DFI #2

(Apologies... posts are out of order!)

Google Hangouts v Google Meet. 

Hangout effectively means that you can share your screen with the others in the group, whereas Meet is just video.

Etiquette

Noise within the group. Muting your microphone is crucial! The screen changes according to who is making noise... so if you are a foot-tapper or fidgeter (I am!!!) this could be quite disruptive and frustrating for the other members of your group.

Headphones reduce the amount of feedback so sound quality is better with them. I quickly realised that I need headphones for my laptop! - My iPhone ones arent compatible! If using a laptop and phone, there is a delay between you talking and hearing.

Manaiakalani Pedagogy - Ako.

Effective teaching. Accelerated Learning.

Our DFI Goals:

3. Our teachers are supported to understand how digital technologies used effectively can have a significant impact on accelerating achievement outcomes.

4. Our teachers are supported to understand how the Manaiakalani pedagogy and kaupapa has been co-constructed over more than a decade to maximise the impact of effective teaching and learning in a digital learning environment.

It's all about Increasing teacher effectiveness and accelerating learning outcomes in this digital environment. Supporting teachers to move from analogue to digital.

We need to be recognising the amazing things happening in our Kura and Amplify its impact by sharing it out. 

Turbocharge - doing things that have never been done before.

Challenge: What teacher actions are promoting student learning?

What does LEARN (effective practice) look like in my school? (Recognise Effective Practice).

What are the programs in our school that make learning happen? 

Great teaching + digital affordances =acceleration.

I'm reminded that I need to be more conscious when designing my reading experience, that I need to be including more text for general consumption.

I've been touching on the SAMR model (Dr Ruben Puentedura), for a number of years now. I really liked this link into Blooms, as I'm mindful that a number of teachers still refer to Blooms. 

Manaiakalani Google Class On Air

Teachers have webcams in their classes and are capturing learning online. You can look at them and see effective practice in action.

Google Keep

Found on the sidebar of Slides, Gmail, Calendar, etc is Google Keep. Another game changer! Even more fantastic... having it connected on your phone. With your phone, you can add voice notes. You can also take a photo of text, open it in Google keep, click the 3 dots... grab text and HELLO... it types it for you! Think about handouts in meetings/conferences... School Journals... so many different uses.

Gmail

We learned about a number of features to create a better workflow with your Gmail.
- undo send! You can change your settings so that you can retrieve a sent email within up to 30 seconds.

- Smart Compose (Tab to enter... on phone just tap at the end of the sentence.)

- Nudges... keeps me on my toes.

- Smart Reply - Great for responding quickly to acknowledge that you've seen it.

- Stars - I was running just a yellow star. Now I've got "All-Stars"... game changer!!! I can have different colours as well as a few different buttons. I'm using these to quickly sift emails I need to go back and action etc.

Keyboard shortcuts...

- G+T = Sent box

- G+V= Moved to

- G+S + Starred

We also created Labels to tame the inbox. We do it for our Google Drive, so it makes sense that we would our Gmail too.

Calendar

W discovered a number of previously unknown Shortcuts:

D - Day view

A - Agenda

W - Week view

x  - 4 weeks

in month view - J = previous, K =  next month

Create "Appointment Slots" - set the timeframes and then send it out. This would be fantastic for inviting people to make a suitable time for professional discussions etc.

Controlling Tabs

One Tab 

- Great for taming tabs!!! Clears them from all being tabbed. I for one am terrible qat running a ridiculous number of tabs on a number of windows... potentially even multiple personalities!

- Great to "lock" the list so that they stay there. Can get rid of the work tabs, without actually getting rid ot them.

Toby - mini

Collects them under collections. Easy grouping when running a lot of tabs at once. More visual than just the tabs at the top. I am loving this one! I can group my tabs according to "Planning", "School Leader" stuff and just having a play in general.

Other Handy Tools:

Colour picker

Colour Zimmer

Extensity Extension... to turn extensions on/off when not being used.

QuickTime Player

Today was my first time using QuickTime Player to record our groups' discussion. It served as a great reminder of what it's like to be in the sandpit getting stuck! I had thought that the first member of our group was silent... perhaps muted... alas no. I hadn't increased the sound for recording!

The next trick for young players arose when the sound feedback was becoming phenomenal. We need to be very mindful of where our microphone is located in relation to our device. One example was with the earbuds. Wearing one, with the other dangling, caused huge feedback. Also, the microphone being too close while holding up the laptop.

Please don't be brutal with our recording... It was the first time for all!!!