DFI - Devices

3-2-1 Reflection

Three bigs ideas:

1. Google sites is a way of enhancing Ubiquitous Learning; anytime, anywhere and at any pace.
2. Explain Everything is a beneficial app to use in the junior end of our kura, with one:one devices.
3. Hapara is a great digital surveillance tool to make visible the learning or non-learning for our students.

Two Insights:

1. I now know the importance of ubiquitous learning for learners in low socioeconomic areas. 
2. Early language learning is vital for future success; communicating with others, accessing the curriculum and day today life.

One Question:

1. Is the Cybersmart Curriculum tailored to individual school needs?

Here is my basic Explain Everything: 

I really enjoyed creating on Hapara today - the Workspace.

I was teaching in a Year 2/3 classroom during lockdown.  We used Dojo as the means to communicate with students and whanau. I am in the process of setting up Hapara Workspace and Google Sites to communicate with students and whanau and to make my planning visible and ubiquitous. 

I have been teaching my Year 10 class how to use Screencastify to record voice over for picture books that is focused around out integrated unit of Te whare tapa whare.  The students had to check with one other adult whether they chose their target audience correctly, before they could share with that classes teacher ie Years 0-3 for Two Little Bugs. They then created a google form to send to the teacher to receive feedback on how they presented their story.  As the facilitator of their learning I made sure I offered advice and support as we went along, however for the end product the students self-assessed, peer assessed and received feedback via google from from other classroom teachers.  Some of the stories were also shared in our school celebration assembly.  There is also an element of collaboration with this task that was included in the rubric; the students will be continuing to work on the during the year. I did find collaborating via google slides very beneficial ie one student would insert photos while the other student typed out the text.  A group of students have a very long text, so they are going to ask teachers and students to read a page each, to be recorded. 

Here is a link to The Red Tree by Shaun Tan, presented by Zak and Deakin (Yr 10).  

Here is an example for Google slides and self/peer assessment completed today by year 10 students Isabelle and Angelina.