DFI Week 7 Devices

In our session today Vicki presented on Cybersmart. Manaiakalani has embedded Cybersmart as part of their goals. In 2011 Manaiakalani piloted 1-1 devices. Being Cybersmart is referred to as the roof of our houses.I n 2012 some schools trialed the Manaiakalani curriculum. Professional development was then provided to support teachers. In present day all learners are required to learn cybersmart language. Being cybersmart are empowering students to be confident, connected and life long learners. We have learnt about the importance of learning being ubiquitous (anytime, anywhere and at any pace). Ubiquitous learning is rewindable, visible and keeps students connected. During 2020 and our covid 19 lockdowns some of our students  learning  suffered even though we provided them with learning packs. I do see how ubiquitos learning will now benefit our students. Students can now access our classroom google sites where teachers can provide learning resources and tasks for students to do from home. At the same time when teachers are not able to be in class they can leave prepared tasks for students. In my class my students are now learning to access our class site. They are becoming familiar with the homepage, finding buttons for the different learning areas and attempting the tasks. This is great when having multiple groups in the class and they can find their learning group on the class site. Ubiquitous learning will also be a remedy for  the summer slump after the long school holidays as we do experience.

Myself and Susana and Tania have worked collaboratively and experimented with the  the Explain Everything App

I have created  slide on cybersafety with  Room 24