#1 Core Business

 He Wānanga Matatau Matihiko (DFI: Digital Fluency Intensive)
                                                                 #1 Core Business

E tipu e rea, mō ngā rā o tō ao.

Ko tō ringaringa ki ngā rākau a te Pākehā hei oranga mō tō tinana.

Ko tō ngākau ki ngā taonga o ō tīpuna hei tikitiki mō tō māhunga.

Ko tō wairua ki te Atua, nāna nei ngā mea katoa.

Grow tender shoot for the days of your world.

Turn your hand to the tools of the Pākehā for the wellbeing of your physical being.

Turn your heart to the treasures of your ancestors as a crown for your head.

Give your soul unto God the author of all things.

- Sir Āpirana Ngata (Walker 2001, p. 397)

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

The four goals of DFI, overview, session types, expectations.

Main focus: to support teachers to understand and acquire fluency in the digital world to accelerate learning outcomes for all learners. A lot of trials, effort, reviews, dialogue, time, thought and aroha have gone into developing the Manakilani pedagogy and kaupapa.

LEARN = RATE: Recognise, Amplify, Turbocharge, Effective Practice Creating a supportive learning environment through reflective practice.

Google Chrome-Making Chrome your own

This learning will definitely make my life easier. I have saved all my preferences and settings across all devices. It's amazing how quick and easy set up is to make life more convenient. The importance of keeping my bookmarks categorized and organized. Tidied up bookmarks bar, helps me remember the stuff I really want to come back to later or research more. Lots of tidying up still going on as I organize my drive. How to customize using themes to fit my personality. Overview of extensions and how to access. make and color code files. Learning different ways to work digitally with students to create and learn functions that I didn't know before. Really keen to apply what I have learned with the class. To engage students in new and exciting ways of teaching and learning, that captures their imagination. 

Really enjoy the rewindable lessons, to be able to view more than once, and still learn something. I also like being able to walk through the process step by step. Haven't figured out the Omnibox, removing text and just using icons on my bookmark bar or adding a shortcut to drive.

Have discovered google groups and where all the information is for DFI. 

Aroha mai koutou katoa.  I did not attend the first week as my class has been busy organizing a Matariki Festival ( first for Hokitika)and Friday was hectic, setting up for the evening.