Session 4: Dealing with data

The focus of the Manaiakalani segment was around Share, with the key idea being that the conccept of 'sharing' has been important in many different formats all through time.  Manaiakalani saw the opportunity to engage students when a whole new way of sharing began in 2005.  The hook for students was the excitement of engaging digitally in sharing, they wanted to share and using blogger provided an educational means of this.  The audience gives the purpose and reason to share.  The digital opportunity to share gives a much wider audience base.  Blogger is the 'learner drive' opportunity to share in a safer manner while learning the appropriate skills.

Forms

I haven't used Forms before so was great to have a rundown.  So many format options which creates many options.  I can see plenty of uses for myself to gather information.

The session on My Maps I felt I didn't grasp as well, a little bit of a whirlwind and I was struggling to think of application in my current classroom situation (although I know there will be, just understanding and thinking all at once was a little challenging).

Sheets

I have used Excel a bit so was nice to compare this to Sheets, I found it was more user friendly and easier to navigate.  I created the below chart from inputting data about a students blog post.  I can see lots of benefits to analysing children's assessment information within sheets, the sparkline was a great quick visual.

As one of my Bubble Group members mentioned this morning the format of the day really helps learning - going through the 'how to' and then following this in a smaller group giving it a go helps to immerse in the learning.