DFI 3- Media

Create

Today the Pedagogy discussion was about Create. We google chatted with Anne Sinclair and heard about the value of an Integrated Curriculum with a Play component. Student Voice on what doing is an important factor and shows real possiblities for Online learning. My focus back in the classroom will be to ensure their is plenty of CREATE time!

With Kent Somerville Pt England School (Deep Dive) we looked at Live Stream - taking kids' sharing to the next level - if it's worth learning it's worth sharing - life stream it. This is something I'll need to revisit, but can see the benefit both personally and professionally. 

However the use of a Youtube Channel/Playlist will be something I will continue with and can see myself using on a daily basis - both in the classroom and professionally AND personally. An efficient way to store, organise and access clips that I'm interested in. I have started a Playlist for Maths and Just Dance clips.- Awesome Awesome Awesome 

Youtube Drawing with Amy Williams was also awesome, awesome, awesome! We completed an About Me Google Drawing for our Blog Page. 

Maria introduced us to Google Slides and the multitude of issues. Maria discussed the value of Clean slides, using own images, SISOMO - Sight Sound Motion to make connections - less is more eg images, consistent format, enable access to learning (very relevant as we head into the unknown) eg Reading groups planning and activities - visuals from book/texts - engage learners in independent activities with animaton - multiple applications for other areas of curriculum eg science
Context to use - Planning, Explaining concepts for maths etc. I can see the benefits of Google slides and have already used them in a limited way and have used Powerpoint in the past. But it was great to see all the other functions they can be used with Slides.

I used Google Drawing also, to Create a picture with links suitable for Home Learning. I can see that if it comes to it and we have to distance teach this will be a valuable way to initiate thinking, deliver factual content and hook students into learning in a digital way.
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Create - I used Google slides to create a Visual Pepeha that I willcontinue with and add audio to at a later date. It was great to have models to view, but also link the digital learning to other learning that I have been wanting to complete.

Today has been the most fun day yet! I am getting more and more confident to have a go, and surprise myself with some of the lingo I hear myself using. The practical implications of today's learning is very exciting!

DFI - Workflow

Hangouts/Google Meet
Today I learnt to chat and view through Hangouts. We tried to use Hangouts to record ourselves discussing some Manaiakalani Summer learning. I have set up a Hangout with a colleague for next week.
Lenva Shearing discussed some Manaiakalani Pedagogy  Again the inclusiveness of Learn, Create, Share was emphasised
as was that this is a Learning Journey for us as teachers as well as for our students. The level of engagement with the use of Digital Fluency and Digital Devices is accelerating our students' learning. RATE - Recognize, Amplify, Turbocharge and Effective Practise are key elements. 
Using Google Hangouts could become a great way of me keeping in touch with my adult children who are overseas or my granddaughter who lives locally that helps me out with techie things.

Google Keep
This is how to file and store Google information. It is a quick way to access information that may be archived or just in my drive. By using a Title, Tabs and Labels it is easily accessible. I will Rewind the Learning with this in order to attempt to file and store both professional and personal information in a way that is easily accessible.

Managing our Email
By adding Tabs to the top of my Gmail page I am now organising my mail into categories and can readily see if there is any unopened mail. I had been missing some G mails because some mail had been going to Forums which was not visible from my G mail page when initially opened, so was not aware of these G mails.

Organising our Tabs
I can see this will be a beneficial tool to manage all the open tabs I have. This is something I will need to Rewind the Learning to remind myself what to do. 

Google Calendar
I have had one of these all year but have not been accessing it because there was nothing on it!
Dah!!!
After ticking my name I have now discovered I have a current up to date calendar that I can use on a daily basis to stay informed of my school events! I have also included the School Calendar and the Release Calendar so am able to follow current school events. I have already accessed this calendar to plan and invite colleagues to events in the next week. I can see it will become a valuable tool in not only keeping up to date and informed, but also an easy way to communicate information with other colleagues.

DFI Poster

Digital Fluency Intensive - Core Business
A great day spent getting to know new people and learning new skills.
Today I made an Autumn Planning Poster for my class using the skills I have learnt when using Google Docs. The poster was made by setting up a page, sizing it, and colouring the background before adding a table, locating images and adding text. Lastly I was able to remove the black cell lines by colouring them in.
I learnt about the function of Explore to add images and information.
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Earlier in the day I learnt how to set up a google doc to include paragraphs with titles and a contents page. We also learnt how to format text we were copying. It was great to work cooperatively and collaboratively with Rachel to keep up with the information we were learning and to practise the skills we were learning.
I can see myself using the google poster using a table to create lots of pages in my classroom including poems, newsletters and children's published writing.
We learnt about google groups - I probably won't use them at this stage, but can see how useful they may be in the future for communicating with staff groups, parents or other groups.
Voice recording is something I have heard about before but not something I have used. I can see this could be very useful for reluctant writers, or for when publishing a lot of childrens' writing.