Dealing with Data

I learned how to create a form on google forms. This will definitely be something I can share with my students. I like the way that there's an option layout to create your forms. I need more time to navigate through creating my own My map. I have certainly increased my knowledge, confidence and capability of google spread sheets, entering data, average and inserting a chart. I can't wait to share this with my students.

Media

It is important that students have the opportunity to be creative. Allow them to create whatever they see. Setting up a youtube channel is challenging, so I need more time to familiarise myself with how to create one, and to create a playlist. I learned how important Media is, ie, multi-media, multi-sensory to create Media. Students have access to Media apps to be creative in doing video making, movie making, live streaming etc. I learned more about google slides that I didn't know before, let alone how to create one. I learned a simple google slide animation. I am most probably going to show my students how to do a simple google slide animation and then allow them to be creative. Be comforted that I don't know everything, it will be trial and error for me and finding time to apply what I've learned into my teaching practice as well as personal life.

Animating with Slides

 

Workflow

I learned about how to access Hapara. I'm not quite sure of everything that you can do on Hapara, so that's something I need to be familiar with. It's great how Manaiakalani have goals to move from the analogue world to the digital world. At first, I wasn't too keen about moving from analogue to digital, however, I am in a class that has one-to-one devices, so I'm excited to give it go and try not to get overwhelmed by everything to learn in Manaiakalani.

Remind myself that I can do this and I have experts that can help me if I get stuck. I like the increased confidence of being capable to teach my students what I'm learning and most likely to learn too from my students. I like the way I am able to share this new learning with my colleagues.

I learned that I can help my students to go onto Google Meet incase we going into another Lockdown. 

I learned that I can use my phone to access google keep and organise my emails on gmail.

DFI Journey

 

I learned that Manaiakalani is a programme that will improve students' achievement outcomes.  It's exciting to know that students from even year 1 can have a device.  I'm looking forward to seeing how this will allow students to be actively engaged and confident in the digital world.  Hopefully, the families will take up the opportunity to be involved and actively assist their children.  It's comforting to know that we can inform our families that the device is not to replace a book, but it's a digital pencil.    

I was frustrated that I was unable to open the google meet link.  I learned that the link had to be open in Chrome and not Safari.  I felt confident to go in and out of the meets.  It was helpful to write down notes for me to refer to, to practice in my own time, as well as sharing what I've learned with my colleagues (even though they are ALL IT literate).  I learned easier ways to navigate through the Drive and how to do things on Google Docs, but I need to practice this and implement this in my class.  I certainly need to organise my Drive (that's going to be a mission because everything is everywhere).  

I am going to introduce the eyes on text to my students.  I'm sure my students will enjoy navigating through this during their literacy session.  I'm sure my students will enjoy creating what I created today (HS Create) too.  

I wish I had learned how to do all these things.  Planning and creating Docs would be so much easier if I had known how to do these things.  Time to practice.