DIgital Fluency Intensive - Session 1

Being “At Home in a Digital World” is my goal. 

This indicates my competence and attitude of an empowered, life long learner.

This is what I can do without much effort at this stage.

Google Drive

Create Folders  ✔
Access Folders ✔
Organise files within Folders ✔
Manage Folder permissions ✔
Work with Office files ✔
Work with Apple files ✔
Work with other non-Google files eg pdfs ✔
Upload Files ✔
Convert Files ✔
Share Files ✔
Share non-Google files ✔
Add Folders to your Google Drive ✔
Share a Resource Folder in Drive ✔
Add Files in Drive, without moving them from their ‘home’ ✔

Google Documents

Create a Google Document ✔
Share a Google Document ✔
Share a Google Document with copy restrictions ✔
Format (word process) a document ✔
Layout a Document ✔
Use headers and bookmarks effectively ✔
Collaborate using Google Docs ✔
Provide Feedback with Comments in Docs ✔
Provide Feedback with Suggested Edits in Docs ✔
Direct Comments to specific users ✔
Add links to comments ✔
Access and Review Revision History in Google Docs ✔
Review Comments in Google Docs for Contributions ✔
Revert to Earlier Versions of Google Docs ✔
Use Explore Tool effectively ✔
Citation tools to avoid plagiarism including footnotes ✔
Master Voice Typing ✔
Paste without formatting, clear formatting ✔
Find and replace ✔
Create Tables and manage properties ✔
Get Add-ons ✔
Manage Add-ons ✔
Script Editor ✔

Blogging

I am re - learning using Blogger after many years of absence:

Blogging - Getting started

Time to reflect and share with colleagues

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

MK origins arose from innovations around the use of digital devices for each student in 2000 "The Tamaki Achievement Pathway and PLD 206/7."

Hence, Manaiakalani provides a way forward to adapt teaching and learning using devices with access to the internet while bringing along whanau in the process where strong links add much value through "rangitiratanga." The experience of the Manaiakalani cluster and Outreach Programmes along with robust, reliable longitudinal data shows that students make accelerated progress in Reading, Writing and Mathematics.

Manaiakalani have a clear pedagogy - LEARN CREATE SHARE.

A Cyber Safety Component and Kawa of Care embedded in teacher and student use of devices using Google.

Some practical essentials for teachers include setting some clear parameters around naming documents and saving to folders. eg document titles prefaced with the student initials. Spend a good deal of time on this at the start of year.

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

To engage closely with colleagues using the Google platform which enables "sharing" of my learning including this blog. Overall give everything a go.

Reflect and include my new learning sin my regular work eg create shared docs together with people I work most closely with over the coming months.

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

If I regard my learners, who are adults, I need to encourage our communications using the tools I am learning to use. Essential to use new learnings to embed them in my regular work.

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

Spend a little quality time practicing, fiddling etc around ad-ons. Incorporate new learnings in my work with voluntary organisations. eg Tairawhiti Voyaging Trust and as church treasurer.

WORK IN PROGRESS - Very bland

David Langford Educational  Consultant 37 Haisman Road RD1 Makauri, Gisborne, NZ Mobile: 027 243 8152