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Digital Fluency Intensive 2021 Day Nine

The DFI has been one of the most useful professional development courses I have been a part of. It was incredibly well organised, rewindable (which is excellent) and very hands on, which just like the kids is where my best learning happens.

I really appreciated having the opportunity to delve deeper into the Manaiakalani pedagogy and kaupapa and feel I now have a much better understanding of the ‘why’ behind what we do. 


I feel so much more confident using Google Tools - particularly sites, meet and forms which I had really limited experience with coming into the DFI. The explore and implementation time we have been given throughout the sessions was really useful for putting things into practice as well. For example, I have already made a lot of changes to our class site. 


Some of the extensions we have learnt about like Colour Picker, Toby Mini and Mote have also been really great. Being able to save groups of tabs in Toby Mini has changed the way I work completely, and I actually feel way less stressed about work now that I don’t have a sea of tabs in front of me!


I really appreciated the time looking at the Digital Technologies curriculum and having all those resources shared with us. I have lots of ideas of how we can incorporate the digital curriculum into what we already do so that was really inspiring. 


And I’ve learnt so much from all the amazing talented and knowledgeable facilitators and teachers who were a part of the DFI. Having the chance to ask questions and discuss our ideas and experiences was really valuable. I’m looking forward now to taking all that I have learnt and continuing to try things out in the classroom!
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  1. Phil @ Ako HikoSeptember 24, 2021 at 2:27 PM

    Kia ora Aimee. Congratulations on your result. I'm glad you found DFI so useful. I love all the extensions you mentioned. Such great ways to save time or make learning more engaging and accessible. Good luck trying out everything you've learnt. Stay in touch!

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