2nd DFI Session

The reflections shared at the start of todays session was helpful as others picked up on some of the things that I was still ruminating over i.e. starring in my google drive the folders and documents I use regularly is something that I will now be using and doing on a regular basis.

Another full on session covering teacher dashboard, something I use in class at present to monitor the students online learning and their creates in their learning folders. 

Hadn't done a google meet for a while (not since the lockdown), so using the calendar to invite someone into a google meet was an excellent refresher as I had forgotten how to link someone in. Yep, if you don't use it you loose it. The first video had the first 4 minutes or so being a bit of a giggle fest as I ended up with a split screen and couldn't find my way back to the blog I was reflecting on. Got there in the end by posting this trimmed version so this was an exciting learning journey for myself. 

The gmail part of todays session was able to allow me time to tidy up the large amount of emails that had accumulated over the last month or so and to label and organise the important ones. The delay for send emails was a revelation so have changed that in my settings. 

The Deep Dive into tabs was another highlight this session either just using the icons or shortening the labels beside the icons annnnndd I learnt how to split my screen! 

I have greatly appreciated this opportunity to have some one on one support from the other participants and of course the lead teachers.

First DFI Session

Today has been one of reviewing my previous knowledge of Manaiakalani and google drive building on this knowledge. My understanding of the origins of Maniakalani's Learn, Create and Share model I found insightful, the time line was interesting as to where and why it was started. I am now benefitting from all the hard mahi and collaberation between whanau, outside agencies, teachers and students.

Like many during the lockdown I was forced to become competent with google chats, setting up learning to be accessible by our students and whanau via the class website as well as how to use screencastify as a tutorial tool for students and whanau. Thanks to the tutors and others on the course who are more familiar with blogging I have a picture and background on my blog.

My personal professional blog has been the biggest learning curve for me as I am working towards my students having their own blogs so its a bit of a no brainer to have this under my belt before embarking on this new journey with my students. So this will be a continued work in progress for me. I've inserted one of the tasks, a poster for persuasive writing ideas

I will be sharing the explore option with my learners, always wondered what that little icon on the bottom of right of the screen was for so now I know and it will part of my everyday use. I am interested in using the speech to write app with my readers to record their reading fluency, especially with my at risk and reluctant readers so we will see how this goes.