Today was day six of the digital fluency intensive.
We began our day today exploring another aspect of the Manaiakalani kaupapa - connected. I loved exploring the powerful networks connection visuals. This showed which high schools, catholic schools, special schools, kura kaupapa and primary schools each cluster is made up of. It was really interesting to see how clusters have evolved and connected over time. For me, the key takeaway from this session was that the Manaiakalani kaupapa can not work if we are not effectively implementing the four aspects - connected, ubiquitous, empowered and visible.
The sessions with Kelsey and Gerhard where we explored visual appeal ('shop window') and user experience (how accessible/easy to find things are) was really useful. It was a great chance to compare and contrast several different sites. I found it particularly useful getting feedback on the readability and user-friendliness of the Working From Home google site that we are using during the lockdown period.
Feedback about Working From Home site:
- I should try and include more multimodal resources.
- The overall site appearance is not particularly engaging.
- The site does not function that smoothly.
- Evidence of visible teaching and learning.
- Evidence of rewindable learning.
Looking at this site 'through the eyes of a learner' it just isn't that exciting or engaging. I am working on creating some multimodal content for Week 3 that will make this site more appealing to our learners (this site is a work in progress).
Site improvement goals that I set and achieved today were:
- Remove unnecessary buttons from the homepage and relocate existing buttons.
- Create subpages for literacy and maths etc instead of linking to subpages.
- Create a weekly overview guide for the homepage.
I would like to have a go at adding in a sidebar onto our class blog so that students and myself can see who is actively blogging. Editing the layout of my blog and making it more visually appealing is another goal that I have set for myself.
Again, I feel very empowered to review what I have done and ensure that I am doing the best I possibly can to uphold the four aspects of the Manaiakalani kaupapa - connected, ubiquitous, empowered and visible.
All I can say is WOW! Love the new layout! Looks AMAZING! The teaser videos for each subject are super awesome! *mind blown* you have taken the feedback and knocked it out of the park!
ReplyDeleteHave you had any feedback from the students?
Thanks for your comment Kelsey!
ReplyDeleteI feel that the site is a lot more user friendly now - it looks nicer and is easy to navigate. We had a lot of fun making the teaser videos and the students really loved them! They were a great way to hook them in. They felt quite confident approaching their tasks for the week having watched the videos. It was interesting to see their engagement levels skyrocket too! I had students sharing work with me shortly after the first google meet ended. They were so keen to get started!!
Do you think I should create separate subpages for things like the KiwiKaha videos that are on the homepage? I just don't want to overload the homepage with content if we can manage it using subpages.
Thanks for your feedback. Look forward to hearing back.
Katie.