Digital Fluency Intensive Week 8

Week 8

Empowerment: How to empower Teachers and learners

Dean Shareski said …”when it transforms the way we learn, offers us new unchartered
experiences and opportunities…”

When we are:

• Learner centred
• Future focused
• Differentiated
• Personalised                         … the default is VISIBLE

How to make your Blog more visible:

Getting More Views and Traffic

1. Help Search Engines Find your Site. ...
2. Blog Regularly. ...
3. Use Keywords on your Site. ...
4. Use Appropriate Tags. ...
5. Connect to the Community & Spread the Word. ...
6. Read and Comment on Other Blogs. ...
7. Share on Social Media. ...
8. Bug your Real-life Friends.

How to prepare for your google certified test:

The following can be helpful.

1. Have confidence and experience across a range of G Suite tools

2. Work through the Google for Education Training Centre

3. Consider attending a preparatory course

4. Don’t register for the exam until you are prepared to take it

5. Be prepared to use G Suite tools during the exam – and do so efficiently

6. Pay attention to the details – remember what is grading your exam!

7. Use the knockout method for multiple-choice questions

8. Use shortcut keys

9. Keep things tidy during the exam

10. Choose a quiet location with a stable internet connection

Personal experience:

I wrote my Google Test today. It was certainly not a walk in the park and reflecting back I should
have spent more time preparing.

It was good to put everything I have learned the past 8 weeks into practice, I only now realise
the hard work our presenters had to keep me up to speed.

Thank you for all the support.

Manaiakalani Create Staff Meeting

Had a good hardworking day. Constructing a tower.

Digital Fluency Intensive Week 7

Week 7

What is Cybersmart:

Helps keep learners focused and organised online, building critical learning skills.

Greater visibility and access into learner work, saving teachers time every day.

What is Hapara?

The Hapara Instructional Management Suite, which includes Work space, Highlights and Dashboard, enables teachers to organise their students and their assignments, track their activity and progress and dynamically personalise instruction across different metrics.

Why do we use Hapara:

Hapara allows you to focus on teaching,
not the technology.

How are we empowering our students:

Visibility into what your learners are working on, so you can provide feedback
in the moment.Easy differentiation and personalisation of learner work.

Digital Fluency Intensive Week 6

Exploring Examples of Class Sites

Observations From Exploring

Class Sites

NB: We are evaluating our peers sites through TWO lenses: Engagement and User experience.  On the one
hand the site needs to be inviting/appealing -draw you to it.  On the other hand it is a working/learning
environment and it needs to be very easy to use.  Effective sites combine both elements.

Connected

Connectivity is a way of life for our students.

Take it from them and they will check out.

When I think about creating something for my learners or I am asked to do something differently I
like to start with the why.

Making your own site:

What is the purpose?

What is your theme?

How are they accessing the site?

Why are they using the site?

Planning your class site

How many pages do you need?

What will be linked off your home page?

What is the layout of each page?