So we started looking at Multi-Modal and how we engage and communicate with our children. We based our ideas around sites and that your home page is key as this will draw them in and get them hooked. So you need to provide engaging opportunities with the learning to deepen their understanding. Learn Create Share is the perfect way to engage learners and to accommodate their needs. We also looked at making all teaching and learning visible.
Next, it was Hapara hot tips. I thought I knew my way around Hapara quite well but every week I am learning things that I can take back into the classroom. This week was knowing about blogger in the teacher dashboard. This is an easier way to find children's blogs and comments. I will be showing my team this so they can use it as well.
The part of the day I was looking forward to the most Google Sites. I knew there was more for me to learn and I wasn't wrong. We had a 30 Chalk'n Talk about sites with how to set one up. I have never set one up from scratch so this was new learning for me. The other new learning was adding the buttons to create links to other pages.
After we went off into groups and did some planning together about animal migration. We used Jamboard for our planning. I didn't realise that was part of the Google Suite. It will be something that I would use to collect the children's ideas on things. I will share this also with my team.
The next part of the day was creating a Google Site and I was looking forward to this. I learnt a few things about making sure that your site is appealing and enticing for the children. I created this site about animal migration. It's still a work in progress and something I will go back to. I have some new tips and tricks that I can take back to my team to make it easier on sites for us. If you click on the picture it will take you to my Google Site.
Have you ever made a Google Site before? If yes, what are some tips that you can give me?
Kia ora Tracey,
ReplyDeleteMy top tips would be, create a folder that your site and any content for your site sits in, and make it anyone with the link can view. That way as you create new content for your site, you don't need to worry about the sharing permissions. The other thing I think is really valuable is getting feedback from your learners, after all they are your key audience!
Looking forward to working with you on sites tomorrow :)
Ngā mihi
Vicki
Hi Vicki,
ReplyDeleteI do like that idea about having it all together in one folder. It makes sense. I am really interested in talking to the students in my hub and seeing what they like about the site or any improvements we can make for them.
Thanks,
Tracey