Day 2 - Work Flow

Sharing

Today we spent time delving deeper into many of Google's common apps which I use but not to their full potential. We were shown lots of tips within Mail, Calendar and Meets and one of the sharing activities we were required to complete was to record a google meet and embed in this blog, which is below. It's not that exciting - I forgot to share my screen at first, so many little things to think of but I guess as your confidence grows you will do it without thinking. The activity looking at the student blogs was inspiring to see what so many of our young learners are doing in a digital space          

My understanding of the Manaiakalani kaupapa and pedagogy is developing each session and today I found the RATE acronym simplistic but truly meaningful. The Manaiakalani journey has been so collaborative and the urgency to improve student achievement is always at the forefront. It was good to be reminded that effective practice using authentic texts, sharing ideas in discussion, learning by thinking critically and developing strategies and of course collaborating. Learning, creating and sharing. At our school we have been developing our vision and below is the graphic to portray this.

Two features I didn't know much about was G Keep and the various apps which can be used to organise your tabs. I believe that this second feature will be most useful for organising tabs in both my administration roles and teaching. I had set up Toby after working with my colleague who had done DFI in Term 1. We used it to do reports in Hero and it saved so much time without having to go through the steps when navigating into each student's profile.

I think the feature of a break out room in Meets could be very useful for my students especially in the online teaching environment. By having a tidier, easier accessible workspace will certainly assist my students learning.

GKeeps, Gmail and Calendar will certainly help my personal life - I've have added calendar to my phone today. Another full on day, with lots of learning and interaction with my other DFI colleagues. Thanks to Vicki and the other presenters - Makaore, Maria and Kerry.