Digital Fluency - Week Tahi

Week Tahi Reflection

Today I learnt that Manaiakalani is the product of a lot of hard mahi from people both across and outside of the education sector. It boils down to equity, all students should have the access to the tools and learning to help them keep up and thrive in our digital world. The device itself should be thought of as a pencil rather than a book i.e. it's a tool rather than the source of all knowledge.. if it doesn't work or fit the purpose, sharpen it or find a new one.

My workflow could improve tenfold by just exploring what Google has to offer. Learning some of the tips and tricks to formatting a Google Doc or simply following the suggestions around keeping my drive Marie Kondo-ified, could in themselves make my work life flow so much smoother.

I found that 'straightforward' tasks such as the scavenger hunt or even the talk to text reading log exercise would be powerful assessment and learning tools to take into the classroom. By simply following through 'basic' instructions, I quickly saw which useful tools I neglect to use regularly and discovered a few fundamentals I didn't know. I could use these as diagnostic tools to see where the gaps are among my more competent digital users in class.

It was a relief to see that I am not the only one who has things to learn, equally I found it a little confronting to see just how quickly things have progressed without my keeping up. I realise that this course is very timely, as I will get left behind otherwise. I don't want to feel incompetent and settle into staying in the digital dark ages, both professionally and personally. I feel confident this course will teach me heeeeaps.