Creating using Google Drawing

DFI Session 2 Google Keeps

DFI Session 2: Note Taking Made Simple 

What is Google Keeps?  Keeps essentially is a platform for note taking.  Contents can include texts, images and Audio.

Benefits:  The real advantage of 'Google Keeps' is having a central location to store notes, ideas and information that could be used later on.  The purpose behind it is to have an inter-grated platform where information can be stored and can be accessed with ease. 

Moving forward: Much like new apps and tools it important to explore, use and regularly experiment with the platform.  I hope to centralise note taking and make retrieving notes more easier.

DFI Session 1

Digital Fluency Intensive

Goals of DFI - Acquire digital fluency and learn the basics of Google

From observing and reading the blogs of others DFI session 1 gives a us a brief history of Manaiakalani "hook from heaven' and its mission to empower its tamaraki by making teachers digitally fluent.  

DFI session in 1- Google Groups - an excellent way to communicate and hang out with others, share and receive documents.   

Some basics to remember and check off.  

Google Drive

• Create Folders
• Access Folders
• Organise files within Folders
• Manage Folder permissions
• Work with Office files 
• Work with Apple files
• Work with other non-Google files eg pdfs
• Upload Files
• Convert Files
• Share Files
• Share non-Google files
• Add Folders to your Google Drive
• Share a Resource Folder in Drive
• Add Files in Drive, without moving them from their ‘home’

Google Documents

• Create a Google Document
• Share a Google Document
• Share a Google Document with copy restrictions
• Format (word process) a document
• Layout a Document
• Use headers and bookmarks effectively
• Collaborate using Google Docs
• Provide Feedback with Comments in Docs 
• Provide Feedback with Suggested Edits in Docs
• Direct Comments to specific users
• Add links to comments
• Access and Review Revision History in Google Docs
• Review Comments in Google Docs for Contributions
• Revert to Earlier Versions of Google Docs
• Use Explore Tool effectively
• Citation tools to avoid plagiarism including footnotes
• Master Voice Typing
• Paste without formatting, clear formatting
• Find and replace
• Create Tables and manage properties 
• Get Add-ons
• Manage Add-ons
• Script Editor