Day 6: DFI Enabling Access-Sites

Today we looked more into the why and how of Google Sites. How do we structure our Sites to enable access for different stakeholders; learners, parents, whanau, teachers, the world to access the information that they need in an engaging and user friendly way.

Two to three clicks! 

Colour choice, fonts, embedded multi-modal content. 
Purposeful, thoughtful layouts which make: 

• learning visible and easy to follow for our tamariki, 
• clear and accessible for whanau, and 
• shows planning and next steps for other educators and the world 

After morning tea, we spent time being critical friends to one another, reviewing each others current class sites and then using the feedback to create SMART goals to improve our sites. The rest of the day was spent fulfilling these goals.

Working within the Early Childhood sector, prior to DFI training I had no experience using google sites. The biggest thing I have noticed in google sites is how user friendly it is. With rewindable learning I will feel more confident to create clear simple layouts consistently across pages. I really enjoyed working with sites and look forward to continuing to work on my site and developing my digital skills. Click on My site a work in progress!

Thanks again to our facilitators for your ongoing support.

Mauri ora,

Tracy