Enabling Access Sites - Day 6 - DFI Online

 LEARN:

1. Connecting with each other

• Lots of conversation about doing Google Sites - mainly around having to take time to think about the structure and do it well ... and that it won't "happen overnight!" 
• Everyone seems really excited to be able to use their new found skills to move forward into getting a site set up - go bubble buddies!

2. Connecting with Manaiakalani

• CONNECTED - one of the joists in the Manaiakalani whare
• Digital connection is a powerful way to connect - we all want to share
• Connecting us to a powerful network of schools and cement the idea of 'belonging'
• Deep, powerful relationships take time
• A Shared Language keeps us together - it looks so different in every context but it enables us to connect and gives focus
• The act of sharing creates connections - the way to make a powerful connection both parties need to SHARE
• Manaiakalani Twitter Feed
• Tuhi Mai, Tuhi Atu
• Secondary Connects
• Teo Reo Māori Toolkits
• Manaiakalani Mailouts
• Blogger
• Toolkits Online
• We need to have all four elements of the kaupapa of connected, ubiquitous, visible and empowered occurring 

3. Chalk 'n Talk: Vicki

• Leading learning with Google Sites 
• designing it for accessibility for our learners and our whānau
• purpose = one stop hub for learning
• Theme / Layout / Fonts all important considerations
• 3 click learning!

4. Explore: Vicki

• We were able to explore a range of class learning sites and critic them from a visual appeal / user experience aspect
• Some amazing sites out there!
• Some common themes helpful to think about when developing our own sites

5. Chalk 'n Talk: Vicki

6. Explore

7. Levelling Up

CREATE: Making meaning of content

8. Creating via Sites

• I have been wanted to have a play with making buttons on Google Sites and this was the time... although it doesn't look like much work to get seven buttons on a screen the work in behind to get them all the same size and getting them looking consistent is quite laborious. Think I have the muscle memory sorted for doing it from go to whoa now. Yay! This is just a screen shot of the site as it is a sand pit facilitation site and I need to see how my cluster would like to proceed with developing this. My apologies to Manukorihi Intermediate as I have to hunt down a higher spec logo for them and to Coastal Taranaki for dropping their logo off my screen capture!

SHARE: Embed and Rewind Content

9. Hāpara Hot Tip: Vicki

• workspace from the student view (student dashboard)
• cool because if student can access work via  phone or tablet too (no excuses if Chromebook is not charged!)

10. Blogging Tips

• Find anything offensive as a comment, click it and send it to Spam FIRST ... then go to Spam and delete it - this will force Google to deal with it

1. What did I learn that increased my understanding of Manaiakalani kaupapa and pedagogy? 

• I think now every time I hear from Dorothy about the Manaiakalani kaupapa and pedagogy it cements how amazing it is to be given this 'gift' to share in Taranaki. I am truly blessed to be part of this journey.

2. What did I learn that could improve my confidence, capability or workflow as a professional? 

• Just having time to work again on Google Sites has been great. I learn more each time I get a chance to have a play

3. What did I learn that could be used with my learners? 

• How to do site buttons! This is one of the first things I saw being done with Fiona Grant at the Manaiakalani Orientation Day and it looked so cool... but sooo confusing. I'm glad now I've conquered it to share with my in class support teachers!

4. What did I learn that could improve my confidence, capability or workflow in my personal life? 

• I am really appreciating that the learning that is required next for us setting up a new cluster is coming at just the right time for our DFI participants. I had lot of questions last week about Class Sites and todays exercises filled in much of the knowledge required.