Showing posts with label google apps. Show all posts
Showing posts with label google apps. Show all posts

Tuesday, October 9, 2012

gafe summit 2012

Session 1 - Teacher Dashboard - Manage your room with Google Apps http://hapara.com/
Definitely need this to try using Google Apps with Year 5/6 students...  see all your students docs, presentations, forms, sites and email at a glance....

Session 2 - Year 5 Point England - Where classrooms are run on Google Apps (and a few other things) 

using google for 4-5 years
http://www.ptengland.school.nz/index.php?mid=3
Room 13 Pt England School - http://pesking.blogspot.co.nz/
everything is done in google environment
solid base of expectations - pedagogy - learn, create, share - via blog, google site, TV channel
sharing is the motivator
values based culture - knowledge of how to behave - term 1 of every year teach behaviour “the point england way”, based around positive statements
content knowledge - upskilling teachers - teachers have to know “stuff” - PD 
pedagogical knowledge - buy in to school pedagogy
evaluative capacity - formative and summative assessment to guide teaching
blended learning - paper and pencils shared (didn’t buy stationery at the start of the year), do science experiments, read books etc.
creating - podcasting, blogs, in school TV station, animation (skills learned from year 1)
families pay $3.50 a week for netbook, families also receive PD in netbooks
netbook belongs to family - community wireless being built, every house within Manaiakalani cluster will be able to access in afternoons, linked to device that family owns
6-8 imacs plus ipads in year 1-4 classrooms, year 5 up 1:1 netbooks (chromebooks from 2013)
google sites - used for inquiry units
classroom sites - links to docs, presentations, blog posts, rubrics - open to the world!  https://sites.google.com/a/ptengland.school.nz/room-13-2012/home
cybersmart - leaving a positive digital footprint - starts in year 0/1 - making students aware that they are visible, cybersmart curriculum is deliberately taught, outcomes and rubrics etc.  smart footprint, smart surfing, smart relationships, smart media (verifying sources etc.), smart and legal (e.g. not downloading music illegally), smart learners, students need to know how to behave in a digital/cyber environment
learn shortcuts when making animations, no need to teach keyboarding skills in isolation, develop skills through daily use
pay attention to/monitor time spent on devices, looking at screens etc. 
google sites has changed way the teachers teach and the way students interact with their learning intentions etc. - pedagogical shift
blogging is getting kids writing - purpose - audience

Session 3 - Google Apps for Work and Play

https://sites.google.com/a/core-ed.ac.nz/breakfasts-core/google-apps/ulearn12-presentation
more ideas for integrating Google Apps into classroom programmes - docs, sites, presentations, blogger
Challenges - internet connectivity, online safety
Pedagogy - collaboration is everything

Session 4 - Using YouTube - Jim Sill
very funny guy :o)
mistersill.com
bit.ly/youtubeintheclassroom
create - collaborate - publish
"Is my stuff good enough to publish on youtube?"  Becomes intrinsic when they start publishing work on youtube... Start working to a higher standard...
Hidden narrative - what happens when camera stops recording?
Cool channels to search for:
CGP Grey
Crash course world history
Minute physics
TED
www.youtube.com/teachers
make playlists
Uploading - locked down, link or open to public
YouTube offers unlimited storage for video
YouTube.com/create
YouTube.com/editor
Bottom right turn safety on to get rid of comments
Chrome browser - turn out the lights or youtube options for google chrome extension (removes everything, replay button only!)
Youtube.com/schools - filter code - automatically loads youtube for education site, can't override, then create a playlist available to kids

Monday, October 8, 2012

gafe summit 2012 Keynote - Suan Yeo

how we learned is not how our students learn

technology is not new if you are born into it

we need to prepare our students for a world we can’t see...

we are starting to see the web as a learning platform - go to the web to learn, find info...
education is taking advantage of new learning models

learning should be open, free and easily accessible - is what you’re putting in place encouraging students to learn outside the classroom?







learning analytics is the next BIG thing

http://edudemic.com/2012/08/10-things-students-wont-need-to-know-when-they-graduate/

the value of great teachers

evaluating your use of technology in the classroom - is it facilitating learning inside and outside  the classroom?  collaboration in education

technology is just a tool....

become a 21st Century Teacher: Teach with technology not teach technology

build your personal learning (social) network

teach how to use not BAN - digital citizenship

managing technology - innovation



innovation to make things better

http://www.google.com/campaigns/gonegoogle/index.html

tools you can use anywhere and on anything - google.com/a/edu

browser = desktop of the future, regardless of device

google.com/edu

CTRL F - find box - shortcuts http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/only-one-in-10-know-what-ctrlf-does--here-are-shortcuts-you-should-know-20111130-1o69d.html

youtube - can set up own educators channel

project glass - www.youtube.com/watch?v=9c6W4CCU9M4

“learning is not a product of schooling but the lifelong attempt to acquire it”