Final Session of DFI 😢

Although this is the last session, it is just the beginning of a new chapter, to the Journey of DFI.
Today was about reflecting about our journey in DFI, what we had experience and endured through this journey.
Was hoping to sit the exam today, however I will get the chance soon (24hrs) to be able to sit down, and zone into the exam - Nervous and excited at the same time. (😃😅😁)
Am truly grateful and honoured to have meet and worked alongside everyone in our cohort. We are so NEAT! As I mentioned at the beginning, "This is the beginning of a new chapter for all of us."

  Growing and developing more through the DFI workshops has once again re-opened my digi-world eye and mind with excitement and joy. I've enjoyed going through the eyes of Google Suite. From the apps, to the extensions; to shortcuts: even to using other browsers for my tauira to gain and become familiar to use.

Today's finally kaupapa - UBIQUITOUS 
such a flash kupu, with an ANYTHING, ANYWHERE, ANY PACE purpose. Providing the means for LEARNING to Rewindable, Availability and Accessibility. Not only for ourselves, but for our tauira and their whānau. There is always that thought and gut feeling of having missed out on something, you never really know if there is a BACK-UP! Well thin again, because being UBIQUITOUS is exactly that BACK-UP/CATCH UP that we are always wanting.

Devices - DFI 8

Working collaboratively with the learner, their whānau and the wider school-community. Empowering and making connections to inspire from make stronger connections and also instilling into their learning. To be a Digital citizen, is about being aware of CyberSmart, making the right choices and decisions.

Binding documents like Kawa of Care is the starting point for all to match a collective agreement. Thinking and being collaborative with whānau, the user/learner and school.

This is all part-in-parcel of the 3 P's - Partnership, Participation, Protection.

Points of view are such as Partnership/Participation - ako ia a whānau or community experience; engagement with decision making and ownership of devices and sources.

- many sources and branches of partnership  with T:T(teacher to teacher), T;L (teacher to learner), L:L (learner to learner) L:F (learner to family), F:F (family to family). Wider sources of partnership through :commerce - Philanthropist - Academics - BOT - Developers

which then leads to the Protection for all parties. Hapara provides this as a guiding surface and link of partnership, like being designed in partnership, showing visibility and uniformity across the digital area.

Types of devices to excel and extend for our tauira are used in many avenues. Ipads and chromebooks that are best suited for the learner and developed and programmed by the Teacher which is accessible to the learner as well as the whānau whānui.

Todays Digital dig Refresher was awesome. It's something that I can do with my students. As an opening to the new term and also revising the current kaupapa/lesson's taught prior. Another awesome tool we learnt today was using Screencastify. Speaking to and with the screen. This is a wicked tool to use. I look forward to using to enhance my teaching and learning for my class. I can do it, as can the students.