Welcome back to week 2 of my DFI blogging. This week we were focused on the learn part of Learn-Create-Share. The most important part of this discussion for me was, empowerment. It was a good reminder to make sure when I am working with students that I am doing it in a way that empowers them to take control of their learning and be a successful learner. Sometimes in the rush of everything going on and work needing to be finished this can become a bit lost. But a gentle reminder of this every now and then helps me to re-focus as a kaiawhina.
Taming my tabs and pinning was a great way to clean up my laptop to make it easier to switch from student to student or topic to topic without too much drama. This will be very helpful during class time, especially when you have a queue of students wanting work checked. I have also set up Toby on my computer to organize groups of tabs, this has been very useful so far and speaks to my need to 2 organize in general.
Google Meet - I struggled a bit here due to technical difficulties unfortunately but managed to organize a Meet with a colleague eventually. I find I push my face into the screen so need to learn to sit back and relax. The setting up is still a bit confusing but I'm hoping that with practice next week I will nail it.
My goal is to set up a Google Meet with a student I work one on one with, to encourage him to be able to work from home if the need ever arises. I will keep you posted as to how this goes.
Kia ora Gina. We are so lucky to have you as a kaiawhina and I think you are also a kaiako. I am glad the DFI is proving useful for you. I enjoyed reading your reflection and the depth of your thinking. Am happy to Google Meet with you any time you want tp practice or just meet.
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