Media

When we think about making our students connected learners, most of us may think about connecting with whānau or connecting with other students. Digital learning and then sharing helps us take this concept further- connecting locally and globally, it gives the students a truly authentic audience to share and connect with. I loved the idea of live streaming students' sporting and cultural events for whānau far and wide to view.

There's also the gain of connectedness for educators, connecting teachers to not only whānau but other teachers and schools, sharing ideas and resources.

Today we focused on using Youtube, Google draw and slides. I really see the value in keeping our learners focused on what we are trying to teach and out of the Youtube rabbit hole! Uploading playlists of what we would like our learners to view is a fantastic way to do this. Today I linked a number of clips into various google draw pictures so students can click on the picture to get into Youtube, bypassing having to actually go into Youtube itself.

I also used a combination of Google draw and Slides to create my digital pepeha- something I am excited about getting started with students this week!


Comments

  1. Great blog Taryn! I really see the value of children not having to go to Youtube itself.... so may distracting things on there for their little minds!
    Digital pepeha is cool. Will you be teaching tamariki how to do this too?

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