Fiona led our seventh session of DFI, speaking about the pedagogy and kaupapa of being Cybersmart. Her slides listed all of the Cybersmart categories and the three most re-visited which are Smart Learners (the LEARN term), Smart Footprint (the CREATE term) and Smart Relationships (the SHARE term). Being cybersmart empowers learners to connect when their learning is visible and accessible, anytime, any place and at any pace. Cybersmart young people learn to make smart decisions in digital learning environments and understand that every time they connect, collaborate and share online, it combines to create their digital footprint. We use the class blogging platform Tuhi Mai, Tuhi Atu which empowers our students to learn to be Cybersmart through leaving quality blog comments and engaging in online behaviour and thinking that elevates positive actions. On Friday mornings in our class we look at our class blog and the blog of "Kotuku" from Wigram Primary School in Christchurch. This is an example of how we are making a positive digital presence and increasing learning opportunities.
We then explored what it is like to use a chromebook and for me this was a first! We had a go at the Digital Dig. Here's my Digital DFI Dig:
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1KE-pBbqkQ1jTrVpJdEvMpRi6jdHExpcRwyGbzB7EEFw/edit?usp=sharing
Next we explored the "Explain Everything" app using an iPad. I've already been using this in my class so it was fun to get more time to explore this app. I find this app really useful during my guided reading sessions. Some of the ways my students use it are: word work, recording themselves telling stories for animations, "lassoing" illustrations in books, etc. Here's a link to my video that I made using the EE app:
The last part of this session was about using the Screencastify extension. During lockdown I had a go at recording myself a few times using Screencastify and I found it was relatively easy to use. Examples of this on our class site are recordings of teachers reading stories and brief messages to students. Here's an example of a Screencastify recording from our class site:
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