In today's session, we had time to complete tasks on a Chromebook and an iPad. This year, I am in a Year 3/4 space where the Year 3s use iPads and the Year 4s use Chromebooks, so it has been beneficial using both of these devices today to see learning from the kids' point of view.
I learned lots of keyboard shortcuts during the Chromebook session. I think the most helpful shortcuts I learned about today were Ctrl + L (to highlight the address in the omnibar) and Ctrl + 0 (to reset the zoom in/ zoom out function). Although I often support children to use their Chromebooks, I am not very used to using them myself, and it was good to be reminded how to use some of the basic functions, such as taking a full and partial screenshot.
Although I have used Explain Everything on iPad before, I am not very confident with all the different buttons, and usually have to play around with it to find what I am looking for. It was useful to have time to complete an activity on it today and become more used to it. I would like to use Explain Everything more frequently for follow up activities, and it was handy seeing people's ideas for Explain Everything tasks.
At the end of the session, we had to choose a Cybersmart lesson and create a Screencastify about the key messages, and how we adapted and repurposed it for children in our class. I used a lesson about Smart Media (Don't Fall for Fake) and added some visuals to aid the children's understanding of 'phishing'.
This year, I am in a Year 3/4 space where the Year 3s use iPads and the Year 4s use Chromebooks, so it has been beneficial using both of these devices today to see learning from the kids' point of view.
Kia ora Emelia,
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing your Screencastify about Phishing.
One thing about using a Chromebook on a day like this is that it is good for us to see hows students will view the work on a smaller screen.
Using Explain Everything in junior classes is such a great way to use this app. It has so many features. If you are wanting to do a bit of leanring yourself take a look at these free tutorials here. I have been doing them and I learned lots. They are in short bytes and easy to follow along. It really got me into using all the tools confidently & efficiently.
Did you get the Matariki Explain Everything project I shared with you?