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We had a look at the Cybersmart curriculum this week. This is designed to empower learners as connected and confident decision makers with the understanding that learning is visible and ubiquitous (available at any time, anywhere by anyone). Over the years, devices, connection and access to the web has grown significantly. With this in mind, the Cybersmart curriculum aims to foster confident, connected, actively involved, lifelong learners in this arena.
Tip: Modelling positive Cybersmart language is a key element of this curriculum. Focusing on positive, thoughtful and helpful comments enables students to recognise when something is not right (we should focus on the do's rather than the don'ts).
Later in the day we had the opportunity to use Chromebooks and iPads to complete tasks so we could get a feel for what these devices are like to use for students. The idea was that classes are using one device per student (regardless of which one) so each student would have a personal account. Introducing the Kawa of Care at the beginning of the year is beneficial so students know how to look after these devices from day one.
Chromebooks: We looked at the Digital Dig which enables students to find shortcuts when using apps. I have used this before with my class but it was good to revisit as a refresher (and learn a few more shortcuts that will be useful).
Here is my (almost) finished Digital Dig:
iPads: We had a play with the Explain Everything app and used drawing tools, photos, shapes and recordings to produce a piece of work. It's good to see what younger students at school are using and how this app uses the same language for functions (copy, paste etc) that they have when using chromebooks.
Here is my poster:
We had a task where we used a recording app to discuss an area of Cybersmart. I chose screencastify as this is something both my students and I are familiar with. The area I chose was about using key words from questions when searching for information on the web. I chose this because I thought it could be a useful lesson with my class.
We reflected on:
What are the key messages/learning intentions in this lesson?
How could you personalise this lesson for your learners?
What would it look like on your learning site?
Are there opportunities within one of your current lessons to integrate these cybersmart concepts?
Here's what I came up with:
Kia ora Paul. I'm glad you enjoyed the devices day. I believe it's really important to understand what the students use day in day out. I am glad that I personally used a Chromebook for a few terms as I now feel more confident trouble shooting when students have issues. I see an opportunity for your learners to create some instructional resources for students moving from iPads to Chromebooks. What do you think?
ReplyDeleteThat's a good idea Phil. Do you think it would be something to do at the start of the year when the Year 3 students have just transitioned from iPads?
DeleteSure, sounds like a plan. Or even in Term 4 if students have a day with their new teachers or anything like that?
DeleteKia ora Paul,
ReplyDeleteI love the screencast you've made - such a great tool to reflect on the lesson content. You said your learners use Screencastify a lot, do they use it to reflect on their learning? Linking Cybersmart lessons into our classroom programme is such a powerful way to integrate it as part of the learning for our students.
Looking forward to catching up tomorrow.
Vicki
My students have used Screencastify a little bit this year (to explain their art, to recite their pepeha etc). It has its challenges in a noisy classroom. It's definitely something I'd like to use a bit more though.
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