DFI Christchurch and Hokitika

Two wonderful full on days, answering questions and sharing information about gmail, calendar, hangouts and keep.

Gmail has short cuts and we all love things that make life easier. A few of the ones we looked at today were:
g+i = inbox
g+t = sent
g+a = all mail
g+d = draft
g+s = starred
c = compose
/ = search
v = move to

Through hangouts we looked at task students completed through the Summer Learning Journey (SLJ) and unpacked the comments. This is important as this is what can help accelerate learning. Just like a a book, Well done doesn't tell us or the student much. However a well constructed comment from a fellow student, teacher or principal inspires the student to dig deeper and keep trying.

Here is one tool I use to help remind my students how to structure comments for each other and
Tuhi Mai Tuhi Atu. 

I found out in Christchurch I need to play with groups a 'newish'  feature I will ask our admin to roll out. That is like a contact list you can invite people to join (and they can turn down) or if you can add like a group for PTA and they will received the information regardless.

We talked about how to a line photos for a blog post and an easy way to do this is through google draw.

You would think after doing it for 4 times I had workflow down, but even I manage to pick up things. I will say I am getting better with quick-time which is great as I usually work on a hp which does use quick-time, So Bonus.