DFI Session 2: Workflow

Great Ideas from this session:

1. Create your Mihi in slides
2. Google Keep is amazing!
3. Students can practise their handwriting in Google Keep - as collaborators on a shared document - or one between three students

Google Keep: Excellent for taking notes, photos, drawing, pen, creating shapes, handwriting- there is an app which I now have on my phone. Create a shopping list and collaborate with other people

Use app on phone- take image- take image- click on image - click on three dots, grab text

Highlight text - click read/play in toolbar and it will read it back to you.

Game changer for reading!!!!!

Create a new drawing - handwriting letters invite collaborators to practise their handwriting!

Google Keep will be great for adding notes, images.

One really exciting thing I will be trying is taking a photo of text, and getting google to read the text to a group of students


G-mail tips in settings

Adjust themes and set up inbox preview pane
Use snooze on e-mails to select a time to bring it back

Google Calendar
Setting up to make work flow easier- invite people for meetings at certain times, etc

These short-cuts in calendar are amazing!

Type...

y for year

a for agenda

d is for day

w for week

c is the create 

t is time

g is the date

n for next- next day, next month or year (depending on view in calendar)

q  to create a new EVENT for that day- WOW!!

Idea: Make an infographic of calendar shortcuts for giving to staff

Possible idea: Sally could send the agenda out within the google calendar event.

To do more focus on: Key competencies and learning progressions 

New Term: Blended Learning formerly known as I.C.T

Rewindable learning, rather than flipped learning (very American)

We are interested in capturing the magic of specific learning moments/ objects - rather than students prepping themselves on future material to be covered. I would like to use more of this in my practice. As simple as capturing it on our Smart phones and embedding in a doc. I use my Smartphone a lot for Assessment - this is the logical step to rewind the learning - love this!

Google Meet/hangouts could be used for staff meetings 

Google hang outs to share screen - then can show e.g your google map of your favourite place

Daily notices as a google hang-out - classes join in - idea

I have created a hang out with Emily for this Friday!

TAMING YOUR TABS

• One Tab (chrome extension)
• Toby Mini (chrome extension)
• Session buddy (chrome extension)
• Colour picker/ziller (chrome extension)
• Bookmarks and how to edit these to make shorter

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

Using a variety of digital tools, such as hang-outs increases student engagement and interaction.

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

Toby Minor will make better use of time, particularly at the start of the day setting up all my tabs - and then finding them again.

The short-cuts for Google Calendar should prove to be useful.

I can see the benefits of Google Hang-outs - might do some thinking around students using this tool to share their screens and talk about their learning.

I think it would be a good experiment to do a staff meeting or a team meeting as a Google Hang-out- all teachers have to join in and participate but allow them to be anywhere - would be a great idea potentially to ease teacher workload (each teacher could relax in familiar surroundings with a nice piece of cake and a cold glass of water).

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

1. I am going to use Google Keep for handwriting, and have students collaborating together. This could be a great peer assessment task too.
2. I wish to implement the concept of rewindable learning more on my class blog - I have updated my static blog for my students so that I can post rewindable learning moments to the home page feed. I will then share this link with my parents and individuals who have their own device, as well as the class e-mail address.
3. Wouldn't Google Hang-outs be great for reviewing learning with a small group? Or a google hang-out with other schools? Or possibly doing a BCTV episode via hang-outs?

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

Google Keep will be great for writing lists like a shopping list, taking and storing photos and notes.
I plan to use my Smartphone recording tool more to save time.