Digital Fluency Intensive Day 5 - Collaboration with Sites

Day 5 - Collaboration with Sites

Today focuses on supporting visible teaching and learning through building collaborative, multimodal Google Sites.

Multi Modal

An inclusive, differentiated approach to teaching in a digital learning environment.

We created two Multimodal sites in pairs using Google sites. Below are the links:

Life Processes

Cinderella

By creating the Multi Modal sites it stretches the teachers and the learners thinking and makes teaching and learning more fun at the same time. 

For that we looked at Introduction to Sites.

We also looked at - Check out Angela’s Blog post reflecting on her MIT innovation of the Multitext database.

Reference of Multi Text Data Base

Today's session was fun as it put me into the thinking position. It allowed me to stretch my brain and really think and plan for the learners using multi modal text. This kind of planning encourages the learners to think outside the box.

Google Drawing

Rose Drawing

I have learnt how to get rid of the background. It's just that I have to have the border blue by clicking on the frame and click delete. I can get rid of any marks by choosing pencil to colour white. Use shift and arrow keys to arrange the pieces so there is no white space between the pieces.

Digital Fluency Intensive Day 4 - Dealing With Data

Day 4 - Dealing with Data

We started by talking about:

Sharing

That connected learners share their work. Post 2005, that's when Youtube was born nobody ever imagined that it's going to grow so far.

We need to keep in mind that sharing needs to have a purpose. 

Blogger is the main online sharing space for our learners. 

By using gadgets and analytical tools on blogger we can also track  and gather data. 

Google Forms

That it's one of the easier ways to collect information either from parents or organisations. It's easier to start from blank form when creating one. We can add questions and arrange the settings as suited. As for sharing and sending there are 3 ways - email, link and embed. Viewing for the response data is also made easy by using google forms.

My Google Form - General Knowledge

Good example of Pick A Path Google Form. It's always a good idea to PLAN your Pick A Path.

This is my Google Form which I created - New Zealand - General Knowledge.

Google My Maps

Customizable collaborative allowing us to track or plan journeys, measure distances, add place markers.

Using Google Maps is another way we can make learning fun for learners in the classroom as there are so many various ways..

Google Sheets

This is so helpful in so many different ways mainly for the teachers to collect data, do calculations, show or lock what they don't want to show etc.

Sheets on Speed

Is another way of calculating averages, sorting averages, creating and selecting charts.

I created this Google Sheet and then analysed it using Google Drawing.

Today I learnt that there are so many smart ways of collecting, comparing and sharing data and then analysing it which can make teaching easier. Using tools such as Google forms, Google Sheets and Google Maps confidently can make whole lot of life easier for teachers and learners.  

  

Digital Fluency Intensive Day 3 - Media

We started the day by talking about what went well for this week and what we needed some help with. 

As for me: 

I tried Google Docs with my learners since I wasn't able to do so earlier. I gave a go at Connect the Docs where I can successfully give the heading and link subheadings. I tried using One Tab to tame my tabs. 

I needed help with my Google Hangouts as I was not able to make a call. Only reason was that the domain has been blocked. Fusion has been looking into this for me.

Day 3

As for today's DFI learning we looked at How to Live Stream:

1. Using a Full HD Camera - Full HD Camera: Canon LEGRIA HF G40, Teradek: VidiU Pro, YouTube Live, YouTube Live: Create an Event, Stream Via:VidiU Pro.

2. Using a Laptop Webcam - Laptop Webcam: Using YouTube.

3. Using a Drone - Drone: DJI Spark. Kent Sommerville from Point England School gave more insight into this.

ksommerville@ptengland.school.nz

www.ptengland.school.nz

Then we looked at:

Youtube Channels - learnt that teachers are to save the youtube videos in to the Drive and then share with the learners. This means that we take videos from youtube and share via drive/ give ti drive. This way it will allows learners to only watch videos they are suppose to.

Also youtube is not the place for children to put their videos. Learners are not to set up youtube channels as we as a teacher won't be able to go in their youtube account.

Youtube Playlists - this is used to curate playlists. We learnt how to create playlists using various headings and save as many videos as we can. We can also embed so it's easy for the learners to access.

Create - Hanga (Maori word) was significantly about 'Hook'. It helps kids to become better problem solvers, communicators and collaborators. It helps to swap things around (eg. create to learn - chocolate chip baking). Learners can start by baking, expand their learning by researching, writing and then bake again. It can go in this order as well : create, share and learn.

Slides - we are the star, slides is/ are just supporting our story. Consistency in message/ story is important. Use colour, bolding rather then different fonts.

Colours - uniform spews (not too many colours, difficult to see)

White space is your friend - light background, dark text to contrast.

Dark background - light text to enhance.

Map story - Plan, plan, plan.

Google Drawing - is tool for any tasks such as word banking, infographics, learning menus, Digital art and many more. Using Google Drawing I got the picture of a rose and then used Google Drawing and did the art. I was able to come up to this for far but I haven't been able to remove the background successfully. I need to find as easier way to remove background. I tried remove.bg and pixlr.com but was not successful.

For levelling up here are some important Slides  - Working with Shapes and images (Working with Shapes, Texts and Images in Google Slides)

For Making Meaning of Content I made a slideshow of My Pepeha.

As for Blogging Tips we mainly looked at the settings and the Youtube settings.

Digital Fluency Intensive Day 2 - Workflow

Another productive Digital Fluency Intensive day we had...

Day 1

We delve into:

WWW

• What has worked for you since the last time we met?

• What hasn’t worked (or made sense)?

• What do you need help with?

Then facilitators shared that Google Docs has go a new feature where we can highlight a paragraph and then move it either up or down.

For Learn / Ako

Ako means learn. What it means in the digital environment. 2 things runs parallel:

1. effective teaching and learning

2. digital at the same time.

We as educators need to engage and excite kids to learn by:

1. recognising

2. amplifying

3. turbo-charging

Great teaching + Digital Affordances = Acceleration

Our own blogs - is rewindable learning

- worth learning then worth capturing teaching

- can always go back and use / ahaa moment.

2. Create: Making meaning of content

Deep Dived into:

Google Keep (keep.google.com) Its an integrated tool. It comes with lots of inbuilt features.

Google Keep is a nice way to:

• Jot the thoughts 
• Take notes 
• Relax and listen to Key Notes, Lectures and Presentations.
• Voice Memos
• Take 30 seconds to revolutionise our work like (record while u take a walk to your car)
• Google Docs and Google Keep
• Search: Types, People, Labels and Colours (Video 1, Video 2, Video 3).
• Using Google Keep with Inbox by Gmail

For managing our workflow we looked at :

Gmail - (mail.google.com)

Calendar - (calendar.google.com) where I learnt how to block my calendar and make appointments

Hangouts/ Meet - (hangouts.google.com) we made calls, received calls etc.

* It's wise to achieve rather than delete

* lots of extensions can be used to simplify g-mail

Taming your Tabs - was another extension we can utilise to manage all our tabs. Google Toby Mini is another extension I can utilise to tame my tabs.

3. Share: Embed and Rewind Content 

Use Google Hangouts to connect with a small group - was another interesting activities we did in a group of 3. Over here we were to look at the Summer Learning Journey and answer questions after studying one of the learner's post. Below are the questions:

Questions and thoughts to drive your conversation:

• What was the teaching design behind this post?
• What was the learner’s response ie the post content
• Who responded to the post and how did this support the learning experience or contribute more to the learning of the child?

I worked with Andy and Sushmita. Sadly in our little group only Sushmita had the Apple laptop and she had to manage the Quicktime for screencasting and recording. I had to use Donna's laptop and make a call since for my HP the hangout domain was disabled.

Everything went well while we did the recording but when we played to ourselves then we realised that the microphone on Quicktime player was disabled. 

Out recording:

We have learnt to:

• make sure to check the microphone option on Quicktime that it's enabled and on high volume.

Other important things learnt when using Hangout is:

• to turn your microphone off so that we can hear the person talking clearly otherwise there will be feedback noise.
• make sure the background is presentable and there should be enough sunlight on the person talking but no sunlight behind you as it will reflect on the computer screen.
• show that you are present by displaying your video.

Digital Fluency Intensive Day 1 - Introduction

Our day started with acknowledging the Samoan Language Week and Philatetic started our day by saying Karakia in Samoan.

Day 1
                                          Group photo of our Digital Intensive Cohort 2.

There will be 9 sessions for this Digital Fluency Intensive course. Each day will be divided into 3 sections where we will:

1. Learn             2. Create and              3. Share our learnings

Day 1

1. Learn

After our individual introduction, Dorothy Burt talked about Digital Fluency Intensive Overview and Manaiakalani Origin Story. It's interesting to learn how the Manaiakalani innovative team worked together and how the current learners and educators of 13 schools are benefitting from the hard work, which has been put in since 2006. 

The sole purpose was for:

Then we dived deep into Google Groups, Chrome and Drive and explored Chrome Extensions. We also looked at Summer Learning Journey Research and found out that since the learners have started using digital tools their learning have accelerated vastly. We also explored Connect the Docs and did Skills Checklist.

For levelling up sessions we were given opportunity to divide ourselves in two groups:
1. Scavenger Hunt
2. add-ons and extensions

2. Create: Making meaning of content

We were to use Docs as a tool for creating visual media.
Before we created our own Docs we looked at few examples and tips:

infographics, posters, newsletters, CV

Browse this article for 20 tips BEFORE you begin

Create a Photo Journal in Google Docs

I created 2 visual media using docs. It was quite challenging since I do use Google Drawings a lot these days but I managed to produce 2 piece as seen below:

3. Share: Embed and Rewind Content 

The things I have learnt that increased my understanding of Manaiakalani kaupapa and pedagogy is that Manaiakalani Cluster has been running successfully in the hands of some great people such as Mr & Mrs Burt since the year 2006 ie. that's when it was formed. It has made a huge impact on the learners and their learning outcome in this digital world. Classes started with ipads and now all the learners from Year 3 and up use chromebooks and years 1-2 use ipads to support and enhance their learning in all curriculum areas. There has been ongoing Professional Developments provided to teachers to keep pace with their teaching as well. There are 12 Primary and Intermediate Schools and 1 College, which has been benefiting by being part of Manaiakalani Cluster with even free internet access at home.

Some of the things I learnt that improve my confidence, capability or workflow as a professional would be about:

• Google Groups - I have not as of yet created any google groups but I feel that I would be able to do it as I might need some practice since there are whole lot of features I need to keep in mind.
• Chrome - when I bookmark - I can only have the icon and take away the name from the bookmark panel. I can also pin and lock the bookmark on the panel.

- Chrome - I can type (a heading or question) and search using omnibox.

- Chrome - I can toogle through tabs using command/ control + # = quick switch to

another tab.

• Drive - numbering folders so I can easily excess.
• Chrome Extensions - sits on the top right corner of the browser and each extension fulfils single purpose only.
• Connect to Docs - how to highlight a text, add a comment to a text and assign to someone. Also mark it resolved once it's resolved.

- Doc to forms - I have learnt how to use various kinds of extensions from the Chrome Web Store such as I can create a form using doc and do few other things.

        - Docs - create Infographics or create a poster.

Some of the things I learnt that could be used with my learners are:

• use icon for bookmarks
• use omnibox for searching
• whole lot of things with docs such as create a poster/ infographics

The things I learnt that could improve my confidence, capability or workflow in my personal life would be:

• Chrome - only use bookmark icon on my bookmark panel and pinning my bookmarks.
• Toogle through tabs using control/ command + # = quick switch to another tab.
• Numbering my folders.
• Create presentable infographics.
• Confidently teach and meet my learners needs/ demands.
• Engage more parents by sharing their child/ children's learning such as create forms using Docs and share with parents and get feedback/ collect information and so on.
• Talk and share more about how Manaiakalani cluster started and how the educators and learners are benefiting from it.