Tuesday, 5 May 2020

DFI Session One



Day one online DFI course.

Firstly I had internet issues, then technical issues with my camera not working. That made it pretty hard. Overall it was a great day of learning.

There are some things that I learnt today that I am really looking forward to implementing into my hub. My biggest takeaway today will be the Eyes on Text: Reading Mileage. I know many of my readers are reluctant to read out loud in any setting, but this would be a really fun task for them all to do over the week. Setting guidelines about how they create docs in their folders is going to be useful and something that I will be trying out in the hub as well. This will make it easier when uploading and marking in Hapara.

I had a couple of quick tips and tricks that I will use.
Shift + z when you want to take a doc from someone else's folder and get the updates if they edit it.
Command + shift + t - This opens your last tab.

I also found that website remove.bg is great for removing coloured backgrounds from pictures. This will be a great tool for the children in my hub and my colleagues when we are creating our a learn, create, share documents in Google Drawings.

I have enjoyed playing around with Google Docs today and seeing all the endless options that can be done on it. I had fun playing around creating a learn, create, share document that our children use.


What was your one takeaway from today?
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4 comments:

  1. Maire Bowler6 May 2020 at 20:28

    Hi Tracey. As I come to the end of my DFI course I almost feel envious that you are starting it! There is so much learning to be had on this course. The beauty of it is that we have brilliant rewindable learning as a result of the course. I hope you enjoy it as much as I have!

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    1. Mrs Bryce12 May 2020 at 15:35

      Hi Maire, yes there is definitely a lot of learning going on! I am also loving al the resources that I have collected from the last two sessions.

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  2. Vicki @ Manaiakalani11 May 2020 at 15:24

    Hi Tracey,
    It's hard when we are trying to take part in learning and the tech is letting us down! I'm looking forward to connecting with you tomorrow - hopefully it will all go smoothly for you. I'm really interested in hearing how you and your learners have found the eyes on text activity.
    Vicki

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    1. Mrs Bryce12 May 2020 at 15:37

      Hi Vicki,
      It definitely makes it harder when the internet is not being kind! Luckily today was much better. I haven't implemented the eyes on text yet but when we are back on site it's something I want to do.

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