DFI Week 7 - Reflective Blog Post

 

What did I learn that increased my understanding of Manaiakalani kaupapa and pedagogy?

• Why Cybersmart? - connection to one-to-one devices, digital learning was a way we could support and empower or students

• Cybersmart - acknowledges empowering people by being "smart". If we are encouraging them to connect online anytime anywhere it is our responsibility to support them to be safe and smart online.

• Enables students to be confident and safe when connecting online

• "It's about digital citizenship, it's about the do's and the don'ts".

• Need to be confident with the Cybersmart language you are using.

• Cybersmart learning is a whole school focus

• Cybersmart empowers learners to connect with their learning

• Involves images, media, text

• Want our learners while they are at school to share in some shape or form - exploring the digital footprint.

• Commenting:

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• Being Cybersmart is a skill that they can take beyond their time at school. 
• Partnerships, participation and protection can relate to the digital world.

What did I learn that could improve my confidence, capability or workflow as a professional?

• Hapara: giving us visibility of what our students were doing online.

What did I learn that could be used with my learners?  

• The importance of quality blog comments

• Hapara - hot tips and tricks, sending out files.

• Chromebook shortcuts

• Explain Everything App

What did I learn that could improve my confidence, capability or workflow in my personal life?

• The realisation that for you to participate online, you need to share personal facts about yourself to some extent.