DFI Day 2

Time to reflect and share with colleagues

What did I learn that increased my understanding of Manaiakalani kaupapa and pedagogy?

I need to ramp up my turbo charging! The link made between SAMR and Blooms really resonated with me.

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

Lots of useful tips - google keep which is like a digital post-it note, boomerang so I can delay emails so they appear in the receivers inbox first thing in the morning (or whenever I want it to), google hangout (I found this rather frustrating), how to tame my tabs - lots of options here - it's just a matter of playing around with it and seeing which one I perfer. 

It's also the incidental learning on the side that happens that is improving my capability. Today I learnt how to screenshot my screen (new laptop this week!), how to mute my laptop when it's projecting on the TV, the phrase 'bunny ear scroll' (will definitley use this term with my students), loom vs castify (still need to find out more about this), how to accept the smart compose option - this had been appearing on my emails but I didn't know how to accept it. And then there's last weeks learning which I forgot! I forgot that the f on my blog could change my font, and I forgot about the view/show document outline option when using titles/headings/subheadings. Interestingly, when I had been teaching my class yesterday how to use the title/heading/subheading, I was wondering in my head how we accessed this down the left hand side of their google doc!

Clip of screencastify

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

As above! I also need to show some of my students how to video themselves reading and send it to Wellington for a pilot programme I'm part of. I have been asking techno-savvy people at school but they have been too busy. Huge thanks to Tanya Mundy for helping me today. I now have the loom vs screencastify debate!

What did I learn that could improve my confidence, capability or workflow in my personal life?

Shared calendar - I have been invited and invited people on this. 

Hangout - still frustrating but I can see the benefits. Once again, it's just a matter of using it over and over again.