Week 9 : External Recognition

What a journey! Unfortunately I was not successful with my Google Level 1 Certification exam. I will definitely have to try again and practice harder to be successful. I really enjoyed the DFI program over the last 8 weeks and am very grateful to have had the opportunity to learn new skills and tools. I am working hard to incorporate as much of all that we learned in my everyday class practice and when I prepare my lessons for my students. I guess I will have to learn to be patient with myself....Rome wasn't built in one day! 

I will miss my group! I think we had the best group of all the DFI groups and many thanks to Kerry. She is just lovely to work with and soooooo patient! Thanks Kerry!

Week 8 : Computational Thinking

Today we looked at Computational Thinking in the  Digital Technology curriculum. We also had a look at Progression Outcomes - decoded for learners, which was really helpful. 

At first, I didn't think I would be able to use Computational Thinking with my Food Technology or Hospitality classes, but after our creative session, I got so exited! We created an App using MIT app inventor and downloading the  MIT AI2 Companion app on your phone to test your app.

I created an App for "My Recipes" and added different pages for the different baking we do in class: Cakes, Muffins & Scones. I am so exited about the possibilities! I think that my students would love creating an app with the different dishes we create and using photos of their creations on the app. This is another  really creative way in which they can share their work!

 

Week 7: Devices

Today we focused on using different devices (iPad & Crome books). It is interesting to see and learn how to use the devices our learners use in class.

We created a workspace in Hapara about being Cyber Smart - very use full and I will definitely use Hapara more in the future. Learners can easily submit their assignments and all the resources etc are neatly organized and accessible in one space. 

Week 6 : Enabling Access

 Tidying up my Learning site : Before and After

Before:

After:

I think my learning site's home page looks much better after today! I would like to make some more tweaks...this is a work in progress. I think there is still a lot of work to be done but I will take it one day at a time and work my way through my site.