The Manaiakalani story shared with us by Dorothy this morning showed that so much has been achieved since Manaiakalani begun. With the understanding that only a few schools were originally on board with the idea that digital learning could enhance student achievement, then to fast forward to today in that the statistics clearly show the progress that this pedagogy has achieved I feel lucky to be a part of this kaupapa.
I have been a teacher for 6 years now and have never Marie Kondo'd my Google Drive. Today I felt like the penny dropped and I wondered why I have been fumbling my way through all of my folders and loose documents all this time?! Needles to say I am now filing documents into year folders, colour coding and culling unnecessary stuff.
I regularly use Google Docs but when it comes to creating something that needs a bit of a wow factor I tend to use Google Draw or Slides. I learnt different ways to create cool and efficient looking documents today and I am going to share this new knowledge with my students tomorrow. We have been working on using persuasive language in advertising and for publishing tomorrow I will demonstrate how to create an effective advertisement using Google Docs (we generally use Slides or Google Draw).
Here's a draft of what I created using Docs during our DFI session today:
Another aspect that I will incorporate in my teaching programme is the read to text tool in Docs. I was unaware of this tool and I'm excited to implement it as I can see how beneficial this will be in building fluency and reading mileage with several students.
Kia ora Andrea. It was great to meet you and work with your yesterday. That's amazing that you're planning on using some of the skills you learnt with your students straight away. Good luck with your Drive tidying. I try to go for a little and often approach but it can soon get messy again! See you next week.
ReplyDeleteLots of great ideas already running through! Nice multi modal resource made ready to use too!
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