Digital Fluency Intensive (DFI): Day 9

 Today was our last day of DFI. The group had mixed feelings as we have grown and bonded well together and now it all comes to an end. We as a group decided to continue connecting with each other through our blogs and hopefully meet up again at another Professional Development session.

Dorothy started the morning by talking about. ubiquitous learning. Ubiquitous learning means learning anytime, anyplace and anywhere It is important to extend our young learners beyond the school hours. Our learners miss out on a lot of learning because when they start school at the age of 5 they come in with limited vocabulary and spoken words. They are behind other learners in their cohort and have to work super hard to catch up to the National Curriculum.  They have to make about one and a half years of progress.
Technology allows our learners to extend their learning. With ubiquitous learning children don't miss out. Technology allows them to access their learning when we not in the room, beyond the normal school hours and makes learning rewindable. (examples of rewindable learning is using Screencastify, using sites to access learning)

                           

           

 Summer Learning Journey:
 Research shows that children do lots of learning during the year but when we get to the Summer holidays there is a big drop. The Summer Learning Journey is a programme that allows children to participate and continues their learning by creating and sharing on their blogs.

Technology is not just a tool. 

It provides opportunities for new ways of learning.

The second part of the day was the Google Level 1 Exam.
I am glad to have sat the exam and as Dorothy and Gerhard said: "Give it a go!" I did not pass but I am not despondent by that (may sit the test again when I have had more time to learn and practice),  Our DFI sessions have been amazing. There has been so much learning, connecting with each other, sharing, reflecting on my practice, thinking of how I will use what I did here with my colleagues and most importantly with my learners. We are learning all the time and as we meet new people and form relationships, we become one big happy family. I will treasure the moments, learning, laughter, funny stories we shared together.  Aroha, dear friends, until we meet again- we will meet again!