DFI 2021 Week 4

So, I have all this 'stuff' jumbling around in my head - useful stuff - very useful stuff! I hope documenting it will help me to organise, categorise and make sense of it.

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

Share - Tohatoha

Social media changed the speed and amplification of sharing

Manaiakalani started in 2006 - understood harnessing technology for this speed and amplification of sharing was a hook for students

An authentic audience chooses to listen to you - they have the power to move on when they want

The Manaiakalani prog focusses on the positive

A blog is a portfolio

Fiona Grant - ‘Don’t say, “I’m finished.” Say, “I’m ready to share.”’

Sharing can be a starting place for new learning - LCS isn’t linear; it can start at any point

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

I've learned lots! I've learned about Forms, Maps and Spreadsheets. I've learned that the three dots have important information lurking behind them.

I really like that forms can have a range of questions. We want to give our students lots of practice with multichoice questions and this is a great way to do it. I like that text and pictures can be embedded into the form. I created a simple form about some favourite things. Thanks everyone for their ideas about how to use forms. I thought Jeremy's idea about using a form for completing, marking and analysing Schonell spelling was really useful.

I'd never heard of MyMap before today! I really like the different views you can choose. I decided to create a map of all the places I've lived.

With my newly learned skills, I'm really looking forward to using Sheets to analyse our data. I've used them for creating graphs, but not to manipulate the data. The slides with the animations are a great rewindable resource! Sparkline was completely new to me. I did a couple of simple graphs from the data we were given. Here is an example:

Questions I have:

I've been trying to embed things, but I'm just getting grey boxes with play arrows. Why does it look okay when I go into preview, but it doesn't show how it will look while I'm writing my blog? What am I doing wrong? What am I forgetting?

Why is the section between the two embedded images smaller than the rest? I've selected the same font size, but it looks really different.

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

I look forward to discussing with my teachers how they have used it or could use MyMap.

I can see now why my teachers use Sheets for their timetables and why Vicki created our term timetables in Sheets. I'm going to talk to our Reading Recovery teachers about how they can use Sheets, including using Sparkline.

I'm going to get staff to share how they have used Forms. The teachers can show the Learning Assistants how they could use Forms in their work with children.

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

I look forward to trialling using Forms for multichoice quizzes with my maths class. I might also get them to graph their maths data. They will be able to see their areas of strength and weakness, and if/how that has changed over time.

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

I always find this question harder to answer as I'm not very digital in my personal life. Maybe I take time this week to be cognisant of how and where I use digital tech outside of work.

Thanks to everyone who shared their ideas on how they've used these tools.

It is so much better being able to process what I've learned on the day I've learned it and go back to it during the week.

A huge thanks to the very patient facilitators who have helped me on this journey so far 😀