Week 1 Blog Post (Revised)
Cohort 1 Wednesday 11th March 2020
Reflection:The Manaiakalani kaupapa makes it possible for all students to have equitable access to learning and that includes access to digital technologies. It makes it possible to effectively implement the Learn, and specifically the "Create" and "Share" approach. I learned about the importance of using simple digital technologies specifically for this purpose. There is no way that you can implement this approach effectively without using digital technologies in the 21st century.
I leant a lot of new skills today and I am looking forward to using what I learnt with our students. All the sessions were fantastic, but I think the outstanding sessions were "Google Groups", "Chrome and Drive", "Chrome Extensions" and "Connect the Docs". I can definitely use it for both teaching and administrative purposes.
I still need to spend more time on using tables on Google Docs. We usually use Google Docs for our newsletters, but it is just in a simple format. I will recreate our school newsletter for next week by using tables and then publish it on here.
Thank you, Nicola and Dorothy, for a great day of learning.
Reflection:
It was great to revisit some of the learning we did during the first session we had when I was part of Cohort 1. I am now able to explore and use all the new skills in more depth.
"Connect to Docs" was again great, especially in terms of using index links to important parts of a document. I can definitely use this with documents like the School Charter, Curriculum Delivery documentation, Strategic Planning documents or Achievement and Effectiveness Reports to the Board.
I also redeveloped our newsletter again and included our school pepeha as well as some examples of the students' pepehas that are up at the entrance of the school.
It was great to work with Gerhard - very knowledgable and skilled in what he is doing.
A copy of the front page of our newsletter on Google Docs:
Cohort 2 Tuesday 5th May 2020
My workspace at the moment when I'm working from home
Reflection:
It was great to revisit some of the learning we did during the first session we had when I was part of Cohort 1. I am now able to explore and use all the new skills in more depth.
"Connect to Docs" was again great, especially in terms of using index links to important parts of a document. I can definitely use this with documents like the School Charter, Curriculum Delivery documentation, Strategic Planning documents or Achievement and Effectiveness Reports to the Board.
I also redeveloped our newsletter again and included our school pepeha as well as some examples of the students' pepehas that are up at the entrance of the school.
It was great to work with Gerhard - very knowledgable and skilled in what he is doing.
A copy of the front page of our newsletter on Google Docs:
Kia ora Casper. What a great post to share about your day. Google Docs certainly has way more possibilities in the way it can be used and I look forward to seeing how you upgrade your newsletter. It is so good to be able to use these tips and tricks both with our learners and for ourselves and to have the rewindable slideshows will help until they are embedded in our creativity. See you next week, Nicola
ReplyDeleteKia ora Casper, it was great connecting with you today! Thanks for sharing your reflection from today's session. I'm pleased that you have found some beneficial learning from today. Your redesigned newsletter is looking great! I like how you've used tables to keep your content in the right place. Looking forward to learning alongside you in this DFI Cohort. Catch you next week, Gerhard
ReplyDeleteHI Casper.
ReplyDeleteI'm loving this new newsletter layout. Good on you for revisiting the sessions already covered. I always find something new in the sessions, no matter how many times I have been to them, so hopefully you will too.