DFI Day 7 Ubiquitous Learning & Cybersmart

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Ubiquitous

Def: present, appearing, or found everywhere

The affordances of technology make learning available in accessible and interesting ways, and at times to suit the learner. Learners require different amounts of rewindable support. As a parent, conversations with my own children about what they are learning are so much more interesting when we can have a look at what and how they are learning, for example, a maths strategy.

Rewindable Learning

Rewindable learning enables ubiquitous learning. 
What it looks like:  
  • Class site that is easy for students and whānau to navigate and find information.
  • Use of Screen Castify or new video tool on screen shot (Chromebooks only) to record teaching and learning to watch later.
  • You tubes / teacher tools (maths) for videos of strategies.
  • Blog links and examples of work from others classes. This is where learning comes about for some learners from the sharing by others.

Cybersmart

This goes hand in hand with our Manaiakalani Learning pedagogy. Cybersmart education is vital for school board and leaders to have confidence in the online learning we are providing our students. https://www.urumanuka.org.nz/cybersmart

As an educator - push the positive -'make kindness go viral'. Teach students to be kind and appropriate online.

Uru Manuka Site for Cybersmart
Uru Manuka Site for Cybersmart

While on the subject of Cybersmart...

I have had problem with my student's lack of respect for their Chromebooks. I have created a Hapara Workspace activity to support a mid-year refresh of our Kawa of Care rules for looking after our Chromebooks. 
I intend to re-share the Kawa of Care documents at parent Interviews at the end of this term, with a focus on respecting the hardware. This is making the learning visible to family, and engaging them in the process. More connectivity!




Comments

  1. Debbie Norris14 June 2021 at 19:32

    Jane, what a fantastic looking site, I now think I need to return to mine and zhoosh it up somewhat!!!! Thank you for the inspiration. We have learned so much today, head feeling like cotton wool, but in a good way. Onwards and upwards with our learning journey. Looking forward to next week already.

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  2. Anonymous14 June 2021 at 19:43

    Kia ora Jane
    Your blog is so visual! I love it. I like how you highlighted in this post the idea to make kindness go viral. That struck a chord with me as well when I heard it today. I also like how you reflected on ubiquity from a parent's perspective. Do you have any other ideas to connect teachers and parents?
    -Sasha

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  3. Mrs Theresa Moriarty (Mrs M)19 June 2021 at 23:28

    Jane thanks so much for the help today. I love your blog theme and have managed to get mine looking a little more exciting now after your advice today. Fabulous to read your blog. I like how you are focused on including your parents in as much information about technology as you can and reviewing the Kawa of Care is such a great idea rather than just at the beginning of the year. As you say more connectivity

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  4. Sharon Spragg21 June 2021 at 12:46

    Kia ora Jane,

    Really great reflection. I love how you connect different aspects of your life to the things we are covering on the DFI. You are right that as a parent it makes far more sense connecting to what we can see that just what our child tells us.

    I hope that your awareness of the Cybersmart curriculum and the Kawa of Care does make a difference in your class. It is frustrating when $500 worth of equipment is treated poorly. Let us know how it goes.

    Ngā mihi,
    Sharon

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