This week for DFI we learnt how to deal with data.
The main tools that we learnt how to use were My Maps, Google Forms and Google Sheets.
I found it really useful learning how to use forms today. I appreciated the time we were given to practice creating our own form as I had never created a form before! To be honest, I'd never used forms with my class because I wasn't sure how to create one. I feel so much more confident at creating a form now and am looking forward to creating quizzes for class with forms. I enjoyed learning all of the extra tips and tricks with the settings in forms too. I also learnt how to embed a form on my site, which is something that I will put to use! Learning how to use forms has come in good timing - I'd like to create some forms for my students to fill in during lockdown to jazz up their online learning.
We learnt how to create our own personal map on Google Maps today. I always wondered how people personalised their own map. I had a lot of fun creating a map of my favourite places in America and added personal photos to the places that I pinned, along with icons. I think it's awesome that you can also link data from a form to the map - I'm keen to try this out. I think I could get a lot of personal enjoyment out of creating my own maps!
As seen in the slide deck above, we learnt how to use Google Sheets. This section of today's DFI was definitely the most useful to me. I do all of my planning/reflections and keep all of my data on sheets and have only known the basics of how to organise data. I really enjoyed learning all of the tips and tricks, for example shortcuts to save time and ways to make the sheet easier to read with colours and filters to sort it. I also created a chart from sheets for the first time today - something that I also have never done before! Please see the above slides to see screenshots of my main takeaways from Google Sheets lesson.
Hi Sharisse, Thanks for your reflections and I am so pleased to see all the aspects that have been useful to you. Now you know that we have tips and tricks that can support you, please do join us in our online toolkits after school each term- and invite your colleagues :)
ReplyDeleteKia ora Sharisse,
ReplyDeleteHow wonderful that you got so much out of today. I agree, this DFI day is a particularly useful one and I'm pleased to hear that you have some key takeaways in terms of how you're looking to apply your learning directly to your classroom practice. How have you used Forms this week? I spoke to another teacher recently who has a number of different ways of using these for checkins each day, clarifying what learners have retained from the last session, reflecting on their contribution to collaborative groups and much more. If you have an example of a form embedded on your class site, it would be such a great thing to add to your next blog post, so that we can see it in action. When you share your learning in this way, you also amplify your practice so that others can learn from it too. Thanks again for your great reflections and I look forward to seeing you again this Friday. I do hope the week of distance learning has gone well?
Kia haumaru te noho,
Amie