Kia ora,
This week we have looked at learning more from a student perspective. Focusing on creating and using tasks from the devices that our learners would be using- namely Chromebooks and iPads.
For my Kura, iPads are not used in the Senior, Year 5-6 classes aside from a few exceptions. The Explain Everything app I can see being fun to use, but not sure of its place in my classroom and if it could be used on Chromebook properly.
The Chromebook section was focused around shortcuts for Chromebook users and Screencastify. I am becoming more confident using this. I have done little "How To's" over lockdown about things covered in our Cybersmart lessons and in DFI. I've received good feedback from my class on this- definitely a win for "rewindable" learning.
My Create task was based on designing a lesson using the Cybersmart resources on Hapara Workspace. I chose Hapara over the others as I do believe it is something I would use in the future- if not Term 4, 2021 then definitely in 2022. I used resources from the 'Smart Surfers' lesson- this stuck out to me as my learners are always asking questions about topics that they can easily ask themselves online. The lesson is very basic at this point and there is a lot of 'finer' points of creating lessons that I'm still figuring out.
Today's Blogger tip about linking your class site to your class blog made sense- was surprised at myself for doing it before this point. Do'h!
Mālō e lelei Robin. Good on you for creating those 'how to' videos. What a great way for students to connect with their teacher and hear their voice too. The workspace looks good. We could use that in a Cybersmart session in Term 4 if you like? What were you proud of this lockdown in terms of students having ubiquitous access to their learning? Is there anything you regret?
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