DFI Day 7: Devices
This is what I learnt from today's session
1. Ubiquitous
Anytime, Anywhere and at Any pace. 24/7 students have access to their learning - if they choose to. The opportunity for students to learn from the teacher of their choice. Technology removes some barriers to learning and provides solutions to problems. It connects our students to learning from many parts of the world.
One of the learnings from online learning (Lockdowns) was that online 'face to face' is more draining than in a class. So we could do less talk and more support (guide on the side rather than the sage on the stage) throughout the online platform.
Through lockdown, as a school, we were fortunate in that 99% of students had devices and access to the internet. This was a logistical accomplishment. We chose to teach less and allow students to have a measured approach to their learning but there was high accountability to the teacher and their caregivers. Surprisingly, our students did better than in previous years.
2. Being Cybersmart
Like with all expectations, we teach what we should be doing rather than what we shouldn't. Our kawa of care so all can confidently and responsibly use their devices within the boundaries of respect. We share what is positive and comes from a position of both confidence and learning
3. Shortcuts
DFI Digital Dig - lots of fun and some new tricks learnt
4. Recording our screen
I have used screencastify before but not used the screen recorder on an iPad. Control centre - screen recording. But - there are so many ways to do the same thing. I am not sure whether I would use this function.
Hi Hamish,
ReplyDeleteGreat work on your Buying online video. It's clear, fun, and the visuals really support your recording. I think I'll share this with my senior class colleague to use with her learners.
Thank you!
Lindsay
It was a personal journey! Things to consider before I bought it ... It still bought it. Time will tell whether I made the safe decision.
DeleteHi Hamish
ReplyDeleteThis would have to be the best secondary school example of Explain Everything I've seen. I've never even thought of buying off Facebook, do some people do that?
Are you looking at buying an e-bike? I have a regular bike and last weekend went for a 30kms ride down on our gravel road and back onto the cycle trail through Kawakawa. Some friends of mine said it was a great ride but they all had e-bikes, which made easy work of the hills. We have the Twin Coast cycle way up here in the north, if you haven't done it you might want to put it on your bucket list :)
The Kawa of Care and being Cybersmart is an important one, particularly at high school. I think there's opportunities for Cybersmart to be embedded in all subjects, even if it's just a 5 or 10 minute task. Happy to talk with you about that if you'd like some ideas on how that could work.
I decided to put to task one of the dilemma's youth have facing online buying (actually the example, I was going through last week).
DeleteMorena Hamish. Loved your buying online clip...and the voice over :)
ReplyDelete99% of your students had devices and internet access! wow. Great plan to allow more autonomy with the students as far as their learning goes, especially for any seniors who may be heading off to uni.
Thankyou, Whaea. This course provides us with both the opportunity to learn, practice and to have a bit of fun :)
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