Term 1 so far...

I managed to get into a few classes to see how they were storing and managing their school devices - how does you class organisation stack up?

Digital Technoloiges Curriculum

The diagram above came from a Steam brochure. It is a quick snapshot of the DTC overview.

Staff landing site

There are some new 'How to' videos on the Staff portal. Thank yo to the people who have contributed so far and those who will be soon but don't know it yet. Click here to have a look.

IT Leaders

Please be nice!

If you are hosting an Assembly, liturgy or other event and you'd like them to help please share the content with me and I'll get them sorted.

If you choose not (or can't because you're doing 3 million other things) then that's ok. But if things go wrong please be nice to the IT Leaders they do take it personally when things don't go to plan.

The IT Leaders are working on a student landing page for Y3-6 students. It will be a place where they can get information, access websites that they use often and hopefully where their creative juices can run free. If you are interested in a sneak preview click here.

This site will be student managed and owned but with a bit of support from myself. The IT Leaders may come to your class to get ideas from your students over the next week, please allow them 5 mins to share.

Sheryl introduced me to the Literacy Shed Facebook page, well worth a look.

THE LITERACY SHEDA website for teachers filled with ideas for literacy teaching using visual resources such as film, animation, photographs and picture books.

Question? How have the students in your class used photos recently?

Answer from R4:

We have used photos of our Marae stay to reflect and write with a focus on surface features.

Marae Stay 2019

Answer R4:

We have commented on our photos in a Google Photos album.

R4 2019134 new photos added to shared album

Answer R4

We have used photos as inspiration for explaining what we have done. Linked to our reading and oral language learning. #Bookcreator.

IMG_2700 2.mov

Answer R4:

We posted in our Educa stories to share our learning with our family.

Answer R4:

We ahve used screenshots and photos from our Chromebook webcam to reflect on our Minecraft Marae.

Copy of Minecraft Marae

Tip: If your students can't access the camera on their Chromebook get them to add a photo into a Google presentation from the camera then screenshot it to their downloads folder.

Netsafe advisory

Christchurch Attacks Advisory 16 March 2019Netsafe has received a number of reports of online content relating to the attacks in Christchurch. Footage of the attacks has been deemed objectionable under New Zealand law which means that possession or distribution of the content is an offence. If you find footage of the attacks online you should report it to Netsafe at netsafe.org.nz/report but you should not keep copies or share it. Please ensure you include a URL link as part of your report so we can act to get the content removed.

The article on the left came to my inbox and is probably a good reminder to think about what we access on our school devices. Remember we are role models so how we act online will be copied by our students.

Tip: Disconnect your laptop form projectors before reading your emails, I have regularly walked past classes to see teacher emails up on the board - it only takes on instance of a private email to be seen for a hassle to be on you.

#BringCreativity newsletter April 2019Our April newsletter has some great lesson ideas for Earth Day, National Library Week, National Poetry Month and more...!

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