Learning Technology Monthly Update #1
In Year 2 the students have started to use the computers for logging in to their accounts. We are also very excited that Year 2 students are the first to use our new fitness tracking bands to tie in with their current unit. Students in each Year 2 class will wear the fitness tracker for a week while they are at school. In lessons they will then be downloading the fitness data from the band and analysing their activity over the week. As this will be a rotation between each class the other classes will be learning an iPad app called Book Creator in the other session.
Students in Year 4 will be learning a new animating tool called Powtoon over the coming weeks. This will be used to create an animation to present as part of their sharing unit. Students are encouraged to log in to powtoon.com at home and have a practice with it if time allows. After completing the work on Powtoon the students will be setting up their Google Classroom for this year and looking at online environments for learning.
The students in Year 5 and Year 6 will be learning about digital citizenship and how we appear and can be responsible in our interactions with others online. This will involve both collaborative and individual tasks using Google Apps tools and Google Classroom. Students will also create an online learning blog that they will begin posting to and learn about a tool for assembling online resources called Blendspace.
The students in Year 5 and Year 6 will be learning about digital citizenship and how we appear and can be responsible in our interactions with others online. This will involve both collaborative and individual tasks using Google Apps tools and Google Classroom. Students will also create an online learning blog that they will begin posting to and learn about a tool for assembling online resources called Blendspace.
