DFI Week 4 post 26 June 2019

DFI Week 4 post 26 June 2019

DFI 4 notes

Todays notes

My focus this week is to use voice typing with more students and to get use of Hapara sorted.

Get blogg issues resolved so all students can use thier blogs.

Focus this week is on Share.
Hopefully writing in a blog allows students to think and check work so they can improve it in expectation of their family and a wider audience checking it.
Everything does not have to be finished to share on the blog - it can be a work in progress.
Sharing to learn and sharing to finish learning.

Potential for an increase in feed forward than what one teacher can give them.

Blogs over the summer are proving to increase student achievement and stopping the summer slump.

Schools need to push harder to get whanau looking at their children's blogs.  Run more training with whanau about how to do this.

Home page on your site needs to change over time.

Visual differences can greatly improve student interest and access.

We made a test site to look at making it multi-modal.

We made a multi-modal garden site today.

Garden test site












This is mine.

Ahipara science site












Our group garden sites
our group garden sites

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

I learned to use my site better so that it will be easier to share more information more quickly with my class.

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

The more I use the tools the easier it becomes to get things into my site quickly. Today I discovered how to link pages in the site without creating buttons which is much quicker than going through the button. Now they are linked straight to the images.

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

The focus today was on improving my site which will make it easier for my class to access documents. We also learnt about altering comment buttons in our blog which could be applied to my class and student blogs if suitable in the future. From past weeks I am still working on Hapara use with my learners and on voice typing over the next week.

What did I learn that could improve my confidence, capability or workflow in my personal like?
The greater speed I can create with the less time is spent in planning - it is good to be able to make links to how to access information I can utilise quickly so I am not always reinventing the wheel from scratch. Sometimes when the presentation to the site is too difficult I have resorted to email to the class etc. So the goal is now to make changes and additions to the site daily so I don't forget anything and then the learning is always rewindable for the learners throughout the year.

DFI Week 3 19 June 2019

DFI week 3 2019

Agenda link for the day
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HE3qm_k8ttsPgfjMP-KzKU_Lu-yA5Amz_opsGAAQ_Dw/edit?ts=5d088ed0


Work to be done still with students organising files and checking on blog entries.

Remember to get Chase a cup for voice typing - what can be done for students with speech problems who struggle to type and to anunciate clearly?

Remember to do class blog weekly!

Task appropriateness in create is very important - i.e. times tables you would not use painting but maybe a poem or song.

Learing comes naturally through being creative.

Instead of saying what are we going to learn today - what are we going to create???

Create is a doing word -multiple senses.  USe the whole body.

Exploring creative ideas
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FLqJiqIjQt-xzzbloW4hfboA09DG2o0-eC6czb1DXSs/edit

It is okay for not all students to produce something every time - they will still learn from the creative process of doing things.

Putting a video on the blog helps students feel like they are more creative.


Kent - livestreaming different events
Livestraming through youtube - no scial media as they should not be on it under 13.  Footage is much easier to use like this as you can embed it where you need to.

Create the week ahead of time and have it count down to it - people know there is an event to look out for on the school website.

View has about a 30second delay as it goes back to California.  You can have students run a live commentary - you might set as private until you check the audio is all ok and so then run it on delay after the event.

New expensive technology out of America - about $2000 so need to consider how often you will use it before buying.

Creator studio - live streaming on your laptop.
Drone filming is another option - height restricted because of aircraft.
Your phone works to record things so be careful of speech.

Schoolwide - sports- art projects, performances at assembly, production,

Command space brings up spotlight search

You Tube

Putting up video's of students needs to be checked with BOT.  Not reccomended.
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1N1QcGfZ892-3JTSwpWU99Wrp5VVxvKQexngrjk5TVcE/edit#slide=id.gd5afd16d8_0_0

Playlist to embed - edit then share

Google Draw

Lots of options
Callouts can create speech bubbles in a comic strip.



Google draw - save as a png to add to google slides.  I have added this to my Matariki slides.


Google Slides

Create your own theme in slides.

Using slides is a great way to create.
Try to get students to be creative in their design

Goal for students to get better at designing their own - after they use too much colour you discuss how does it look to read etc. Visual design is an important part.

Sharing planning on site - only people with editing rights can see the comments - so you can use comments for private notes and reflections.

Students online is like they are out in the public on a giant field trip.

Here are my attemps in google draw today.

• What did I learn that increased my understanding of Create within the Manaiakalani kaupapa and pedagogy? It was good to have a chance to try google draw which I had not yet had time to explore. I used to to make some images of our class science learning. It was also great to have a step by step on playlists which I can now put into my site.

• What did I learn that could improve my confidence, capability or workflow as a professional? I think the playlists will make it much easier for my students to be offered short clips to introduce topics and reinforce their learning. I explored blogger more and checked all my students blogs to see who has not been making their entries and have now emailed all those with work to add. I also loaded the learning drawings I created to my class whanau blog.

• What did I learn that could be used with my learners?  I will definately get them to create with google draw - it is a great way to record their learning journey. We are still working on voice typing and will try the cup as volume is an issue in the classroom - I am not sure what to do about speech issues which also affect two of my students who struggle to write - they are nervous to try voice typing.

• What did I learn that could improve my confidence, capability or workflow in my personal life? I need to spend time over the next week to cement this knowledge as with toolkits and reports over the past few weeks it has been hard to sepend time embedding knowledge. I feel more confident now to track and comment on my students blogs.

DFI Session 2 12 June 2019

Wednesday 12 June 2019

Workflow
Today's agenda
Agenda


Progress since last session

Worked with several students using voice typine in NZ English.
Students used doc made in session to plan for Science Fair.
Planned lessons to focus on Explore tool.

Plan - to try voice typing from a reading so then they can check against the text for errors.


Dorothy  - learn, create, share allows for inclusion of all schools.
Focus on Learn today - Railtracks represent shift from analogue to digital - two tracks laid together - digital infrastructure and tools one track, the other track how we change what teaching and learning looks like in a digital learning environment.

Teaching practice must change alongside the technology to accellerate learning.
We want to use current effective teaching practice - this is to support existing highly effective practice.
Good practice should still be recogniseable as good practice.
RATE my teaching.
Recognise
Amplify
Turbocharge
Effective Practice

Sharing practice is one of these things.

The word Learn encompasses a large collection of valued outcomes and knowledge and understanding about effective teaching practice by schools.

SAMR model - designed for teaching in a digital world.

Rewindeable learning.

If it's worth teaching its worth capturing, if it's worth learning its worth capturing!

Rewind for us as we expect it for our learners.

Explore Manaiakilarni Google Class on Air

Video in class what it looks like in a digital learning environment.

Technology is not just a tool - it needs to be.

Changing the possibilities and the learning outcomes for our students!


Exploring Google Keep session

Can set yourself remindeers
Make a bank of comments
Add labels


Gmail

Setting up signatures for you gmail - done
Looking at filing gmail so its easier to find

Calendar 

learning to make appointments etc

Google hangouts

We practiced presenting, lots of learning about microphone etiqute.  It was fun to practice in a safe environment.

Be careful not to pin a person or the screen will not move with the presentation.

Can be used to support students through their work as you can see what they are working on.

Taming your tabs
Organising bookmarks

Folders can link information together to make it easier to find

Small icons gives you quicker access to find things.

• What did I learn that increased my understanding of Manaiakalani kaupapa and pedagogy? The focus is on using digital technology to accellerate and improve access for learners to a wider audience. The summer blogging dramatically improved the results of students who participated in comparison to their peers who did not maintain the same learning journey for literacy. It would be great to encourage students at our school to participate in such a programme so they don't stop their learning journey over this summer. I have been reflecting this week on our community buy in to the digital citizenship and feel as a school we need to do more work on convincing our whanau of the importance of this to accellerate student learning. Our school has started students buying chromebooks only in year 4 this year and will add to this next year but I am not confident all whanau are committed to the opportunities this offers their tamariki. As most classes use school devices we are not currently getting the whanau buy in that they get in Auckland where students are able to take their own devices home and have free wifi at home. Many whanau do not have great coverage and access to wifi in our school area.

• What did I learn that could improve my confidence, capability or workflow as a professional? I feel more comfortable about presenting and talking in google hangouts. I feel more confident seeking assistance when I am not sure how to do something. I think once I use the google tools to sort things more clearly it will save me time in the long run.

• What did I learn that could be used with my learners?  How I could use a google hangout to support a student complete work. I am still waiting to try more with the microphone tool and making more apparent links between reading and writing using this tool for struggling male learners in my class. I also want to work with my class on the explore tool to build on work we have been doing over the past few weeks around copywrite and plagerism.

• What did I learn that could improve my confidence, capability or workflow in my personal life? Organising files and folders in gmail will be extremely helpful to find things more quickly. I now feel able to try to organise a hangout and to participate more in my toolkits through hangouts. I could embrace the calendar tool to make time management and meetings more effective.

• I would like some more support organising slides on my site but will try to ask our school experts about this during the week

First DFI session 5 June 2019

First DFI session information 5 June 2019 

Links
Karakia
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Ao5rGhM07g0X74mpxO3hteUP37N4bVsG1djnSNZ_ryY/edit#slide=id.g518dffb25d_0_0
Information for the day
https://docs.google.com/document/d/16QaXpXCoZPeqbjZWpUtRgORNzFCIfDg_ly9RLd5Gkso/edit
Introductions slides
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1CHRttLrgamxdvFcwOcPFcQd0rGx3vzEubwdbkDm1Jdo/edit?ts=5cf09242#slide=id.g5ae2a397ed_0_245

Started with a warm welcome at Taipa school.

Teaching fluency in the digital environment is vital to teacher empowerment.  Goal - for us to feel like the lead learner in our classroom.

Important to allow the time for the share part of learn, create and share.

The types of learning we will undertake over the 9 weeks are:
Deep dive, Chalk 'n talk, Explore, Levelling up

Evidence of shift is vital to the philosophy that it is making real gains for students.

Learn, create, share should be effective on any device.


Google groups
Replies in Google groups go to everyone in the group.

To set up a google group - groups.google.com
You can be a member, manager or owner - only owner can delete the group - managers can be given some functions.
All emails sent in the group are listed under the group.
Tags means the same as labels in the blog.

Google groups can be useful for parents e.g. a kapa haka group, class parents etc.

Four types of group you can set up.  Check group name is suitable.
Check if you invite paretns you tick allow members not in your organisation.

In the exam you will be asked to create a group and invite people to the group - not just to add them.

Reflect - when could google groups be useful?  When you have students from multi-classes that you can't work with through Hapara.

Google group allows people to join later and get all the past communication with the group.


Setting up user profiles in chrome

Set the account up and name it.
Omnibox - url menu bookmarked.
Command and tab number e.g. 3 to move to that tab.
Asterix before will put them first, numbering will then put folders at the top behind those with an asterix.
Shift z allows us to add a document rather than moving it.  So it is the same document in multiple places.


Using documents with headings
Paste text only and no code - Paste and match style - will be the text only.

Underlining means a hyperlink.

Tools voice typing - change to English (New Zealand).  This will be great to try with my low writers who struggle to get their ideas written down in the writing lesson as they find creating ideas and forming words challenging.  This will allow them to focus on the ideas rather than trying to also process how to record them.

Practicing using the explore tool following on from the toolkit on explore last night was really helpful to consolidate my knowledge.

We undertook a scavenger hunt to consolidate our knowledge of the Explore tool.  I then practiced screenshots to insert it into the blog.

Reflective questions for today - DLI one:

What did I learn that increased my understanding of Manaiakalani kaupapa and pedagogy?
I have visited the Manaiakalani schools about 5 years ago so just got a reminder of how it all began.  I got a better understanding of the learn, create and share ideas not just being linked to the digital platforms and how to start them in more curriculum areas.

What did I learn that could improve my confidence, capability or workflow as a professional?
Using Google groups and discovering I am already a part of some groups will allow me a platform to work with students across several classrooms which happens weekly for Te Reo Maori during Kapa Haka when we combne classes and during technology once a fortnight when parts of another two classes combine.

What did I learn that could be used with my learners?  
I would like to develop use of the explore tool with my class.  I will also take documents back to the basics to check students are saving in the correct places and labelling correctly for ease of locating documents.

What did I learn that could improve my confidence, capability or workflow in my personal life?
Once I use the tools all the time it will be easier to work quickly and load more to my class site.  I still struggle with all documents being digital and like to print paper versions but am working on my filing to ensure I am more comfortable relocating documents.


I created this today which I have put into my site to use in class tomorrow for science.