DFI - Workflow

Today we learned more about the Manaiakalani pedagogy, skills in Google Meet, Google Keep and Google Calendar. I believe that I have gained more confidence around these apps and can integrate them into my daily work life. Google Keep will be great for organisation and general notes within the day. Google Calendar has some great tools and skills that will help in everyday life around organisation. And lastly Google Meet is a great tool especially given the unpredictable time with Covid. As it is updated frequently it has been helpful to learn about the new features added since I last used it. 

Google Meet can especially be used with the learners as they need to understand how to use Google Meet and be comfortable with it as a whole. Google Keep will be great for the learners to take notes when researching and doing day-to-day tasks.

After learning about Google Keep, Google Calendar and Google Meet, I feel as if I have more confidence when it comes to using these tools. I think it will be great to integrate these into my teaching more and as time goes on I will become more technically literate.

Here are my notes from today:

Learn, Create, Share is the pedagogy behind the Manaiakalani programme. It is broken down into three aspects that they deem important in order to be effective learning and teaching.

Today we focused on the Learn (Ako) aspect. Effective practice can be remembered using the acronym RAT (Recognise, Amplify and Turbocharge). Effective practice helps to engage and connect our learners to their learning. Digital technology helps do exactly this. It gives our learners the opportunity to amplify their learning using iPads and Chromebooks.

Google Meet

Google Meet is a great tool that allows people to have face-to-face meetings when in different places. This has been particularly important during Covid Lockdowns as it allowed us to connect with students while unable to be at school.

Creating a button for learners to click in order to join Google Meets makes it much easier to join. Ensuring all students have their microphones muted and cameras on. Anyone on the Meet is able to present their screen which is a fantastic tool for both teaching and learning for students and teachers. 

There are a range of activities that can be used in Google Meet. This includes activities such as break out rooms, recording meets, white-boarding, polls and Q&A.

Companion mode allows you to use two or more screens without the echo of sound.

Google Keep

Google Keep allows you to save websites, notes, slides, etc. It is a great way to put notes in a safe place that is easily accessible. You are able to make it into checkboxes or lists as well. Notes can be customised to include pictures and colours. They are also shareable meaning they can be shared with multiple people. By clicking on the alarm button, it is possible remind you based on a time or location. Adding a drawing/photo to Keep Notes helps with certain tasks. Taking a text from photos is easy using Keep Note. This can be used in all languages and makes it easy to transfer an image into text quickly. Voice memos can be used to type down what you have said. It also keeps the voice recording to ensure you know what you have said.

Google Calendar

When using Google Calendar it is possible to add multiple calendars into one. This means you can add your own personal calendar and work one so all events are in one place. By making a theme for each it makes it much easier to see which calendar you are viewing.

Create

For the Create aspect of today we had to record a Google Meet with a partner. We practiced our skills such as recording, presenting and creating a Google Meet.