I attended a 2 day GAFE (Google Apps for Education) summit in Wellington in the holidays.
So What:
Professional learning development included:
- Practical skills to use Google Classroom
- Skills to teach and use coding using Google CS
- Genius hour
- Effective use of slides, forms
- Breakout Edu - challenging games
- Use of Cinematography/Digital Storytelling
- Using Google for administration in schools
- Google extensions - Bit Moji
What stuck with me was a clear message by the key note speakers that encouraged us as teachers to enable students to think of using technology for a message beyond an audience of one. And to think about how a video, blog, podcast by a student/s could impact their community and beyond.
Now What:
I want to think about ways in which I can enable my student to use technology Responsibility and how they can have their "Voice" or story impact others.
I plan to use google docs, drive, forms, slides more effectively in the classroom.
I enjoyed the presentation you and Nic shared with us about your GAFE Summit, lots of amazing stuff, most of which is still way out of my comfort zone, but lots of room for learning – Blogs being my learning this year! I look forwad to seeing all this technology occurring around the school and learning from it.
ReplyDeleteReflecting on the message you took from the keynote speaker about using technology for “a message beyond one” strikes me as a wonderful phrase to capture when dealing with social media bullying issues, a phrase that perhaps we could adopt/adapt as part of our PB4L expectations?