DFI #6 Enabling Access- Sites

He Wānanga Matatau Matihiko (DFI: Digital Fluency Intensive)

Spent just over a period getting students to tidy up their emails. Congratulations goes to a year 11 student for having over 2000 emails! He now has GMail under control with a more organized and functional system. We also personalized our background theme,  added 4 labels (including color) for keeping incoming emails on track.

Enabling Access- Sites

As educators, our goal is to teach students, not just by transferring knowledge to them, but by creating meaningful learning experiences that support their knowledge and skill development. Spent time looking at a variety of learning sites. There is one thing to keep in mind when evaluating: it’s not just about how the websites look. The functionality matters too. I really appreciate having the opportunity to view other examples of inspiration. There are some great examples of how to take a simple website layout and make it look polished and professional without having to create something entirely from scratch. I have been able to take lots of ideas from these and to think about what I want and don't want our site to look like. One thing I have become aware of is that since our Lockdown days our site has become a little impersonal so my goals for today is to have:

more input/ownership from students,

Kia iti ngā kuputoro -limit the links-reduce the steps needed for the class to navigate.

to evaluate our site based on Visual Appeal (Shop Window) and Site Functionality (Easy to find stuff), provide more course information, 

create a community for the class.

dropdowns of the weeks to fall from recent to oldest.

To make a connection both parties need to SHARE.