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Reflections from DFI course - Day 7

Today we focused on Chrome Book and Ipads. Because I couldn't get Chrome Book from other teachers, I played on the simulator. It let me practice skills that I needed even though I didn't have the real computer in front of me. 

Chrome Book was very similar to Mac which I was already used to using because my school computer was Mac. However, there were a few things that were different because the layout of the keyboard was a little different. It was a good way to experience something seniors used as well as juniors as I have never used these before. If I ever teach seniors this would be helpful when students are having problems with their Chrome Books. It would be especially useful to know how to trouble shoot on there and reset the device, which I have also tried practicing.

Next, we went into Ipads and learned Explain Everything. I have used it in class before, and I am still learning, even though I'm not completely comfortable with it. We learned how to put pictures and edit pictures, as well as drawing shapes and picking colours. Using this, we made a short video.



As a create task, we were given 3 choices, and I chose to make Cybersmart Lesson using Explain Everything. My focus was on smart relationships, and I explored lots of features that I haven't tried as well, searching for clip art images, inserting texts and changing text borders. I made this into a document file here.
I tried to make as kid-friendly as possible, keeping texts to minimum. I ran out of time, but if I just had voice clip and made it into a video, it would have been perfect, with my students not having to read the words.
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  1. Vicki @ ManaiakalaniSeptember 9, 2020 at 4:34 PM

    Kia ora Gabrielle,
    I'm really please we were able to expand on your Explain Everything skills, do you think you will use your Cybersmart lesson with your learners? I'd love to see how they find it. I like the sentence starters you've put on your EE, so helpful for students!
    Vicki

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