Day 1. Don't judge me (advice to myself, and maybe anyone else reading this post).
I'm glad there is a mute button, so no one could hear my choice of words today. The F in DFI... was for frustrating- not with the professional development, but just with myself. The way in which I've got my work google set-up needs to be sorted so that everything is more streamlined....but I'll get this sorted and I'm sure this will help me the next time we have DFI.
Apart from frustrated, I also think F was also for fantastic. Fantastic because I learnt lots of really handy tips about the use of G Suite tools, some of which I thought I knew well. Was I wrong or what?!
It was good to hear again the story of Manaiakalani, and the thing that stuck out for me is that it is a story about people. A story for people. And one day, I hope my school community can be just one new chapter in that awesome story.
I think one of the biggest takeaways for me today would be how to better manage my files. How to name them and organise them, so that if Marie Kondo rocked up (online) and hacked into my Google Drive, she would be impressed. I guess I should also remember that Marie Kondo also reminds us when letting go of old ways, things, habits, is that we should embrace that, thank it for what it gave us, and then let it go with gratitude.
Some things I learnt about today that could be used with my learners, including the adult learners in our school, includes: the voice typing tool, how to create headings and table of contents (I'm going to use both of those myself with my studies this year); what explorer is (who knew that star at the bottom of my google doc pages was so handy?!), and some of the tips in our 'Create' activity, to encourage ourselves as we think about task design, and how these tools can support that mahi in our kura.
I'm glad I signed up for DFI this term, as even though it's a juggle with my studies, it's also going to help me with them as well.
Thanks to the facilitating team for a cool start to the DFI journey.
