Week 6 - Media

Week 6 in the DFI sandpit...

The media strikes back.

It was a cold day

But not that cold.

WWW

It seems as if we, as teachers, are all pretty snowed under at this time of year. If nothing else I found this comforting to know I was not alone in a compact curriculum. The consensus was the time focused on sites was well spent and classes are using and trying things out. 

My note for working:

Another week of little class time.

Sites continue to be a good focus point for children to access their learning.

Using forms to pre-assess

Some great PTH comments on blogs

Buttons to access others blogs

My note for not making sense:

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Connect

Kent Sommerville the DP from Pt England came to share with us today. He was a wealth of knowledge having been on the front lines of implementing 1-1 in the classroom.

BLOG

Gives children a real audience - it means they are not writing for the sake of it and can see a real purpose.

In the past when published it was stuck on the wall - who sees?

Living local - only knew what they knew -

Learn Globally - access to a huge audience and infinite possibilities.

Connections with other schools are growing as Manaiakalani spreads.

Being consistent:

Sharing language through school - Junior to senior - this way when the children move from classes or teachers they are already in the front door and it makes this transition smooth. Changes create barriers that children don’t need

Shared sense of language - same DNA - through the team

LCS - transfers through schooling - kids open to learning and growth. Ready for what higher education throws at them (and life)

LCS - don’t need to be rigid in order. May start with create

Face to face learning - brainstorm and conversations are important - sharing ideas

Staff and colleagues are your best assets

Community can see what is happening - become more engaged - empower to be involved

Community perceptions are black and white - this needs to be visible so they can see what is happening.

Sharing success

Youtube - Kent then shared some of his toys. Despite this label they showed amazing uses throughout the school. The drone footage was amazing and I am sure all communities and children would love to see this footage. This would be another engaging tool for children and their learning as well.

Here is the link to access a good starter for in class use: SPARK (Just mail to NBC attn Nick!) 

We also looked at cameras and ways to use with computers. All very good...

but not a drone.

Oh and youtube playlist. This was a great way to focus children to access material you have seen...

but it's not a drone.

Google Draw

Create new - include instructions on side - the side of the drawing is a good place to move and save stuff without putting it on the page.

Change size of creation by dragging - making the page smaller is good for buttons. You can adjust by dragging or using the page setup cues.

Download as PNG - perfect for web.

From here I was able to create a few drawings for use in the classroom. I was also able to create several slides around teaching and learning. I feel the planning templates from examples (and Paige) will be very useful moving forward.

Check out my share. Feel free to access and comment on the blogsites.