DFI Session 4 August 14th Dealing with Data.

What an interesting way to spend a birthday!! It was really good to have an intense look at Google Forms - I can see this being very beneficial to my Sports Co-ordination role when it comes to collecting different information that the different codes require each year. I will get my students to create Forms next week to practice this skill and see where we can go from there. I have looked at Google maps before - I must admit I got a bit lost along the way with this session, which was frustrating. I did manage to find my way back to some sort of understanding eventually - as with all Google Apps, you just need to try things out and you're generally OK - or you find your way to some different learning. We have been using Google Sheets in our HUB for a while - But I am not the one who has been creating and administering these. I can see now having used them today where the different functions are found. Latham was great at guiding me through some of the functions that will be most helpful for our HUB with data analysis. The exam support section of the day was great. I have heard lots of stories about the exam - it is good to know what the expectations of this will be - and how to tackle them - less scary maybe? It was good to create graphs with real information from my Blog. I can use this in an ongoing way. I am happy that I have been a part of this programme for the last month. We are again coming to a strange time in the history of our country and world - I feel like I am even more capable and confident in guiding my students through distance learning if that is what is going to happen. There are many resources and skills I can pass on in the coming weeks - however that needs to be delivered.