DFI Session 2: Workflow

DFI Session 2: Workflow

We started the morning with some feedback from session one. Hearing about the things others had tried during the week reminded me about some of the tips I need to remember.

Hints and Tips from the feedback session

• Voice typing for speech writing with my 5 year olds.
• Ability to save a folder to two places on Google Drive without people losing access.
• Using a table when creating posters
• Omnibox a word for the search bar.

Connecting with Manaiakalani 

Dorothy shared more of the Manaikalani story with a focus on Ako. 

Some of the points from Dorothy's presentation which reasonated with me were the following: 

• The goals of Manaikalani are directly related to ako.
• The Manaiakalani Programme  - intentional, focused and evidence-based - supporting our communities with change - increasing teacher effectiveness and accelerating learning outcomes.
• Effective teacher actions that promote student learning are still effective and necessary in a digital context.

Following the Connecting with Manaiakalani session, the next sessions consisted of learning how to use various tools. Calendar, Google Meet, Gmail, Google Keep and Tabs. Initially I thought I had a reasonable handle on using these tools but I was incorrect. During each session I learnt new things which I know will improve my workflow.

Where has Google Keep been hiding? What a fabulous tool. Google keep supports checklists, photo notes, voice notes, is collaborative, works with Google Drive and can be accessed from a range of devices.

Calendar is able to be synced across devices, works with gmail and supports multiple calendars.

Google Meet is something I used almost daily during lockdown but I discovered its ability to record. Below is my first attempt at recording (it would seem I need practise 😃).

As for Tabs - look how lovely and organised my tabs are now I have discovered folders.

Today's DFI was incredibly useful. I'm looking forward to next Wednesday. 

DFI - Core Business

DFI Core Business
Session One

The Manaiakalani Goals
                   

Day One is the beginning of my Manaiakalani  DFI journey. My school has been a part of Manaiakalani for three years and in this time I have struggled to see the value of Manaiakalani in my Year 0 -1 classroom. However, I have discovered the Manaiakalani kaupapa and pedagogy is for every year level, including Year 1.

Key points which resonated with me

The Manaiakalani goals

• Effective teaching practise and digital technology to support increased achievement levels.
• 'The device is not the book the device is the pencil '- Dorothy Burt
• Visible teaching and learning.

Some of the things we covered which I know will improve my capability, confidence and workload are as follows:

Google Groups (groups.google.com ) - This would be useful as a platform for our Junior Syndicate. Our emails and notices would remain in the group. Google Groups is collaborative - every member of the group is able to add information.
Rewindable videos about Google Groups  Google Group Tutorial

Google Drive
Adding folders to multiple places (shift z). This is not making a copy, it is adding the file to a different place without removing the access for collaborators or the owner of the file.

Google Docs.
Ensure I teach every child in our class how to use Google Docs.
Paste without formatting - into blog or docs.
You do not underline in this century - underlining now means something is a hyperlink.
Headings & Table of Contents
Tools - Voice typing
Explore tool ("puts in the apa referencing)
Inserting a table when making posters etc - this keeps everything in its place.
Remove backgrounds - Remove.bg

Here is a screenshot of the poster I made today