Digital Fluency Day 2

Day 2 was all focused on workload. We looked at a range of different google based tools that we could use to help manage our workload. There were two things on top for me this week. 

The first was Google Keep. I am an avid notes user, not only on my iphone but also on my mac. However this used to frustrate me as the notes did not update on each unless I shared them with myself. Google Keep is a much better platform for me as it means that everything can be kept in one place. 

The second thing I absolutely loved was Toby Mini. Toby Mini is a google extension that helps you to organise and group your tabs. This means that you do not have to have a million tabs open at once but instead a group of tabs that you regularly use can be added to a collection and then when you need them you can open them all at once. 

What did I learn that could be useful for my learners?
At the very end of the day we  created a video to show us using google hangouts and exploring other learners blogs. Madeline then showed us how to embed a video into our blogs which would be good for my learners when they are videoing themselves reading. These videos could then be used on their blogs. It could also be used for them to share the movies they create later in the year for the film festival. 

Below is a copy of the video we made. Please note this is a very raw video of us trying to work out how to use quicktime and google hangouts at the same time. 

Digital Fluency Reflection Week 1

Dorothy talked through the history of the Manaiakalani trust and how Manaiakalani came about. We discussed how learn, create, share came about and how it is being used in different contexts.

We learnt how to efficiently use google docs and to create different headings to better help sort information on a doc. Dorothy introduced us to different add ons that she uses to help enhance not only the way she uses google docs but also enhances the way learners can use google docs.

The most important thing I learnt for my learners was how to paste without pasting over formatting as that is something my learners struggle with when copying things over into their blogs.

I also learnt how to create posters using google docs which would be great for my children to use as part of their create portion or their learning.