Digital Influency Intensive 2020 Day Two - Workflow

Today was my second day of DFI and wow it was another full-on session! After the karakia and welcome by Gerhard, we broke into our digital bubble groups to discuss our reflections on our first DFI session using the WWW model. 

Kerry began by taking us through a slide presentation about the Manaiakalani Pedagogy with today's focus being learn/ako. 

Gerhard then took us through a slide deck on the features of Google Meet and how to set one up. We then practised our skills of sharing/presenting something from our screen using Google Maps and YouTube in our digital bubble groups, which was really fun and an interesting way to learn more about our colleagues. 

After that Dorothy joined us for some great tips on using Google Keep (which she is extremely passionate about!) and then Venessa took us through some neat features we could use in Gmail. After that we broke into our digital bubble groups and practiced using some of these features in our own Gmail accounts. 

Next we returned to our big group and Maria spoke about managing our workflow using Google Calendar followed by some further practice in our digital bubble groups setting up a Google Meet and attaching a document from our Drive to the meet. 

Gerhard then went through a slide presentation on ways to manage and keep track of our tabs and bookmarks. 

After lunch we connected with our digital bubble groups again and in pairs we learnt how to make a screen recording of a small discussion about a selected learner blog. We then learnt how to embed this video into our professional blog. Makaore led this discussion and he was my partner in this activity so our video got shared with the group which was just awful for me!!! At the bottom of today's blog is our video. 

So today I learnt lots of useful skills that I can use professionally, personally and with my learners! I can now confidently create a Google Meet and attach a document from my Drive which can be used with my learners and with my colleagues (particularly in recent times with online learning because of Covid19). I have learnt some new Gmail features which have improved my confidence, capability and workflow in my personal life. Finally, I have increased my understanding of Manaiakalani's Kaupapa and pedagogy through slide 9 in Kerry's slide deck which shows the teacher actions that promote student learning.