Devices - DFI Week Seven.

One of the great things about this Digital Fluency Intensive (DFI) is the learning within the learning. I love the stretch that comes with not only the embedding of  the  Maniakalani pedagogy, but also the incidental (or perhaps not) learning along the way. This is the way technology should be used, as a tool, not a 'topic' We have come a long way from those days! Below is the screencastify that I made in order to present the information and task for a cybersmart lesson. This involved me: finding out about the lesson content, reminding myself about using screencastify in order to explain the content and task, applying that knowledge and then remembering (thanks Nicola) how to embed a slideshow on my blog! So much learning going on amid this desire to ensure the cyber 'smarts' of our students!

I think that the same can be said about most of the members of my staff, myself included, relating to the distance learning. We have all had to learn new skills and so quickly become 'experts' in areas that we weren't even aware of pre lockdown. I have never watched so many 'how to' youtube videos (feel like I have a really good grasp of imovie now to name just one!) and realise that in lots of instances we can find our own answers. - a new face on rewindable learning. Most of the staff are commenting on how much they have loved the new learning that distance learning has invoked.

The children have also learned new digital skills in a short space of time. Just today a teacher told me that she was having trouble in her google meet; she could see the students but they couldn't see her or her screen share. One of the students (year 5 - thanks Mila!) stepped up and shared her screen and helped direct the discussion on fraction sharing. The teacher was not only impressed but also grateful for the support! Go our children! What heartwarming situations have you had throughout this lockdown?