DFI Day 2 Workflow Reflection

Another day of learning. We use Hapara at Weymouth Primary School to help us as educators with our learners and their devices 1:1. I remember during our in-class Facilitator Support with Jeremy Ferguson last year and how he encouraged us as educators to use Hapara as a tool to support learners instead of a watchdog type application. I am quite confident using Hapara.

With Dorothy this morning she spoke to us about Ako - Learn. A question that she had in her presentation was: What does Learning look like in my school? And as a practitioner can I articulate this? At Weymouth Primary we have our Weymouth Way - We think, we help, we learn, we care. In Te Reo Maori it translates to: Ka whakaaro tatou, ka awhina tatou, ka ako tatou, ka awhina tatou. Our values: Respect and Honesty Te Whakakute me te Ngakaupono. Our vision is: Whaia te iti kahurangi which translate to Strive for the best. Dorothy also talked about: Recognise Effective Practice, Amplify Effective Practice and Turbo Effective Practice. 

A small part of the session was about Cybersmart and Smart Footprint. I take for granted that my learners know the expectations around this. I will go back to this and go through it again about "Digital Footprint".

Part of the session was to: create a meet in Google calendar. In pairs we had to share our screens with our buddies and record our meeting. In the meeting we shared a blog post from the Summer Learning Journey and had these reflective questions. 

Here is my screen recording from today:

What did I learn that could be used with my learners?

Carrying on from last week of the Reading Mileage activity. I did show my learners how to use tables in docs.

What did I learn that could improve my confidence, capability or workflow as a professional?

It has more been a refresher of what I have been learning and practicing in my classroom.

DFI Core Business Day 1 Reflection

It is great to have been part of the Manaiakalani kaupapa from the beginning. When sharing, Dorothy reminded me of the origins and how far the project has come. 

A few things that I have learned from the session today are:

* Google Groups and an opportunity of how to use this in the classroom. This is new learning. I didn't realise that it was in the Google suite. The nine dots in the right hand corner that accesses the Google apps, I call the chocolate box with my learners. I am curious to find out how different is Google Groups to Spaces.

* Google Drive: the preview eye icon had disappeared from the top table. But after today, I had to change the grid layout to see it. We also had time to tidy up our Drive. Using the preview buttons helps to view docs in the drive without having to open them. I spent some time tidying up my Drive today. I need to keep on top of this. I also get my learners to tidy up their Google Drive at the end of every time.

* Google Docs: using docs to create posters. This was new learning for me. During the session one of our tasks was to create a poster using google docs. I liked how you could use a table to help keep all your work (writing, images) tidy and how you can hide the table lines. I will definitely be using (teaching) this with my learners. Here is my example that I am really proud of.