CATCHING UP WITH OUR BUBBLES...
- checking in with how we are going
- sharing the highs and lows of our weeks
- some of us had time for reflection
- some took time to review and revamp school sites, classroom sites which was sparked from working on sites over past few weeks
- I took time away to clear my head and prioritise our plan of attack which I found to be beneficial and I am feeling more refreshed which is exciting as felt I had lost my why
- development of our curriculum is happening so I have been having rich conversations around learn, create, share and effective and engaging pedagogy which really gets me enthused and fired up as this is essential for our taiohi
- discussed Week 9 to take the exams so that we could be registered - not sure I am snazzy enough to do this so will see how I go so hei aha :)
- talked about chrome books and i-pads for today and purpose of having them
- am excited about creating our new school site and disestablishing our current one to really reflect our kura, our taiohi, staff and whānau
- good idea for support is to have templates created so that people can then use them to make a start and they can personalise and have some ownership
UBIQUITOUS LEARNING ... Anytime, Anywhere and Any pace from Anyone:
It encompasses the above definition
Removing barriers so that learning can take place anytime, anywhere, any pace and from any one - can learn outside the traditional classroom
Geography is not a barrier
Time is not a barrier
Place is not a barrier
And even any teacher as they can opt into classes online
Gives our students clear voice, choice and autonomy over their own learning - doing with rather than doing too
Pace is crucial also so rewindables and speed are necessary for learning also
Has been a goal for a long time
COVID kickstarted it and helped to make sense of the kaupapa around ubiquitous
Still huge emphasis on HIGH QUALITY LEARNING EXPERIENCES
Should be able to just carry on their learning even when teacher not there e.g with a reliever as if a teacher has planned effective, engaging tasks for the students to complete and work through then they just need to lift a lid
We need more hours also than the 6 hours we are given at school so that we can lift achievement and progress as learning can be revisited and revised out of school hours
Allows also for more exposure to language, conversation - increases their vocabulary
Typically achievement goes up during the school year and down over the holidays, especially the xmas ones
If our students stand still they go backwards but ubiquitous learning means we can address that slump - Summer Learning Journey
It has been discovered that students who participate in these do better when completing SOY placements and assessments which is a wonderful thing
Only participated in three activities a week - it was not full time full on learning
Technology is not just a tool, it removes barriers, gives solutions and new opportunities for learning - it needs to and must be transformative
REWINDABLE LEARNING - IF IT IS WORTH TEACHING IT IS WORTH CAPTURING, IF IT IS WORTH LEARNING, IT IS WORTH CAPTURING
- this can be done in so many ways, especially and easily using our phones
What am I proud of?
- great learning just in time not just in case
- engaging
- creative
- lots of online meets with our students and their whānau
- collaboration from staff
- new learning for all
- be prepared before we needed to be
- creation of google sites for our outside schools
- running great learning compared to other kura that were better placed than us digitally
What do I regret?
- not learning more myself
- not taking time to enjoy the learning in front of me
- not spending more time in zui's
What have I taken forward into the 'new' era of schooling?
- importance of rewindable learning for those who missed the sessions
- that we need to have more learning online and accessible for our whānau hence our new journey with MK
- importance of creativity, engagement and just in time not just in case
- more sharing amongst our staff as collaboration is a strength
- maybe we switch our classrooms up and well as staff as having it online gives us the ability to do this
BEING CYBERSMART ...
This is embedded in MK goals
Supports the learn, share, create pedagogy
Empowering them to be connected and confident decision makers
Using really positive language to get this message across
Don't use terms such as Cyber safe, bullying and so forth
This was identified as critical and that a curriculum needed to be found to support being cybersmart
Important that the programme is intentional to teach them to be positive contributing citizens on the WWW
Need to be consistent
Modelling same language and behaviour
Many decisions being made underneath to help students to be cybersmart
Lots of things out there did not promote the positive language use but this is starting to change
- BeInternetAwesome is a great bit of learning for students and staff
Does take a while for the shift to occur and also some practise
10 categories identified:
- smart learners
- smart footprints
- smart relationships
- smart media
- smart surfing
- smart legal
- smart money
- smart values
- smart teachers
- smart parents
Personalised to our school and responsive to our needs
Needs to be:
- whole school focus
- planning collaborative
Intentionally teach:
- smart learners (learn)
- smart footprint (create)
- smart relationships (share)
They need to know that when they work together they leave a shared footprint
Teach importance of keeping passphrase safe so that they ensure chromebook is also kept safe
KINDNESS IS AT THE HEART OF THE CYBERSMART PROGRAMME
Authentic connections and interactions online and need opportunities to do this
Want our students to make confident decisions about what they share online
Use first name only - we are empowering them to know what to do and ensure that they know what to keep private and what they share publicly
Class sites - enabling our young people
Must be visible, ubiquitous, connected and empowered
Blogging and smart relationships go hand in hand
Cybersmart is a life skill and way of doing, not just a school focus
Meryn's role is to model this way of doing
Using her to underpin the design of professional learning whilst delivering this programme - models visible teaching and learning
Need to create some documentation for our curriculum and aligning with the mahi that Zoey has done so that we ensure all members of our school are safe online and are acting positively :)
KERRY - MANAIAKALANI 1:1 JOURNEY ...
Using own device means shifts occurs more quickly
Is important that students do have own device
This means we need:
- partnership - essential part of this, having a device and students and whānau knowing importance of this, kawa of care (living document), engagement through ownership. Also partnerships with each other in all aspects of this - teacher to teacher, teacher to learner, learner to learner and so forth.
- participation - empowered and have control over own learning
- protection - behind the scenes, Hāpara, partnership for filterings, visible digital learning for all parties involved
It is all about EQUITY and ACCESS
Providing best device for all learners
Move away from BYOD as it was as this in itself is a complication
Too challenging for teachers to implement
Starts in Year 1 - students using i-pads
Most efficient and useful tool to have in a classroom
Year 3 - Year 13 chromebooks
All need to learn and use the device well - learners, teachers, whānau
DIGITAL DIG ...
Chromebook simulator is the path that I used as did not have access to a chromebook
https://partnerdash.google.com/apps/simulator/chromebook#top-keyboard-shortcuts?l=en
Good helper for our students also so that they can learn shortcuts and skills
I used to be very good on a chromebook but now as I am a apple user I am out of practise but with time that will all come back and being in a classroom would bring it back earlier
Our son has a chromebook so I need to play around with his and see how I go
CHALK AND TALK ...
Screen castify
Very helpful tool
Can record entire screen for learners to explain things
Can pause or resume recording
End recording
Restart recording if you muck it up
Can change mouse pointer if presenting to others
Can also switch webcam on and off so that your face is not there all of the time
Can use the pen tool to show drawing
When you stop recording it takes you to this screen
Automatically saves to my drive
Can share my link directly or can embed on my blog also
Very easy to share what I have on my screen
Free version has a 5 minute limit
Can pay for this but really not worth it as students will struggle watching for longer
IPADS ...
Ipads were introduced after other devices and brands were explored but these best fit the needs of the students and the MK kaupapa
All need to be set up the same
Accounts already logged in so students are not overwhelmed
Devices labelled
Distribution, collection and storage need to be thought about also
Expectations need to be revisited often over first few weeks so that students are aware of them all - kawa of care
Is a support site set up and has the lessons there for ipad users
whiteboard.explaineverything.com is a very useful app
When using this make them rename also - whiteboard name to what they are doing
Draw tool - can shade with and can also use a ruler
Can record on this also
Records all sounds as well - unless muted
Great to be able to rewind students learning for the task also as we can rewatch it once done at a later date
Slide sorter - right hand side
Can share as project, video and so forth or even as a link
Our task is ...
I really enjoyed using this app and found it incredibly easy to use and know that if I was in classroom I would use this a lot for modelling and so forth and the fact that you can keep it is awesome also. This is my attempt ...
I signed up for this and registered as I see lots of potential for this and am excited about using it
HĀPARA HOT TIP ...
Workspaces
Used to see other workspaces which have been created by other teachers
Go to the Discover tab
Links to specific areas e.g.
NZCF
See content created by NZ teachers
Grade 3 - Year 4 here
Can then explore and see what is there and can see if it is helpful for our learners
If want to use it click on copy on RH side, will copy entire workspace so that we can edit and tweak them for our personalised classroom
Info and recordings around this have been added to this weeks agenda
CREATE TASK ...
There are three options for us to choose from
Topic is cybersmart
We use the resources/lesson content available and repurpose for our learners
Choose one concept and create using that on explain everything, or screen castify or Hāpara and then blog that on here
Makaore spent some time unpacking castify with us as we missed the initial start to that presentation
We had a play as Makaore walked us through the process as it is an extension so learnt how to access that first and foremost.
To locate find the puzzle piece on omnibar if the orange arrow not there
Click on this to open
Gives you the option to show whole desktop so can move between tabs
Browser tab only or the webcam
Ensure microphone on and then can choose to select webcam or not
Then push record
Click on share screen and you are away
Stop by clicking on toolbox in LH side or on actually puzzle piece
Remember to name and it automatically saves in your drive :)
Magic
Then you can embed, share, download or even save as a VLC
This would be so good to explain things to all and they can rewind and view again at own space and pace
Could also use this for parent education evenings, staff hui and probably many other options that I have yet to think of or explore currently
BLOGGING TIP ...
Handy to see who has blog entries
Blogger should be bookmarked so easy to access, one click, one step only
Layout section - gadget - blog list - click on edit
Can add another classes blog onto your blogs also
Add gadget - right hand side - blog list
Open up gadget
Name it
Leave it on most recently updated
Can choose what shows
Click on add
Then add blog url's
Sadly do have to do them one at a time
Can rename to make it easier e.g. call one A and the other B
Do not forget to click on save
When refreshed they will be there
If they leave, click remove in gadget
If they enter, click add
Link lists are very handy also so that they cannot get lost as they all take the students back home
REFLECTION TIME FROM TODAY ...
What did I learn that could improve my confidence, capability or workflow as a professional?
How to screencastify as well as learnt about explain everything - both of these excited me and I enjoyed exploring with them. I feel more confident about both of these compared to many other skills we learnt as these felt more straightforward for me personally. Many of these sites, apps, extensions are set up the same so that too may be why I have found these easier as we are revisiting continually so it may be concrete now and learning consolidated.
What did I learn that could be used with my learners?
The two areas above as both can be very easily used in a classroom setting and our students can also easily use both of these without too much of a problem - having them not be whakama about filming or using their voices will be the challenge.
What did I learn that could improve my confidence, capability or workflow in my personal life?
Maybe the knowledge that I am becoming more capable in this world and with more practise I believe that I will get better. It is just about using the skills and new learning and finding opportunities to do so in order to make myself. That will be the challenge when I stop the DFI and become time poor again. One of the many issues being a principal rather than a teacher where I can take this all back to my class and doing it with them the next day which is what I would normally do.
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