DFI Session 7: Devices
Ubiquitous Learning is something that in the last few weeks of lockdown that I wish I understood more fully. The idea of teaching and learning being rewindable from not just the teaching front, but also from the students learning is something I think is hugely valuable.
Lockdown was a good opportunity to create tutorials and record Google Meets for the students to be able to access at any point. I found that the ones who did engage in this learning found it really helpful and engaging. I would have loved to have had some time to take students through some of the skills behind rewindable learning beforehand, but hind site is also a gift, and I am now going to look for opportunities to integrate this more in my teaching.
I love the idea about Participation, Partnership and Protection in relation to digital technology. This is something that was also highlighted through lockdown that we could work on as a school. That learning is not just about from teacher to learner, or learner to learner, but that it also involves the family and wider school community. I think it's a good opportunity to upskill parents and caregivers so that they have the ability to join in and aide their tamariki in their learning.
I had fun with Explain Everything; this is a tool that I began using about 8 years ago, in particular to learn new math strategies and to record what students were doing in their independent learning. I am thinking about how I could use this in my current position and will let you know what I find.
This is my activity:
I also had fun playing around with Hapara! It made me excited to see what can happen next year. One thing I am unsure of though is are we making double work for ourselves creating workspaces on Hapara and then also creating sites with work? Hmm... thoughts?
ReplyDeletePS. How cool was Explain everything! Be neat for the younger ones!
Yeah, I've been thinking about the "double dipping," I wonder if the site just centralises what is in your workspace?
DeleteAwesome work here Michelle, Ubiquitous learning and teaching is tricky to get going, but once it is there it becomes part of your toolkit and suddenly everything you do becomes a way to enhance students learning no matter the time or place. Linking up with your wider community to enhance this area is also really important and its awesome that you are already thinking ahead to that!
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