To start the day we explored what it means to be cybersmart. Fiona Grant led a very interesting session and further unpacked for us how we and our learners can be cybersmart. We want our learners to be at home in a digital world, therefore we need to teach them how to be safe, responsible users of the internet and their devices. As teachers, we want to empower our rangatahi to build online connections and ensure their learning is visible and ubiquitous. There are several different cybersmart categories, these include:
- Smart Learners
- Smart Footprints
- Smart Relationships
- Smart Media
- Smart Surfing
- Smart Legal
- Smart Money
- Smart Value
- Smart Teachers
- Smart Parents
The Be Internet Awesome site is definitely one that I would like to explore further and can see myself using in the classroom.
I really enjoyed the Digital Dig session that we had in our regional DFI groups. This session was designed to familiarise ourselves with how to use a chromebook. I really enjoyed this session and learnt several new tip and tricks which I can pass on to my students. Keyboard shortcuts including taking a screenshot, searching all apps, selecting the content in the address bar and seeing all keyboard shortcuts were particularly useful. Here is the digital dig that I worked through:
During the create part of our day, we choose one of the cybersmart categories to delve deeper into. I choose to explore Smart Media. We looked into the key learning objectives and explored supporting resources. Check out this screencastify video that I made about Smart Media:
Moving forward I would like to spend some more time exploring Explain Everything - I can see myself using this in the classroom. I would also like to spend some time making my blog more exciting. I will do this by adding gadgets, changing the theme and considering the layout.
I am continuing to use google calendar, google keep, google sheets and a number of other tools/programmes we have explored, to improve my workflow. Taking part in the DFI remotely whilst working from home has proved hugely beneficial. I am thoroughly enjoying the Digital Fluency Intensive!
Kia ora Katie,
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing your digital dig and well done for embedding your screencastify! Smart Media is a really fun topic - the kids always seem to engage with it especially when you dive into what is true and what is fake news! The be internet awesome resource is a good one and I also like using the lessons from common sense media - they have some great videos and other things that you can adapt.
Wouldn't it be cool if we could get explain everything working on those iPads! Future focus I think!
You're blog looks great :) I just hope you continue to post your learning post DFI!