Cybersmart - 'at home in the digital world' - empowering our learners to be online as positive and successful digital citizens.
We want learners to be confident, connected, actively involved, life-long learners. As our students are learning in a digital world, we need to ensure they have the understanding and skills to be successful online. We also want students to be safe and secure while they learn online. Being 'safe' online is however not the same as being 'Smart' online. Internet filters, etc, however helpful, will not empower students to make smart online choices. Manaiakalani has a focus on ensuring learners are being taught to be 'Smart' online.
iPads
My class has one to one iPads. I am going to check that my class iPads are 'set up for success' in regards to being signed in with the child's school email address and drive. I have been uploading each child's work into their google drive folder myself - not realising that the children are able to do it themselves if their iPads are set up correctly.
The opportunity to explore Explain Everything was very helpful. My class has been practising using Explain Everything with our Manaiakalani facilitator but I have not been using it with the class. I guess I have been waiting for some extra time to create some activities for the children to use in class. Today, however, Venessa showed me some ways I could use Explain Everything with my children, without having to create the digital worksheet type activities I thought were necessary. She also reminded me to use the SAMR model, with a focus on redefinition, when I am thinking about how my children will use Explain Everything.
Thank you Venessa - I will definitely be using Explain Everything with my students next week 😉
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