Term 4
Term 4
Week 2: We are learning to choose the right pictures and words to make the message we want people to see.
Sharing our work on our Blog
How to embed your Google drawing into your blog: download your completed Google Drawing collage as an image file (PNG or JPEG).
Upload it onto your blog by 'Insert Media'
Share two things that are different about yourself at school and home
Update the Blog Post Tracker
Week 1: We are learning to understand what media is telling us, choose what's right for us, and create our own media using different digital tools.
Sharing our work on our Blog
How to embed your Google drawing into your blog: download your completed Google Drawing collage as an image file (PNG or JPEG).
Upload it onto your blog by 'Insert Media'
Share two things about what media you watch and what medium you use to access it
Update the Blog Post Tracker
Use the following prompts for your post:
"What surprised you about your media audit?"
"What stories are the media you consume telling you?"
"What is one thing you would like to change about the media you choose?"
Term 3
Term 2
Learning Intention: to generate edits using AI in Adobe Express
Discuss the idea of generating vs drawing, and using AI
Click and Open this link: express.adobe.com/a/glentaylor.school.nz
Open the template
Edit the image using AI to show something "interesting happening on the field"
Share on your blog with a description about whats happening and how you made it.
Learning Intention: to understand the concept of a digital footprint.
Watch the video
Discuss the idea of a Digital Footprint with the class.
Open your History (Ctrl + H)
Look at your history from the last 24 hours. What does it say about you?
Make a copy of the template, and follow the instructions inside
Download the image
Create a new blog post. Insert the image, and write a critique about what your history says about you.
Learning Intention: to promote ourselves in a positive way via our blog-bio sections
Discuss the concept of Smart Footprint with your teachers
Discuss Blog Bio's / About Me's
Make a copy of the template.
Write each section of the template
Copy and paste using Ctrl + Shift + V
Copy to blog, and share
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Extension Task:
Let's create a Google Vids video of our Poster using our Script
Learning Intention: to promote ourselves in a positive way via our blog with an About Me poster.
Discuss the concept of Smart Footprint with your teachers
Discuss example, what does it say about Mr Goodwin.
Create your own poster to reflect what you love.
Consider what is appropriate to share at School and on your blog?
Learning Intention: to become more confident using the line tools in Google Draw.
Create a new Google Drawing.
Import and picture of your face, either from your files or with the camera.
Begin outlining and detailing over the top of your face using the polyline and curve line tools (essentially tracing)
Once you have finished basic detailing, add colour.
Finally add some finer detialing using the scribble line tool.
If you have time work on your neck and shoulders.
Even thinking about the background.
Share on your blog.
Learning Intention: to learn to utilise bookmarks to access learning quickly and efficiently
Discuss bookmarks and what they are with your class.
Create a folder called School
Bookmark your learning sites and add them to your School folder.
Share a screenshot of your bookmark folder on your blog.
Learning Intention: to understand the content of the Kawa of Care document.
Discuss the Kawa of Care document with the teacher. What responsibilities do you think Kids should have?
Have a go at the Kawa of Care Quest!
What things do we need to improve or get right in our class?