DFI 2021 Week 1

 

My first day on the DFI 2021 has been interesting and challenging. I learned something from every session that I can use, was able to share some of my knowledge and practised some new skills.

Most of our staff have completed the DFI, so it will be good for us to share our learning and things we would like to implement in teams or across the school.

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

I really liked that the focus is on 'working together changes a community'.

I will reinforce the five goals with my staff and we will reflect on how we do that within our context. They are really good to keep us focussed.

We know that LCS is about the pedagogy not the tech, but it is always good to have that reminder. Hearing about the focus on literacy and very limited tech reminded me of my own practice in class when we had four of the colourful macs to share in our class.

I really liked the literacy cycles. I'm keen to speak to our teachers who have completed the DFI to see what they think.

What did I learn that could improve my confidence, capability or workflow as a professional?
One thing I will use much more effectively is my bookmarks bar. Keeping my most often used tabs there, with or without the names will mean that I won't have my usual 50+ tabs open (which will please quite a few people who are horrified at seeing all my tabs open and are astounded when I can easily find what I need!). I've already added my drive and my blog to the bar.

I will try using the priority box on my drive for the docs I use frequently and change as needed. It is great that I can delete files and change as needed.

I will also try narrowing searches in my drive by using the arrow in the search bar.

I have already added numbers to some of my folders so they are easier to go to in my drive.

Here is a piece of work from today:

Questions I have:

In Google groups is it possible to change the settings so not everyone receives everyone else's responses?

I will try to use the digest setting (?) to see how that works for me, but I don't want to add to my peers' already hefty emails by having my responses going to them too.

How can I have files on my drive in multiple places?

I will try using command Z and see how that goes.

How do I change the default text type in docs from Cambria?

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

The importance of collaboration and real time fits really nicely with our maths programme.

I will see how we can use voice typing for journalling.

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

The shortcuts are great eg command T is a new tab and command shift T takes me back through each of the tabs I have just closed to find what I want.

I'm looking forward to next week 😀