Session 3: Media

Unfortunately I missed the session on the Manaiakalani Kaupapa - Create due to a power cut! I managed to catch up on creating an 'About Me' for my blog and tips about Google Slides - this shows the opportunity of rewindable learning!

I joined back in for the Youtube session which was very handy - I now have my own channel where I can create playlists and save and share these - I use youtube a lot in the classroom so this will be handy for organising myself.

Carrying on after lunch Maria shared how to 'drag and drop' in slides - a key message I picked up was rather than spending a lot of time creating these ourselves have our learners create too - that way they increase their understanding of content but also their digital skills all at once.  Below are the two activities I created to practise skip counting and Te Reo.

What I have noticed is how quickly you forget - while in the sessions it seems like logical steps to follow, but try to repeat that again later and I have forgotten simple things.  Shows me I need to keep using the skills to ensure I retain them

Session 2: Workflow

Today we were provided more information regarding the 'Learn' aspect. Two key things I picked up were, 1. We need to keep up to date with digital practises and be able to provide these for our students. 2. Using a digital tool is not just recreating a paper format. You should be able to enhance and highly engage learners with a greater variety of media, tools and ways of engaging with information. This in turn is providing a greater more engaging learning experience for students. However, this doesn't mean taking away the teacher! As student engagement drops during this lockdown it only highlights this importance.

Google Keep - so handy! This will be great for improving my workflow. I currently just use Sticky Notes on my desktop but this is a much more comprehensive version and I love how it connects to my phone. Some handy shortcuts on calendar (D,M,W) and also assigning tasks to the calendar as another reminder of what needs to be done. For older learners I can see the benefits of scheduling meets with breakout rooms as smaller collaborative groups. It was the first time I had recorded myself in a Google Meet. This would be handy during lockdowns where we can record our meets and share on our class page for others who couldn't make it to enjoy at a later time. This way they don't miss the learning or social connection that has happened.

Again the Google Keep would be great in my personal life, just to get other family members into it too ;) I love keeping checklists so this improved version would be so helpful. Looking forward to 2022 I will be in a new role working with more adults and can see how the calendar will be invaluable in this position, along with Google Meet.

Today for our create stage of our day we created a calendar invite to have a Google Meet with a buddy. We then recorded our meet, presented our screen to share a tab and reflected on a students Blog Post. There were a few new steps to follow so it was a little slow for the first time. You can watch below.

Session 1: Core Business. Online Cohort Term 4 2021

 

It was interesting and good background knowledge to hear the story of how Manaikalani came about. This gave me more connection to the programme and the real purpose behind it (from a real need). It was great to find out simple little tricks and shortcuts to improve my everyday use of Google apps. I love the idea of the voice typing to support students who are more reluctant writers. Breaking out into bubbles to have the added support was very helpful. By using a more organised drive, the shortcuts and other tips will add to improved planning and organisation. Voice typing will be great for my writers who are only level 1 of the curriculum, how exciting for them to share a story without having to write every last word. I liked the links that were made to pencil and paper and how the digital version has the same applications and same needs to be organised!