Devices!
We had a opportunity today to experience life using a chromebook and an iPad from the perspective of a learner in a 1:1 digital classroom.
First up was the chromebook, overall I found it easy to adapt to as a teacher who uses google chrome everyday. I thought as a classroom teacher it would important to go over all the shortcuts with the students, especially when they are just beginning their chromebook journey as I'm sure the children who have been using them awhile are absolute experts already!
Secondly, we had a go with the iPads. I enjoyed using Explain Everything after not having used it in many years - it was a lovely nostalgic moment that made me think back to my first few years of teaching. I loved how Explain Everything can now be accessed on a laptop - I thought this must have been a real game changer for iPad teachers (as I can remember the frustration of uploading EE files to my google drive and not being able to open them to check I'd picked the right one for my learner's class site). Overall, I liked using the iPad to create using photos, text and drawings in Explain Everything to share what we had been learning.
Ubiquitous learning.
Ubiquitous learning is learning that can happen anywhere, anyplace, anytime and from anyone.
I'm interested to see what this could look like in my new entrant classroom. I would love to be able to share our literacy programme with our whanau, as we have begun using a structured literacy approach this year and it is a way of teaching that is new to our school community. I know that creating a partnership with our whanau has always been crucial to the success of our learners and sharing this new way of teaching literacy with them is important. I'd love for them to be able to see video examples of what it learning looks like for there children on our class site so that they can continue this learning in the home.
Awesome reflection Rebecca, thank you for sharing this! I'm glad you had such a positive experience getting back on the iPads. Is it something you think you could reintroduce into the classroom? Even perhaps with a class iPad at first?
ReplyDeleteThanks for the comment Matt. I agree, I think starting with a class iPad and the a small group of children would be a great way to start using iPads again.
DeleteGreat takeaways Rebecca, I really enjoy speaking with you about how we can create engaging learning opportunities especially for our Littlies. Such an important time for creating good foundations physically and digitally as they move through the school 🎉
ReplyDeleteThanks for the comment Naomi. I was amazing to see the older learners from Point England share their learning journey. It gave me a good insight and reminder to where my five year olds are heading as they move through the school.
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