Kia ora Bloggers,
Well here we are at Day 4, Week 4! Today we have be looking and learning about Google Forms, Spreadsheets and Maps.
Our session began with our regular Google Meet with Dorothy. Today we discussed the Share aspect of Manaiakalani. Sharing with others can mean many things - share a book, a laugh, an idea. Digital technologies has just added an extra element to sharing for our learners. By sharing digitally our students are now able to communicate with not only their whanau and friends, but the wider community and beyond. We hope that this type of sharing gives a sense of purpose, and helps make connections with others.
So I haven't created a Google Form for ages, was good to get back in to play around with the settings. My next goal is to teach my writers to create a Pick A Path story... And well, Spreadsheets is a whole other story for me. I'm a proper newbie so it seems. My big moment was figuring out how to 'freeze' sections so I can still see the bits I need! I did manage to organise an assessment tracker sheet for maths, and put together this little beauty:
Who knew about Google My Maps! A pretty cool tool that could be used in Math to Inquiry. You can even get data from a Form - say where people have been around the world, and import it to your map. I think the students will really enjoy using this. Check out this one:
See you next week!
Kia ora Mel,
ReplyDeleteDo you see your students having more a sense of purpose when sharing their learning on their blogs? Is blogging becoming part of the learning process for them rather than a place they put finished work?
Google Maps is a great tool and has so many uses I look forward to see what you end up doing with it.
Nga mihi,
Mark