Friday, April 17, 2020

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

4 comments:

  1. Kia ora Tracy,
    I can see your site is coming along nicely. I really like the lockdown activities - so many ideas! Could you think about how you make this fantastic list more engaging? I'm thinking of a drawing with links or alternatively images with links to the sites.
    Ngā mihi nui,
    Maria

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    1. Kia ora Maria,
      Thanks so much for your feedback. Wow you really got my head spinning! I hope this is ok, I attempted to use a few different google tools, some successfully and others not so much :) I would appreciate your further thoughts (if you have time). Mauri ora, Tracy :)

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  2. Kia ora Tracy,
    You are going ahead in leaps and bounds for someone who has not used Google Apps before. Your blogging and site building skills are increasing each week.
    I too. loved the idea of Lockdown activities and it looks. like a really comprehensive list for whānau. I agree with Maria that there are ways to make it visually appealing. We could work on this together if you like.
    Looking forward to working together again on Friday.
    Mā te wā
    Cheryl

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  3. Morena Cheryl, thank you for your encouragement. Further to our discussion in regards to the shared social stories. I have attempted to Embed a PDF (Social Stories) into my Google Site - Cross fingers!
    Noho ora mai, Tracy

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