Ngā mihi to all the coaches at our inaugural DFI session which was a fabulous day of learning, innovation and connecting!
- Increased understanding - Our first day covering the 'Core Business', balanced deep dives into digital practice, with complementary 'play', exploration and tracing the rich history of Manaiakalani. I gained a much deeper appreciation of the stages of development in the Manaiakalani kaupapa over time and the significant part played by initial practitioners as educational 'visionaries'. As one of those key visionaries, I appreciated hearing first hand from Dorothy the principled thinking around goals of improving equity, engagement and improved outcomes for underserved learners.
- Learning that could improve confidence, capability or workflow - The session covered some really helpful ways for doing things smarter across all the core tools in the Google Suite. I gained more confidence in getting up to the play on new features (e.g. 'Smart Chips') and short cut keys. I really appreciated Vicki sharing some of those extra apps that she has found useful like remove.bg and triple click to select. My all time favourite short-cut would have to be shift-command+v (to paste without formatting).
- What could be used with my learners - I would be remiss if I didn't believe all we had leant today is not valuable for learners to know; particularly in helping them to become more empowered and self-regulated with the Google Suite as a range of complementary, connected tools. More particularly, a daily activity of voice recording and using docs to create an infographic to summarise learning will be approaches I will use more purposefully with my students this week.
- Improving confidence, capability or workflow in my personal life - The content we have covered today can be applied across home-school contexts and reminds me of what Dorothy emphasised about Manaiakalani leaners having seamless, ubiquitous access to devices and this kaupapa from home as well as school.
Hi Naomi,
ReplyDeleteGreat to hear that the first day was a success. I've always enjoyed being reminded of the Manaiakalani journey and how it has built over the years, each time I attend a session. It gives a renewed sense of purpose and understanding for our roles, I think. It's awesome that you got some more tricks and tips that will be useful both for your current learners and for the future. I'll look forward to learning them from you soon :)
Georgie
Kia ora Naomi,
ReplyDeleteI was thinking as I read your post, what a great position you are in. Able to take part in the DFI this term and implement things with your learners while you are learning and also thinking ahead to your role next year and tucking away things that will be of use for you there!
So great to have you on board the team.
Vicki