Digital Fluency Intensive
Today I learnt some new skills as well as reinforced some of the skills I already had. It was good to gain more confidence in some areas. I particularly liked learning about setting up headings correctly in order to lead me on to other parts of a document. I can see how this can help my colleagues as well as my children.
The use of the Voice Typing is an interesting one and I plan to look at this more and have a real play with. I like the idea of trying voice typing with some children who are reluctant to write and have all these wonderful ideas. Currently, my colleagues are looking at different ways to teach writing and this might be something that could be tried.
Another useful thing I learnt today was about setting up a Google group as although I belong to some I have never known how to set this up myself. This could be useful in the future for groups which don't just involve people from my school.
Another useful thing I learnt today was about setting up a Google group as although I belong to some I have never known how to set this up myself. This could be useful in the future for groups which don't just involve people from my school.
By doing the scavenger hunt this did make me feel confident that I can do a few things to do with documents. It is interesting what I already know, however there is a great deal to learn still. I learnt some new tricks which I plan to pass on to others which is always good and hopefully this will help with workflow and reinforcing I can use it too.
Looking forward to learning from you especially the tricks!!
ReplyDeleteGreat to hear that you found the day valuable - this is a fantastic opportunity for you and then by default for us as we learn from you down the track. This is a great way to document your learning and also share your learning with us all!
ReplyDeleteIt was great to spend the day with you to launch the Manaiakalani DFI in Christchurch. Congratulation on being one of the group of 'early adopters'. I was interested to read the comments you made about the new learning areas introduced today and your thoughts on how these might be used in your own context.
ReplyDeleteI hope in your future postings you do share how they have worked out for you and your learners and your colleagues.
Best wishes for the rest of the DFI
Kia ora Nicola,
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed reading your reflection, voice typing is one of my favourites and when you tie it in with text to speech like Google Read Write it really empowers our learners to record their ideas and also hear where their mistakes are in the text.
Did you get a chance to try anything out with your learners?
Nga mihi,
Mark