DFI Week 1 - Core Business

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

It was good to hear from Dorothy this morning about the journey that the Manaiakalani leaders and community have been on. It is great to see how the Learn, Create, Share kaupapa has made a difference for so many children. It is going to be interesting and exciting to see this progress with our tamariki in the Far North.

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

I learnt about how much I can do on google docs. I used to find it very frustrating and seemed quite limiting but now i can see what i can do. I am looking forward to making much more appealing class newsletters and sharing information with whanau. Look at a sample poster that I created today.

Today i also set up a Google Group for our junior syndicate teachers.

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

Google read and write would be interesting to use.

I will definitely be using the Google Word Cloud generator.

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

The explore option was awesome! I never knew the purpose of it.

It was great to finally understand what the Heading 1/ Heading 2 symbols meant in word. Also - how useful it is when formatting a longer document to keep the layout all similar and tidy. The table of contents option was an eye opener - did not know this was even possible!!