Being Digitally Connected
Dorothy Burt's words resonated with me as she spoke about empowering our students through the use of digital technoology. I have to agree with Dorothy, we as educators and citizens of a modern, fast paced world can not underestimate the importance that being digitally connected can bolster our interactions with others, where once not so very long ago this was not an option, through the simple touch of a button, or a comment left on a blog post. Empowerment of students through the use of digital technology could not have been more apparent than during our Covid nationwide lockdown a year ago. The ability to stay connected with our students and their ability to learn, create and share through a Google site really has set the scene and highlighted the importance of having a visible, engaging, rewindable, navigable site easily accessible by our students and our communities. With this in mind I set to try to enhance our existing class site, as part of our fabulous DFI learning today, to ensure that our year 5/6 students at Ohaeawai Primary School, can access up to date, engaging, multi-modal learning with as few clicks as possible.
If you have to time to look through our class site, I would really appreciate any feedback, pearls of wisdom that you can impart.
Nga mihi
Kia ora Lisa,
ReplyDeleteThe site is looking great and I could get to reading, writing and maths with two clicks. Go you. Just a couple of places where content is not visible - the Technology page and Essential lists. A good check is to go to your site in an incognito window (not logged into a google account) and see how the site looks.
What is the feedback from your learners abut the site?
Ngā mihi,
Maria