Thoughts on Creating

Angela Gattung and I created this video clip as a demo for teachers as we are asking them to reflect on some digital learning objects with these six questions:

SAMR as I understand it

After learning about and using SAMR, I have created this screencast to share my understanding - I wanted to clearly and succinctly explain the SAMR model and to give an example of this in use.

I have found teachers appreciate this model as they can decide for themselves what part of the model they are using at any given time. Any teacher would be using different parts of the model at different times. The skill comes in recognising when is the most effective times to use redefinition to get the most gains in learning.

Here is the link to blog post I mention: 

https://kpssimonieh.blogspot.co.nz/2016/07/terina-and-simonie-lees-matariki.html

Links to videos I recommend:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=us0w823KY0g

https://youtu.be/1onr-CiMh5Y

https://youtu.be/OBce25r8vto

Other resources:

• Apple SAMR presentation notes
• SAMR for leaders
• SAMR staff meeting
• iPad apps to encourage movement in SAMR
• More SAMR learning

Thanks to all those who helped shape my understanding of SAMR - you know who you are.

Infographic about sharing on blogs

Students are learning about using creative tools to share their learning. Today we were learning about using Piktochart to show what we choose to share about ourselves on our blogs.

Here is my infographic - information and graphics shared in a simple way. We learnt about colour and fonts as well as some ideas about alignment.

24 Hour Digital Footprint

24 hour digital footprint

Students have been  learning about their smart digital footprint.  They tracked where they had been online over a 24 hour period and created a map of this with links to where they had been. Thanks to +Madeline Campbell for this great idea.
I did this for myself over the same timeframe. I was thinking it would take ages to do as my history showed a large number of entries. When I came to do it however, I found that while there were a lot of entries in fact I was going to the same places a large number of times. I didn't show these multiple visits to the same places as I felt the map would be too busy. I have added numbers to show how many times I visited places on the web.
Younger students, e.g. year 2-3, needed a lot of support with the idea of 24 hours. Creating links on an ipads proved too difficult - in fact they needed to be done on a chromebook or desktop. Year 4-5 students on chromebooks did this well with careful instructions from +Fiona Grant. A fun and informative acitivity that graphically showed how we leave a digital trail wherever we go on the internet.

Infographic about Learn Create Share

As students were learning about creating an infographic, I decided to create one as well. We learnt about how to attribute images, how to use colours and fonts, and how to snap together text boxes and images. Also how to use information to share as part of an inforgraphic.