Showing posts with label explain everything. Show all posts
Showing posts with label explain everything. Show all posts

Tuesday, 16 June 2020

Devices - DFI Session 7

In today's session we started off by looking at the Cybersmart curriculum created by Manaiakalani. A key pedagogy of the curriculum is to empower children on how to manage a device and the tools a device can offer. 
I love this as it can be used by any type of learner no matter what device they have or what the purpose of the device is. 

I think the following proverb really complements the Cybersmart curriculum:



The Hapara hot tips have been very helpful, complemented with today's section on Hapara. I'm still getting my head around Hapara but learning the basics sure does help. 

Today's digital dig into Chromebooks was a great insight. It was good to see what and how seniors at our school use these devices. 

Of course, by far my highlight of today was the work we did on iPads, as this is linked directly to the main tool we use on a daily basis in our practice. 

I'm still not 100% sold on Explain Everything. 
Con: As a teacher/creator I find it a little too fiddly, especially considering the projects can not be created on a laptop. 
Pro: However, it is very user friendly for younger students (year 1-3), especially those new to a digital device. 

I gave it a go... here is a snippet of a project I started creating: