Today we learnt about the Share stage of Manaiakalani and Google Sheets.
Hot Tips
- Polyline - I was admiring Barry Huhu's profile picture and comparing it to my attempt via Drawing and he said he used Polyline, which is apparently easy for kids to create with.
- YouTube - I missed this tip from last week - that you can set a video to start at the point you want it to.
- Mathsweek.co.nz - first I have heard of this week or site.
- Blog - the best way to show my doc in my blog may be to embed a video of me talking about it (either through screen castify or recording a meeting with someone). Towards the end of the day we embedded a Google Drawing of our data analysis, which can also be done with slides but can it be done from a doc?
Hapara tip
Teachers can use Hapara to monitor posts and comments, particularly the red comments as they are from non-Google accounts. Dorothy said their was a "3 Check System" - what are the three checks? Is there any automated checking for inappropriate language (for example)? Or is the teacher the only safeguard? And does it even matter if students are on other social media? Possible answer below.
Share
The key take-away point for me from today's Manaiakalani kaupapa was that we are teaching students to be good digital citizens. We use Blogging to teach our kids to be Cyber-Smart and that they buy into it because it is similar enough to the other popular social media. So best they make all their mistakes under our watch (in Blog) and become safe and informed users of all social media.
Second point - Share has two aspects. 1) It is where you finish the learning (and learning to finish is important) and 2) sharing can also be the starting place of new learning.
Form
Tips:
- use a blank form (not a theme/template)
- personalise the acknowledgment (Settings, Presentations)
- Import videos etc (embedding html codes is for blogs and sites only
Possible uses for me:
- Import a video and ask questions about it
- Use as a digital worksheet - shuffle question order to encourage own work, or lock mode (only works on managed CBs)
My Map
I think a few of us chose Paris - so you can't see my name in the centre:
Sheets
- Yay!!! - I have Freeze Panes now!
- Note you can start typing the formula directly into the worksheet if you know its name - I find this faster than using the menu.
- I found the 1dp custom format today (thought I was restricted to 2 or 0)
- Dave showed us the list of keyboard shortcuts
- The slides for this topic had GIFS in them (wee videos of how to, no sound just animation) - I want to make some of these for my students.
Blog Data Analysis
Blog Comments
Positive - Thoughtful - Helpful (eg question).
Html code to insert a link into a comment:
<a href="insert URL here">Insert display text here</a>
Wish me luck - I'm off to comment on another's blog.
Kia ora Julia,
ReplyDeleteWOW you've been busy, there's a lot going on, in your blog... I appreciate you taking the time to comment on my blog too. Here's the link to https://www.bitmoji.com/ create yourself a bitmoji your students will love it, I use mind most presentations. It's great to have a strong Gizzy crew doing DFI sessions. "Haere tonu te mahi pai"
Hi Julia, your blog is a great read. You have done so much and have great ideas and questions.
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"Dorothy said their was a "3 Check System" - what are the three checks? Is there any automated checking for inappropriate language (for example)? Or is the teacher the only safeguard? And does it even matter if students are on other social media? Possible answer below."
The three check system includes: 1. Hapara 2. Teachers are emailed posts and comments as they go live 3. Teachers have a folling gadget on sidebar of their class blog where the most recent post moves to the top. There are actually more!
No automated language checker.
It does matter to anyone concerned about obeying the law if kids are on other social media! The terms for each space is different, but you can be confident that primary kids would be underage. Teens vary between 13, 16 and 18 it seems.
Dorothy
Your blog is SO well formatted in term of the heading structures and sections that is makes it really easy to interact with. I like the mini GIF type slide animation showing the difference in publishing slides vs docs. The share relationship to being cybersmart is real. Just thinking of those boys who have been stung by private facebook groups etc. The Share at the start of and within the learning process is an opportunity for metacognition inspired by the reflection of others. Using a blog means that this can be asynchronous and whats’s shared becomes ubiquitous. You can make gifs using screencastify choose download. or https://gifcap.dev/
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