each kalo plant send the raindrops from its leaves to the soil embrac- ing its neighbors.
open to all kumu, schools, and organizations inter- ested in sharing and using Hawaiʻi-grounded teaching resources.
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Over 1,150 educators from 131 schools and or-
In the same spirit, Kanae- okana, a network of 70 Ha- waiian-focused schools and organizations, came together in 2016 to collaborate around the shared goal of growing the next generations of aloha ‘āina leaders — youth whose experiences, knowledge, skills, and passions drive them to ensure the well-be- ing of our ‘āina, culture, ‘ōlelo (language) and com- munities.
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Online platform Waihona is open to all kumu, schools, and organizations interested in sharing and using Hawai‘i- grounded teaching resources. PHOTO COURTESY DR. KĒHAUNANI ABAD
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Kamehameha Schools des- ignated to serve as the back- bone support for Kanae- okana. One the strategies Kanaeokana asked us to help with involved creating an online space where kumu from across Kanaeokana and beyond could share with one another teaching resourc-
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Such a platform would solve a longstanding chal- lenge of kumu having to develop their own teaching resources, often dedicating many hours of home time for this work. Unlike approach- es using mainstream curric-
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