Day 7 Devices

Had a turn on a chromebook - starting to learn how to use one - the kids have already shown me some things but I'm still not very good at using one.  Was really interesting to learn a few new things.

Had a turn at recording a screencastify.  It is about 4 seconds long and a 'test' one lol.  I would like to be able to do this properly but ran out of time today and once I'd recorded one I couldn't figure out how to get back to the main screen to record again 🙄

my dumb screencastify

Thanks Maria for showing me ctrl K so I could rename my link!

Ok - tried again with Maria's help - this is better and a record of how to do it!!

Am I the only one that thinks that poll thing is cool!!!!??  I want to learn how to use that!  I'm not sure what I'd use it for though.  Unless we go into lockdown again and I can use it for a zoom meeting with my classes maybe.  

I learnt how to mute a tab today!! Thanks Makaore! 

Day 6 DFI Enabling Access Sites

"Really?  You want me to create a Site?" 😂🙄

This was the thought I started today with.  

"I'm not sure that a site will be that useful to me or that I can even manage to create one."

The task seemed overwhelming and I wasn't sure of its value.

Part way through the day I had pushed through and made some progress!

Thanks to my small group for being so patient with me and to Maria especially for all her help and letting me share my screen a million times a day.  

I'm still not convinced I will be making and updating a brilliant site in the near future but I have been so inspired by my classmates sites.  How do they manage that while also teaching a full load?  They are superstars in my eyes!  I would be so happy to have my moko in any of their classes x

Day 5 DFI Collaborate Sites

Hearing of the loss of Cass today was incredibly sad.  

Thank you group members for being here today.  It was good to see your faces.

I am very slowly getting the basics of sites. Veerrrry slowly. 

Day 4 DFI Dealing with Data

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

Sharing being such an integral part of who most of us are.  This correlates well with my work as a guidance counsellor - having an 'audience' to who we are can be an important part of our self worth.  

What did I learn that could improve my confidence, capability or workflow as a professional/with my learners or in my personal life?

I have pinned the camera app to task bar so that I can have a go taking a photo with the laptop camera.

Helpful Hints - ctrl/shift/v when pasting - pastes text without formatting so that it takes on the format of wherever you are posting it.  This is such a timesaver!  Thanks Maria :) 

Forms - I have answered lots of google forms but never created one myself.  I have created survey monkey instead.  Maybe this is outdated now - I'm not sure.  

My Maps - I would like to be able to add points in maps and calculate the distance between each one as often do jogs that aren't on google maps.  I use the 'map my run' app on my phone which tells me once I have done the jog but it is good to get an estimate before I go.  

Sheets - This section was really helpful for my gateway data.  Maybe I could start using sheets instead of just the table that I have created in google docs.  I am wondering what would be the advantages and disadvantages of this.  One of the advantages would be the graphs eg: