Day 8
Up at Apararore school again.
Not to much to say today but the message is clear.
Dorothy used a word today that I don't ever recall hearing until I started the DFI course 8 weeks ago.
Ubiquitous. In terms of the DFI course it means being able to facilitate learning:
Anytime,
Anywhere ,
Any pace,
Anyone.
When learning material is in digital formatt it definetly has its advantages,
This means learners can access material anytime of the day or night from anywhere there is internet.
They can do the learning at their own pace , leaving time to reasearch and plan what and when they are going to complete their work. This can also be done by young and older learners, school students and non school students can partake in online learning. The word rewindable has also been used alot, where learners can go back again and again as many times as necessary.
Their is a multitude of on line courses now so even people who work during the day can log in when they have the time. This was also made evident during the lockdown when schools were closed and Teachers and students could connect through google meets and Teachers could deliver the learning and students would have access to Hapara where they could keep there work, teachers could access it and mark and comment.
Using skills learnt on the Dfi course will help Teachers produce interesting material for learners, hopefully getting them interested in learning.and keeping them engaged in school and help them realsie that by using digital devises learning can be accessed realatively easily, well after they have left school.
We then moved onto using the devices namely i-pad and chromebooks. I didn;t realise there was so much you could do with these decvices and would like to do firther trainging as I mainly use a chroebook at home. Will have to google some training tutorials.
Hi Paul
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you've enjoyed our days up at Paparore, it is a wonderful school and perfect for our DFI sessions.
There is a lot you can do with Chromebooks and I think it's definitely worth recapping on some of the basics with our students to help them get the best out of their device. Simple things like shortcut keys, how to take screenshots and use their camera. They need to be well conversant with navigating their device.
Rewindable learning, that includes teacher and student created videos are invaluable resources for aiding students' understanding. I particularly like Screencastify for it's ease of access and sharing ability.
I'm sure you can appreciate, the opportunities you would have with your Gateway students to remind them about being Cybersmart. Super important for students who are looking at creating a CV, most of which is online these days. I'd love to see the Gateway students embracing their blogs and sharing what happened when they went out on any work experience. It would give employers an opportunity to engage with students further and give them an avenue to provide students with some feedback.
Lots of potential to develop students' confidence with sharing the professional side of themselves :)