DFI 2

A lot to take in today.

The Manaiakalani, 'Learn' content is evidence based research to assist the community transition from analogue to digital. It is about teacher effectiveness and accelerating learner outcomes. The intentional and focus part really hones in on the teacher and learner, which is Ako.

What I've discovered is that today's session was about trying to make myself as a teacher more efficient in using digital tools e.g. Keep, GMail and Calendar to organise your work and personal life especially as a teacher. It does help with personal confidence and workflow. It provides balance e.g. scheduled emails can be sent at a specific time and date and incoming emails can be archived and sorted.

Our learners can use the GMail, Keep and Calendar to make themselves more efficient especially at Y7 & Y8 as this enables good organisational skills for later on. Keeping lists, making notes, taking images for future reference does help being mobile and agile.

What I could improve is organising my emails into an archive as they clutter my dashboard. The little extensions make life easier too. I preferred the 'One Tab' as it puts everything away neatly. I like the planning aspect of the calendar and got more tidbits out of it today.

The blog posting, commenting and recording in meets shows potential for having those rewindable moments to reflect back on and to share with peers.

I like the digital bubbles to share and talk about the focus of a lesson, but mainly the practise is important.

Today's video clip was about commenting and recording about a student blog. I found this very useful as an insight to what was the outcome for the students work.