Devices

It was interesting to learn how using positive phrases such as Cybersmart is empowering to students rather than using words such as Cyber Safety, in other words 'proactive rather than reactive'.

Manaikalani's Cybersmart programme empowers learners as connected and confident decision makers. There are 12 areas that have a wealth of resources available for teachers and learners to use. 


It is important to integrate this curriculum into everyday so it becomes part of the school kaupapa. This has made me think about how we can spread this to whānau. A parent education evening would be a good start and perhaps a blog post from tamariki about Cyber Smart. 

Today we had a look at the devices that we are using in the classroom. Ipads in the junior school and chromebooks in the mid/upper school. We had a look at Explain Everything and then looked at the chromebook shortcuts. 

Later we engaged with the Cybersmart curriculum while using Screencastify, although I have got tamariki to use this frequently, I have never actually done one myself! It makes me reflect on how much I get children to do, that I need to engage with myself so I'm aware of the barriers and pitfalls. 

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