My first week at the DFI course was fun, it kicked off with the introductions of the members of the group and an explanation of what is the Manaiakalani kaupapa. Dorothy had a wonderful presentation that outlined the importance of the Manaiakalani kaupapa and pedagogy. She outlined how we can embed a digital learning environment for students and how we could motivate our learners to engage in the curriculum. 'Learn, create and share' is one of the key elements and this can be implemented anywhere in the framework.
To improve my workflow as a professional, I have learnt how to use google groups. I think Google groups is such a good tool for groups. It would allow me to communicate and collaborate with everyone within a group. It would also be easier to send emails and I would only need to send an email to one email - which would be linked to the members of the group.
I think this would be a very good tool to use with my learners. This would allow to me share links, documents and communicate with my students. The group emails are easy to follow and easy to respond to. This is really important for my students as often they can lose their emails if they go through their inbox rather than an assigned Google group.
To my professional and personal workflow. I liked how Dorothy referred to it as 'Marie Kondo your drive'. I feel like this has huge importance! Having an organized drive is a must. I recall in my first year of teaching and the number of shared documents I had received - I felt I had lost them. Slowly, I started creating numerous folders and naming them correctly. This session was a huge reminder to keep naming and filing those documents, so it was nice to look at my drive and see what sparked joy and needed to go. For learners, I think it's absolutely important to have all their documents organized. It will be a good habit and also it will assist children being at ease when looking for their files.
In my session, I created a poster which I thought highlighted the importance of organization.
Drive Organisation for students
Thank you Dorothy and Gerhard for your wonderful presentation and support today. Look forward to learning some exciting new skills and development.
Hi Sushmita. I definitely agree with you about Google Groups! I find that the explanation of its functions and the demonstrations mean that I can do it myself. It makes it so much easier having these extra tools and extensions that we were unaware of, especially as a busy teacher. I also agree with you about having a clean drive. It allows for an easier navigation throughout the drive. I always name my documents when sharing them with my class. They know that when they make a copy, they need to replace my name with theirs. What did you do your inforgraphic about?
ReplyDeleteHi Sarah, I'm glad that we're on the same page. These tools are such a life saver! My infographic was on how to organize the drive.
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