Today we had our Google Exam - basically a three hour test covering everything we have learnt so far on the course. Lots on the drive, slides and sheets - all skills which are 100% transferable and can be used in our classes.
Google sheets - this is definitely an app I need to develop both my understanding of. Today I had to google how to find averages and sort the data. Isn't it amazing how quickly we can find information when we have to actually just do it.
I now realise how overwhelming the exams must be for some of our students. Feeling like you are fighing against time and trying to work out what you are being asked. I will say the questions in the exam were oddly phrased at times and I wasn't 100% clear about what was being asked.
So, 9 weeks of DFI is over. Wednesdays have been my down time, my learning time, in a really selfish way I have loved having time to talk to colleagues and friends, develop my tech skills and basically have time to upskill.
Hi Hayley, Congratulations and well done. It is quite an odd feeling doing a 3 hour exam again after...way tooo many... years! But as you say, good to remind ourselves what our young people are being asked to do.
ReplyDeleteI hope this DFI has given you the grounding and confidence you need to innovate in your own practice with your classes and your peers. I do agree about the value of the day each week to talk to colleagues and friends, develop our tech skills and gain deep understanding of the pedagogy the Manaiakalani programme sits on.
All the best
Dorothy