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Notes to self. Go back over and look at Scratch and consider introducing it to Room 1 and implementing it.
Go through slides especially Slide 2. Online Tool Kits - check out.
Technology is not just a tool when it transforms the way we learn.
Google forms are also through Google Drive.
Dave Winter was the guest this week. He was very helpful and supportive, as were Madeline and Nicola.
Hangout covered empowerment and the importance of empowering our children and teachers. There were some interesting analogies shown that were very thought provoking. Jigsaw with the pieces showing Empowering, Connected, Visible and Ubiquitous showed how they all fitted together.
Visibility - Learning has to be visible was mentioned in the On Top session . It also needs to be future focused.
We also covered various Google Forms including Google Maps and spread sheets.Also the process of graphing the results. One to information is on the form, when highlighting the years ensure these are in plain text. Highlight all information and go to charts and insert. Decide what type of graph is best suited..Have made a Google spreadsheet for data covering Numeracy, Reading and Writing.
Google Maps will be useful when we do our Inquiry into Kumara and its history. Comparing the changes over the years in the town and present maps and historical maps.
Thanks for this positive post Kevin. It is great to see you thinking about how you can use what you are learning in future lessons with your class. All the Google tools we used today will serve a purpose in your classroom at some stage and now it is a great time to start forward planning as to when this will be. Good on you for challenging yourself today.
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