DFI two - workflows

Google hangouts and Meet is the first thing to learn on the agenda, I haven't used this app at all but I can see the benefits once everyone gets used to the functionality of this program. tried it out with a group then with Maria and quickly getting used to this.

Google keep is something I will be using all the time for things like books to read, at the moment I use the file app on my phone but it takes a series of actions to open - one click is better and it has a truckload more functionality.

Covered a whole lot of things regarding tips and tricks when using gmail and calendar. The amount of stuff you can do is pretty overwhelming and I doubt you will remember it all unless you are using the programs a lot - there is definitely a few things we learnt today that I will use in the future and I finally managed to delete a recurring timetabled option subject that has been haunting me since 2015.:)

Toby mini is an add-on that allows you to manage tabs in google. You can save a set of tabs with one URL and share it or use a QR code. Great for when you are doing something like designing the new digital technology course and need to be able to look at the TKI, NZQA and other sites as a workspace that you use consistently.

Google hangouts was the mahi for this afternoon Cathy and I made a recording of our discussion about a student blog, we broke it down and analysed the work and did a fantastic job but unfortunately you will only have my word for it, as when we went to play the video back there was no voice recording which made the video pretty much redundant. The screen recording button also needs the audio record box ticked - now we know!

After some discussion we decided that we thought using the google hangout would be a great way to do some moderation with another teacher but we obviously realised that doing a test run before the video recording would be a great habit to get into so we decided to try again but yet again we were foiled by the technology and this time I clicked the stop button thinking it was the record button. Using a Mac and new software probably compounded the problem but these technical issues are the sort of thing that can easily be ironed out with a little bit of practice.

DFI ONE

My first ever blog post yeehaa- the DFI was pretty fast paced but by large most of it was familiar enough that the new stuff was digestible. Surprised there isn't more secondary teachers as I think the stuff we are learning is so valuable for teachers since the students will start to come to us with an ever greater degree of digital fluency.

Interesting to find out about the history of Manaiakalani and how it all started especially the fact that the original kaupapa never had any huge leanings towards technology.

I know there are a ton of new tricks and tips on the google suite and we covered quite a few new ones today that I never knew about, including some basic stuff like keeping our drives organised. I recently had a conversation with a colleague who compared her drive to a hoarders house in which you can no longer open the doors and there might even be the odd dead body in there it is so disorganised.

Luckily I was introduced to Marie Condo and now I know about making everything I own something that fills me with joy or out it goes. Willie and I like our avatars, Willie has the Knight King and mine is my son in full Buzz Lightyear regalia when he went through that stage. They are probably not the most professional of choices so we may have to find some middle ground between joy and professionalism there.

You will have to imagine my poster here as I can't seem to print screen it on the new laptop - which is pretty poor for a someone doing a digital fluency course but I will get there. figured it out, thanks Cheryl.