DFI Session Two

Wow, there has been a lot of new learning today!!

Firstly we looked at the background of the Manakalani Learn (Ako). It's moving schools from analogue to a digital world. It's increasing teacher effectiveness and accelerating learning outcomes in the digital world. Technology is a great tool to give children opportunities to learn in different ways. I love that we share our planning with children on the hub site so they can go back at any time. This is rewindable learning at its best.

Then we looked at Google Meet. I feel that this is something that I have my head around already as we have been using it online with our children since the beginning of lockdown. However, there are a few extensions that could be handy. I love the grid extension which allows you to see all the people that are in you Google Meet. Meet attendance could have been something that we could have used during lockdown rather than me writing it in my notebook.

Google Keep is something that I need to look into a bit more. I realised that I actually already had used it but I think I need to check out all its benefits. It might be something that my team could use to create checklists. I guess it's like a new notebook which can be digitally shared with others.

Luckily my Gmail is looking amazing with the help of my other colleagues that have completed DFI and my thirteen-year-old son. I have folders set up and I have the settings perfect for me with an unread section and then everything else below that. It works for me and that is what it's all about.  I think that some of the children in my hub would benefit with some lessons about how to organise their Gmail.

Google Calendar is something that I had never really taken much notice of before lockdown. I feel quite confident using it for school use.  I know how to add Google Meets and how you can customise your different calendars. I also know that there is more that I could be taking advantage of and this is something that I plan on looking into. 

Here is the video that I made today with Maria from my Digital Bubble Group. We had to find a blog and comment on it. We then were shown how to embed the video into our blog. This is something that would be really easy for children in my hub to use. 

Next Mark talked about blog commenting. My takeaway from him was reminding us that when we post a comment it should be: Positive, Thoughtful and Helpful. 

This is something that we need to remind the learners in our hub when we are back on site.

Overall, a productive day. I am loving having all this rewindable learning right at my fingertips.

What have you read that you might want to learn more about from me?