Today was the second day of the Digital Fluency Intensive.
We began by learning more about Manaiakalani Kaupapa and Pedagogy. Dorothy explained to us how digital technology accelerates learning through the acronym RATE (recognise, amplify, turbocharge: effective practice). Recognise - meaning that teachers recognise effective practice and teacher actions promote student learning. Amplify - meaning that technology amplifies teaching and learning opportunities by making it connected, visible, ubiquitous and empowering. Turbocharge - meaning that technology transforms the way we teach and learn by making experiences more creative.
Today I learnt how to organise my Gmail better as well as my tabs. I'm not an overly organised person so this was very useful. I have now pinned a lot of my important tabs and have some useful tab tips up my sleeve to make my workflow smoother. I now have a list of the chrome extensions for tab organisation and will try these out over the week to see which one works best for me.
I also found it useful learning how to use Google Keep more effectively - for example how to use the recording tool and the location tool. The location tool will definitely come in handy as I am a forgetful person! Google Keep will be useful in my own every day life.
The main Google Suite tools that we learnt about today were Google Meet and Calendars. I learnt how to create a Google event or Meet and how to invite students/colleagues to it. I also learnt how to RSVP with a note. We had plenty of hands on time learning how to present our screen on Meet and record the meet whilst discussing a student's blog post. During lockdown, I had Google Meet videos with my class every day so already had practice doing this but it was still useful having more time to play around with it to be 100% confident in case we need to do distance learning again!
Below is a video of today's task:
Kia Ora Sharisse,
ReplyDeleteyou clearly explained your learnings from the session today. Have you found the sessions so far contain a lot of new learning or reinforcing what you have learned so far in your teaching practice? I really enjoyed learning about Google keep as well, I hope it goes well for you when you use it to tag locations. I have really enjoyed hearing your perspectives on the google suite and how to use it effectively on iPads.
Rosey
Kia ora Sharisse,
ReplyDeleteIt was wonderful reading over your reflections from week 2 of DFI and hearing all about what you found beneficial. Isn't it amazing how many teachers are more fluent with the use of Meet, since we had such an authentic purpose for using it during our time of remote learning? It's good to hear that you enjoyed the practice though, and your reflection on Landon's blog post. You have created a thoughtful interpretation about what the task involved, given the fact that not a lot of information was provided around the purpose of the lesson. You clearly have strong curriculum knowledge and can see what possibility for authentic learning different creative tasks hold.
It sounds as though you have some clear, actionable steps for creating a workflow to help to organise your GMail etc. I look forward to reading more of your great reflections in the coming weeks,
Amie
Fabulous video Sharisse- I love the way you connected so easily with the teaching design and the context of learning at home. Good work!
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