I managed to catch some thoughts here, some scribbled on paper, and I will definitely need to revisit a bunch of today’s info to better understand everything I began to learn today! Holey moley, what a fun and thought-provoking day.
Dorothy Burt:
Hanga – creativity. “Creativity Empowers Learning, Digital Technologies Empower Creativity”.
Check out Hannah Burton, Class on Air.
Check out Lifelong Kindergarten Group – playfully creative people.
I do sometimes wonder about what sort of attitudes we might be subconsciously giving to tamariki with all our digital attention and encouragement – I hope the pros outweigh the cons – but I think they probably only do with very skilled and conscious teaching – which, I guess, is part of the point of this DFI.
Deep Dive: Media with Amie:
Google – video: 25 years in search – strangely moving, I had a tear! Feel like sharing this with staff.
Is it time I start supporting groups of students to document some of the upgrades around our school? Upcoming Olympic Warrior upgrade perhaps? See Zac Moran’s site here.
Mmm, student podcasts – will I explore this? – see Kōrero Point England – interesting.
Levelling up – I chose to explore Youtube – I made this playlist of the song choices from our bubble group from session 2.
Chalk n Talk – Kerri with google Draw
- Guides! Handy!
- Eyedropper tool under the fill icon – don’t need colour picker extension anymore
- Connectors – play with these – do they move if we move the boxes they’re connected to?
Chalk n Talk – Hinewa with Google Slides
Oh, my!
Cybersmart Snippet:
Great kaupapa – how to evaluate /look critically at online information – revisit!!
Take-aways & Next Steps:
- I think it’s time to try using a new profile and switching between for diff realms of my life – I have been resisting this but
- Check google settings for students for Youtube – see Vicki’s slide show
- Media Challenge: Vicki gave us the challenge to share a photo of some of the media we enjoy at home. I shared my whānau wall and my inspiration wall. These are the two sides of my hallway. One of the reasons I love these so much is they feel like a testament to my independence – having stopped living with someone who didn’t like a lot of “clutter” on the walls, I have so enjoyed having the total freedom in my own house to plaster my walls with these images and words. I love pausing to enjoy them, and my kids often pause to have a look, a chat, ask a question about them. And, I still have clear wall spaces in other parts of my house!
- Kerry – Hāpara – we can reposition student tiles! Consider how Maths looks in Hāpara – how could ākonga share paper-based learning?
- Use the google drawings sandpit – maybe make buttons for our wāhi ako…?
Animation with Amie:
Amy has so many great ideas.. e.g. Talking to kids about being an artist, how vulnerable it is to be creative, and not shaming anyone else for this, for making mistakes… great idea to think about how I will share and model these thoughts with students.
I made tētahi anuhe (a caterpillar). (I gave it good strong eyebrows, I feel like we need plenty of role models with strong eyebrows. we’re an under-represented part of humanity).
So fun, I did not want to stop. I haven’t yet completely followed the brief -I haven’t grouped and resized my anuhe – but I have some plans of how to add this, I think a wee anuhe climbing up along the edge of the slide – so watch this space.
Edublogs – Amie:
Revisit Amie’s whole presentation, it was stuff I really need to check/discuss with our DigiTech Lead Teacher – Checking settings of student account, make sure settings are correct so we are meting our obligations under Te Tiriti.
Hot tips:
Control D to duplicate (copy and paste in one) – for duplicating slides and images!- (Note, in a doc these buttons create a shortcut to a bookmark!). (Avoid the spectacular mistake!)
LOOK THROUGH Vicki’s slideshow about google slides – to learn about Speaker Spotlight!! Oh, my!
This are going straight to my Keep list…
