DFI- DAY TWO

DFI DAY TWO

Google Keep

Google Keep is for  note-taking. Great for shopping lists, reminders.  A useful feature of Google keep is being able to photograph some text and then Keep will type it out for you.  You can organise your notes and colour code everything. I liked the idea of being able to collaborate with others and make changes to things like shopping lists so that others can contribute.  I think the reminder feature will also be helpful.

Calendar

I have been a bit reluctant to use the goggle calendar but now I feel more confident to set up events and invite people to things.  I also found it helpful to know you can send a link.  There are some very handy shortcuts to know:

y - year

a-agenda

d- day

w-week

c-create

t-time

g-date

n-next day, next month or year

q-create a new Event for that day.

G Mail

I am so excited because I now know how to get the predictive text ( smart compose) to appear and not disappear. You do this by using the tab button. I have also learnt tips for tidying up my Gmail.  The snooze and schedule button is also helpful to delay the sending and receiving of an email. There are so many clever tips we can use to make life easier

Hangouts

Today was the first time I have officially been in a google hangout.  I participated, set up a google hangout.  We had a hangout with Dorothy which was interesting.  My takeout from this was that “the affordances of technology mean that every child, every day , should learn in engaging ways that were simply not possible in the past. “

Other Useful Tips

Other useful things I met today included the WWW approach- what worked well? What didn’t work and what do you need help with?  A concise and easy way to assess and reflect.

Toby Mini and One Tab

This is a way of having less tabs open while still having easy access to everything- without the big mess on the tab bar!