Last Day

What a journey DFI has been for me. If you had told me nine weeks ago, that I would have increased my knowledge of all things digital, to this degree I wouldn't have believed you.
Today, we had a presentation from Hannah West From Point England school about Ubiquitous Learning.
Ubiquitous means making learning visible- anytime, anywhere or at any pace.
Ubiquitous learning can extend the day for our students and by that I mean that they have the ability to learn outside the standard school hours. In other words, we don't have to physically be at school to learn.
Children from decile 1 schools are typically arriving at school without the oral language experience of their peers form decile 10 schools . (30 million less spoken words less for the decile one children).
Not a lot of active learning has happened in some of these children's lives- so offering learning any place, any pace etc can help them gain ground.
The use of Technology enables removal of barriers and previously inconceivable solutions to problems- so it is not just a tool.
If it is worth teaching- it is worth capturing
Rewindable learning makes learning accessible to more students.
From there, we sat the Google Certified Educator Level 1 Exam. This was something I had spent a long time preparing for ( thanks to rewindable learning) and I am happy to report that the hard work has paid off and I have gained this badge.
Tuesdays are going to look way different for me next term. I will miss the collegiality and support that we received in the DFI. I have learnt everything from taking a screenshot to sending a playlist and changing the privacy settings on a youtube list- I am not even sure I knew playlists really existed before on youtube, or at least I certainly didn't have the first clue about making one.
Probably the thing I have got most from this course is the confidence I have gained in all areas of the digital world and I am happy to say that there have been times when I have even managed to help other people on the course with how to do things. The other part of the course I have particularly enjoyed is learning about the history and background of Manaiakalani. The origins of it are fascinating.
Thank you so much for the opportunity to be involved in this course. Google Certificated Educator Level 2- here I come. It might take a while but I want to give it a go.