Day 5 Collaborate -Sites

 

It was another really busy day with lots to think and learn about.

Today's session emphasised on  one of the six learning goals of Manaiakalani  which is the 'VISIBLE' kaupapa - ‘Making teaching and learning visible’.

We focussed on the importance of making teaching and learning visible, accessible and available to our students, teachers and  whanau. What stood out for me was that having the teaching & learning  visible to our colleagues is a great way to learn from each other and share our ideas. Visible learning will lead to effective teaching and accelerated learning of our students.

Initially I found it tricky today when doing the group activity on a shared topic in which we had to individually create a google site.  It wasn't so much as the creation of a google site, but more in the, what should I have on my site that would hook the learners.

 I will endeavour to keep practicing using google sites as I know that it will benefit my learners and myself.

The Multi Modal Deep Dive session with Kerry was a bonus for me.  I got the opportunity to see

what other teachers had put onto their sites in terms of engagement - the hook'. 

The little you tube video of 'Dressing window challenge  - Mary Queen’ explained  the purpose & the importance of the websites.

We worked  in groups to create a Google Site from scratch. We moved between the Multi-Text Database, Jamboard and Google Sites , I thoroughly enjoyed it. Now I feel that I can navigate around Google Sites quite well. 

One of the most important takeaways from today's session was the power of multi-modal sites. Multimodal learning is Empowering !

The Benefits of Multimodal Sites are :

• Promote more interactivity.

• Portray information in multiple ways.

• Adapt projects to benefit different audiences.

• Keep focus better since more senses are being used to process information.

• Allow for more flexibility and creativity to present information.

I need to practice and see if I can improve my knowledge and understanding of some of the topics learnt thus far.

Whakatauki - learning to create and creating to learn

Dealing with Data - Day 4 ! Google Sheets, Maps and Forms

Another Fantastic day! 

Today has been another day full of great learning experiences with an amazing team . I always feel very excited to start my DFI session with an open mind about trying new things and to see how and if the new ideas/ tools will be useful and effective in my own practice and with the way I like to set things up etc. I have been really enjoying working with a great team in our digital bubble! 

It is really cool to connect each week to see what people have tried and also to hear how things are going. It is a really useful forum for discussion and to get additional support for all members of the bubble. 

There are so many cool ideas being shared and discussed and having the time to practice these with the support of others, especially if I get stuck, has been really awesome. 

Analysis of Blog Posts

The blog analysis activity was a good process to work through in terms of making a sheet and transferring data

 

 

 Learning from home but being connected has been a really positive experience for me, especially with the course being on a Friday. Another positive is this has given me more time to explore and consolidate my learning in my own time. 

Google map- Google map version of my favourite holiday places !

 

Google Sheets 

We learnt about google sheets, and I wish I knew what I now know back in the past. It would have made my life so much easier!! Now I have a much better understanding of google sheets and some of the cool tricks that I can do, to make using them more easily  and effectively! Conditional formatting was an excellent learning for me today! 

What a productive day of learning ! 

Stay safe, stay well everyone !

Highlights of my learning today !

Today was another awesome day of learning.

 

We started with what's going well and what we need support with. This is always a

good time to hear how things are going for others and what other teachers have

tried in their classrooms since last week.

 

Manaiakalani's pedagogy was shared today highlighting the importance of ‘The CREATE

part of Learn, Create, Share Pedagogy’. The quote below really resonated with me and I

thought it would be good to share…

 

 

I love Youtube as a go to resource for many things but today I learnt how to make a playlist.

If only I had known how to make a playlist my life would have been so much easier for my students.

 

The day progressed really well with more learning as we looked at various features

of google draw and google slides. Google drawing was a new tool for me and it

was a lot of fun to use. I created an animated story using google slides. The

best part of the day was having the time to play and create with these tools

and the time certainly flew. I have learned so much in such a short time and

look forward to learning more next week.  

Learning new things is amazing !

Immersion into digital fluency continues !

I feel that I have developed many digital skills and am becoming a confident user of Google drive. I have already learnt so many tips and tricks around Chrome extensions - which was a key area of the second  session.

It was so good to hear the term ‘AKO’,as it is one of our school values. It shows we are all life long learners.

Very  excited to work towards making my learning visible and sharing with others. It was an amazing learning opportunity to learn about sending google meet invitations, recording, sharing and uploading to our blogs!