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Week 4 Data sheets and more Data sheets

 Today I enjoyed the presentation on Tohatoha. On this journey so far I have felt the real power of sharing to an audience myself with Blogging. This has encouraged me to learn more and helps me as a learner feel that I am on the right track with the feedback received.

 The idea that we as humans are designed to share is very interesting and I was able to connect with this at many levels, both personally and within my professional working life. As a school, we have gone through a considerable amount of change in the last 3 years and sharing our goals, path and findings along the way has helped us develop a positive culture of learning within our school. 


The idea that sharing sparks others to learn about something, add to it, and/or shoot off into a new direction is so true and I feel that when students and teachers grasp this idea they will be empowered to go further and learn more.


 So often in projects, I have worked on all around the world the ‘Share to finish’ concept has been missing. This little slogan really resonated with me and I feel this saying has a place in our school. The digital tools we are now exploring with DFI will only enhance this and once more of our staff complete the DFI it will help enhance the power of sharing and learning to help build a stronger culture of learning for staff and tamariki.


The tools available to us using Blogger are very powerful and I look forward to tracking the data this generates once we get the Blogging machine up and running.


The work we did today with Google Forms and Sheets really boosted my confidence and showed me a few smarter ways of doing things. I will need to practice these more. I thought it was clever how we used data from Forms within Slides to see the relationship these can have. One very cool thing was the SPARK lines that can be used to see data trends and the ‘Sheets on Speed’ session was great as it went over everything in a nutshell.


The use of My Maps was amazing. What an awesome app that can be used to create and share aspects of learning in the classroom. I look forward to seeing this used within our school.  I feel that the use of Google Sheets will help grow students' understanding of statistics, algebra and charts.


In general, I feel that I have added to my knowledge and toolkit to become more efficient and smarter in the way I am working. The thing I need to remember is to keep adding to the things I can do so my repertoire of skills keep evolving and growing. I am looking forward to week 5 and connecting with our group again!

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  1. Vicki @ ManaiakalaniMarch 9, 2021 at 8:16 PM

    Kia ora Perrie,
    Sounds like our data day really connected with you! Forms are such a fantastic tool for teacher, learners and school leaders - such an easy way to gather peoples thoughts and ideas or data and then have it in one easy to manage spreadsheet!
    Vicki

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  2. Makaore WilsonMarch 10, 2021 at 8:45 AM

    Tēnā anō Perrie,
    Great to read that you got a lot out of week 4 and the data kaupapa. Google My Maps, is a great but under utilised tool, the tamariki really enjoy using and learning with it. I also really enjoyed your whakaaro around 'share to finish', because learn, create ,share doesn't have to be in that order, as an example a lot of our ākonga will excel when they start with the create.
    I look forward to catching up with you face to face this week.
    Ngā mihi anō
    Nā Makaore

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