Dealing with Data
This week in our DFI we learned all about Google Forms, Google Maps and Google Sheets.
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Today we focussed on the CREATE part of LEARN, CREATE, SHARE. Dorothy discussed how technology can enhance and empower children to use their creativity.
As 21st Century learners the 6Cs are essential competencies for our children and so I appreciate the value technology can play to help teach these competencies whilst opening up creative learning opportunities.
Forms are a great way to gather student pre and post data about a topic or gather feedback about an area you have taught. I like the idea of using Forms to collect student names and year levels for extracurricular activities or workshops and then having the Form collate the responses into a Google Sheet. What a time saver!
In Google Maps we learned how to layer different locations, even using the information gathered in a Google spreadsheet to do this. I can see advantages to using Maps in Maths, particularly for area and also it could be used in a lot in Inquiry or Reading so students can think about context.
The Google Sheets aspect of today's session was particularly useful for analysing blog posts and is something I hope to use this week in class as a challenge to students. Can they better their number of 2018 blog posts by halfway through this year?
Today we focussed on the CREATE part of LEARN, CREATE, SHARE. Dorothy discussed how technology can enhance and empower children to use their creativity.
As 21st Century learners the 6Cs are essential competencies for our children and so I appreciate the value technology can play to help teach these competencies whilst opening up creative learning opportunities.
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