DFI Week 3 - Media agenda

DFI Week 3 - Media

Week 3 - This week for me was about re-learning about slides, add-on's and how to make learning with slides more effective in the classroom. 

I find Google slides is quite a diverse app and can be used a variety of ways.  I never thought to use it to create an animation and when we did do this in class, students found it easy and enjoyable.  For my new students, this gave the the opportunity to practice using the keyboard, clicking and dragging, inserting images, changing backgrounds and creating new slides. 

Students are so quick to learn new skills and my students were able to them add on to what they had learnt.   We easily moved across to Google drawing and again I used this opportunity to cement the basic navigation required to operate these tools confidently. 

All in all it was a very successful learning day. 

Nga mihi

Week 9 - External Recognition

 Kia ora koutou, 

This is the final DFI for Term 1 and some of us were able to complete the 3 hour Google exam. WOW! I'm glad we did it, even though I was feeling very nervous at the beginning.  All the tips that were shared by various facilitators were very helpful and on point.  Thank you for all the kaiako who supported us throughout DFI 1 to complete this course and the exam itself. 

My recommendations for anyone who is wanting to complete the exam in the future, is to log in and complete the trial exam prior to sitting the actual exam and of course to read the email sent to you once you have registered.   The exam will challenge your ability to read, comprehend, cross check for meaning at the first part of the exam.  The second part is more hands on and it requires a general knowledge of the suite of Google apps. The great news for me was that was an open exam so when I faced the questions relating to Google classroom, I was able to look it up on the web.  I have never used Google classrooms before but I did find this part quite an enjoyable learning experience. 

At the end of the day, I am happy with my efforts and the learning I have received throughout this journey and the great news is that I will be able to sit the exam again if I need to in the near future. 

This 9 week experience has challenged my understanding, knowledge and skills beyond where and what I thought possible. I am excited about what the future holds and where Digital learning is taking us as practitioner's.  The face of the classroom has changed so much and it's really exciting to be part of this innovative journey. 

Thank you to the wonderful teachers I have met, especially to our leader Kelsey and all the wonderful teachers from around the motu. 

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