DFI 9

Today we had a quick look at google classrooms , in my honest opinion I don't think I would use this with my class as I find google sites are a lot easier for myself and for my students to navigate.
We also sat our google exam and I passed!!

Overall I have thoroughly enjoyed these sessions and have learnt so many useful tools that I can now implement in my classroom and share with colleagues

DFI 3

In week 3 of DFI I unfortunately had to leave early due to a family emergency.
However I did look and reflect back on other peoples blogs.
The session was on creating.
Creating is important to cater for the different needs of all the learners in your classroom.
A key piece of information that I gained from looking at other peoples blogs is that the learning needs to take place for the creativity to happen.

I have tried to implement this into my own classroom teaching I use a google slide deck on my class site on the slides I have made them multi modal .
I have also learnt how to make follow up activities on google draw as opposed to giving a generic worksheet this allows for the students to insert their own creativity.

I have also experimented with making playlists on youtube to channel to monitor and guide the students on the internet.

DFI 8

What did I learn that increased my understanding of Manaiakalani kaupapa today - specifically empowerment?

I enjoyed the korero on empowerment today it was very relatable coming from a low decile school with students in our school community who may be not empowered and gave me ideas of how to reach them

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

Today we "played" with a number of different digital tools that are engaging and can be used in the classroom I saw an easy and achievable way to use stop motion and movie maker in the classroom 

There were many coding ideas that I would like to try with my learners that are both unplugged and and using devices.

DFI 7

What did I learn that increased my understanding of being connected with Manaiakalani’s kaupapa and pedagogy?

Connected learning-using class blogging as a platform to build connections with the wider world schools,communities and nationwide sharing

Students are learning to be cybersmart through leaving quality blog comments

Teaching ideas made easier through these connections- easy to see and gain ideas from other teachers and schools across the cluster and throughout manaiakalani 

Learning that is visible 

Face to face opportunities to connect

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

google forms and using spreadsheets.
I really enjoyed google forms and am really looking forward to using this in my class I think it will be a good tool to get students ready for online assessments and for solidifying learning at the end of a topic. I found it really easy to use and  I think my students will enjoy this.


What did I learn that could be used with my learners?
Overall the google forms is a useful tool that I can use with my learners. In the past I have found that online assessment results are a lot lower than if they did it on paper, so I think if students were able to become more skilled in reading texts online and answering questions they would be more successful.


What did I learn that could improve my confidence, capability or workflow in my personal life?
Using spreadsheets will help me to organise and collate data for assessments etc and knowing all the shortcuts and features make things quicker and simpler.

DFI 6

Manaiakalani kaupapa, pedagogy and enabling access/ visible learning?

Making learning visible enable students to have another port of call  when they miss their instructions or while im working with a group. Enables students to access their learning at home as well as parents.

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

Today I focused on making my class site more user friendly for my students and for parents I did this because i felt like my site last term was very hard to navigate students weren't showing student agency and i was spending a lot of my time navigating and showing my students what to do as a whole class and neglecting my group teaching and explicit teaching. I am very happy with how my site had turned out now i am using slides so the learning is rewindable i have tried to make it visibly appealing and multi modal I have learnt how to produce a "worksheet" or reading response on google drawings instead of having loads of paper. this is going to make planning quicker and easier as it is all in one place and also less paper and photocopying .


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

My site is now easily accessible to my learners. I have discovered new online resources that i can use with my students learning. I am hoping that my new set up will make my students more independent and able to access their learning without me having to do step by step instructions.

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

My new setup of my site includes my planning so that i am not doubling up on planning and adding to my site it is all in one place all I have to do is duplicate the slide and enter in the new weeks learning focus i think that this is going to be a lot easier and less time consuming to plan.

DFI 5

What did I learn that increased my understanding of Manaiakalani kaupapa and pedagogy?Today we looked into the Manaiakalani Kaupapa being cyber smart it made me reflect on:


Cyber smart:students know how to be confident smart digital users how they interact with other students essential in today's world

quality posts, comments , positive helpful thoughtful

what they should and shouldn't share

digital citizenship

smart learners-learn

smart footprints -create

smart relationships-share

empowered and connected students

What did I learn that could improve my confidence, capability or workflow as a professional?
There were many helpful things that i got out of today's session: using explain everything ,the digital dig was a good refresher in keyboard shortcuts I especially love the  'ctrl f ' and will use this often. Screencastify I am going to continue to use to give instructions to my class without having to repeat myself.

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

Screencatify - I am amazed at how easy this is and i will definitely be using this with my learners

Google Slides on class site-I am continuously adding to and adapting my class site with all the new learning this week i had a play with creating a google slide to add to my site so that parents can also see the learning in class and can transfer to home.I will continue to develop this along with being multi modal 

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

In using google slides for planning and adding to my site i have newly discovered you can duplicate the slide and keep the same format and just change where appropriate. This i found is going to be so useful and time saving with planning and making adding to my site easier. Thoroughly enjoyed this session.

DFI 4

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

Today we focused on the "share" kaupapa of manaiakalani it was interesting to see the development
of sharing in the classroom and how it has changed over time

I was able to reflect on the positives of the development our students now have a purposeful
audience they can share their learning with the wider world and get
feedback from all parts of the globe.It makes learning and sharing more accessible for
both learners and teachers. I am reflecting on the importance of positive and helpful blogger
comments and setting my students up so they can begin to
do this on their own.

Google keep-Another useful tool to make workflow smooth and easy . I have got links to other class sites to gain more knowledge and ideas as to how i could implement this in my own class.



What did I learn that could be used with my learners?  
Window dressing
Reflecting on how to make my class site engaging and interesting for my students -
the front page is the window for everything else . Today I gained so many useful ideas to
use on my class site to hook in student engagement using multi modal ideas.
I aim to use these ideas in my hands on science focus next term
as i am currently finding my site boring and not engaging.The extensions that
we have been introduced to eg eye dropper can be used for design aspects


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

Again google keep making workflow easier this can be transferred to my person life?
streamlining school work. Downloading it to my phone so i can access my school to do lists at home.

DFI 2

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

I discovered new ways of learning sharing that I would like to introduce to my class.

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

  Managing and organizing my emails and making groups within my emails to make things easily accessible. Better communication between myself and my students as well as throughout the school.I have all my emails in one place in my different roles throughout the school . Having things simplified is really beneficial for my teaching and learning and general practise.

With my new learning in these areas it will make me more fluent in delivery and giving students instructions and troubleshooting any issues.

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

Google groups- will make it easier to communicate with my students and share documents quick and efficient.

How to video screen in powerpoint -will enable be to take videos to guide my students in tasks and videoing the mouse movement this would be useful for those students who cannot take directions easily they are able to go back and re-look without me having to repeat myself over and over, promoting student agency.

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

Again general organisation of my emails will make it easier to find things faster and make my work/life more efficient.

DFI 1

What did I learn that increased my understanding of Manaiakalani kaupapa and pedagogy?
 It was really interesting to see the background of Manaiakalani, and gaining new understandings of the why and how.
  What did I learn that could improve my confidence, capability or workflow as a professional? The shortcuts and tips were really helpful in making day to day functions quicker and easier. I have refreshed my memory on some things and lots of new learning that I can take back to my students.
  What did I learn that could be used with my learners? 
 The shortcuts and how to set up docs to make things easier in a 1:1 devise classroom. It will help me to help my students to become more independent and the classroom routines will run more smoothly.How to share and work collaboratively using devices.
  What did I learn that could improve my confidence, capability or workflow in my personal life?
Learning how to make my drive an organised space will ensure I can find things more efficiently, how to design docs and tools in creating docs.