Kia ora koutou,
Today I had my first DFI (Digital Fluency Intensive) session were we covered a wide range of content. I really enjoyed the variation that was in the session today. We learned about the kaupapa and pedagogy of Manaiakalani (learn, create, share), google chrome, drive, groups and docs. We also had the opportunity to create our own poster/DLO using what we learned.
The manaiakalani pedagogy of learn, create and share has been embedded into our school pedagogy since my career began 6 years ago. The biggest learning curve I had initially with the learn, create and share model was the lack of devices and age of students I had at the time (Year 0-2) but after termly professional development through Ako Hiko I developed a stronger understanding and how it doesn't need to be digital and the empowerment creating and sharing gives our learners.
For me the biggest takeaway today was using Google Drive workspaces to organise planning and sharing slides for the current term.
Finding things in my google drive is something that can be quite time consuming, I do have things organised by year and term but there ends up being a lot of folders! Being able to open google drive, click priority and scroll to workspaces when teaching in the classroom I think will be very helpful.
I will be creating more workspaces for projects I am working on within our school as I think this will help me to stay organised and prioritise what needs to be done first.
Google Chrome Shortcuts
Two shortcuts I learned today that I think will be useful in the classroom are:
Ctrl shift b - to show bookmarks bar. This is something I find most new learners to devices do not have visible but it is a lifesaver for having links to your site and blog on.
Ctrl and number - to switch between tabs on chrome. I am guilty of always having many tabs open so I will find this helpful (even if it is only for the first 9 tabs)!
Google Groups
An amazing tool for teachers working collaboratively as it allows students to share work with all their teachers in one go. My team leader has already done DFI and had this set up for our team and it has been great!
Google Docs and Creating
After all our learning we had the opportunity to create. I created a document evaluating and integrating ideas around the theme of games that our learners will be able to use during Reading next week. It was great to learn and refresh myself on some tools within google docs such as explore, page set up, titles and headings.
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Kia ora Ocea. I'm glad you enjoyed session one. Thanks for reflecting on the different parts of the day so thoughtfully. Today was also a reminder for me to explore workspaces a bit more!
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ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing your thoughts on the day. I'm glad you enjoyed it so much. Being able to find that bookmarks bar is so useful for helping your students find the key sites they need. How did your students get on with the task that you created?
Vicki
Kia ora Vicki, my students and co-teachers really enjoyed the task and it was great to be able to create something so useful during DFI.
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Ocea
Kia ora Ocea, thank you for taking the time to put together such an extensive and thoughtful reflection on Week 1 of DFI. I, too, will be looking to explore Workspaces within Drive at a deeper level, as this an area of the GSuite that I haven't used much in the past. Looking forward to reading your other reflections as the weeks go by. Ngā mihi
ReplyDeleteThanks Jeremy and thank you for all your extra help in our DFI Bubble!
DeleteKia ora Ocea, I really like the structure of your blog with the headings. This makes your blog clear to read. I forgot how to show the bookmarks bar and also switching between the tabs on Chrome, so thank you for reminding me! Ngā mihi
ReplyDeleteThanks Satchet, I have tried to add and delete widgets to make it more purposeful but think it will be remain a work in progress. I had a look at your blog and yours is very clear and easy to navigate.
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