Day Three here we go ......
So we started the day looking at Create. This is something at my school that we know the children really enjoy. During lockdown, we used the learn, create, share process and this was very successful and enjoyable for the children. John Dewey talks about giving them something to do rather than something to learn and this is when learning naturally happens.
"Creating is a purpose for learning (Dr Rebecca Jessen, Nov 2017)".
This is a plan that our children used during lockdown. This shows our learn, create, and share process.
Next, we learnt how to set up our YouTube channels with the correct settings. I have done this to my account. This is something that I will need to keep going back to do as we know that it will be in the exam. It was helpful to know how to create playlists. Now I have some playlists set up that I can use them with my children.
It was good to be shown a way that we can embed the link in using the HTML code ready for it to be published to the web or blogs. I appreciated all the different ways that we can find images, how we can crop them and how we can make them different shapes. Knowing that when using the explore tool we can search for images that have no backgrounds by writing bird PNG. This will bring up all images with transparent backgrounds. I liked the changing border thickness, colours and designs. My favourite thing was discovering the gradient colours for the background and mixing them together to get beautiful mixed colours. Here is the gadget I created for the sidebar of my blog. I am looking forward to sharing some of this new learning with my hub.
We had a good look at how you can use Google slides in creative ways. I went to the session about making a Digital Pepeha. I knew that this is something that I could use with the children in my hub. They will enjoy creating as much as I did. Here is my final product. I need to work on my screencastify skills but it's a start. Let me know what you think in the comments.
Kia ora Tracey,
ReplyDeleteIt looks like the create session really connected with you! I find having time to explore these tools with helpful hints along the way so valuable. There is so much more we can do with slides and drawing than we first expect. I love your blog side bar and your digital pepeha looks fab!
Ngā mihi nui
Vicki
Hi Vicki,
DeleteI really enjoyed last weeks session and looked forward to sharing my new learning with my colleagues and also the children. I introduced them to the Digital Pepeha on Friday and they did some learning about it. They will create this Friday. They were all super excited to do it which was great.
Tracey.
Kia ora Tracey,
ReplyDeleteWow! What an huge amount of learning you have been doing. I think the Learn Create Share template that your school uses is really great. In fact Mark and I have borrowed it for our Cybersmart curriculum this term.
Isn't is also a wonderful thing when we learn new things about something we thought we had a good hang off. I think your profile looks fantastic and I was blown away by your pēpeha. I thought your pronunciation was fantastic and it was a really clear video to listen and watch. What things have you used in your class this week following on from the day?
I look forward to reading about Day 4.
:) Sharon
Kia Ora Sharon,
DeleteYes, I have been doing lots of learning and loving it!
I shared with the children my new learning from DFI and showed them the Digital Pepeha that I created and finally shared my screencastify with them on Friday. After this they did some learning and this week they will be creating their own Digital Pepeha. They are all super excited about it.
I also shared some new learning with my colleagues. Our Google Drawings may look different from next week (mainly the colours) Keep an eye out!
Thanks,
Tracey