Used my iPad in Parent Teacher Interviews (PTI) this week. Wrote all my discussion notes down in a note and then used it to make sure I covered everything in the interview.
I also recorded important information from the discussions with parents and then used the two tags of "Follow Up" or "File". Follow Up if there was something that I had to follow up from the discussions and File for information that I needed to include in their school file.
At the end of interviews I just did a search for File - had a list of all the children with information I had to include into their file, searched for Follow Up and I have my list of things to follow up after interviews. I transposed those into my to do list app and can check them off and recieve reminders!
Gosh I love my iPad..... and I'm still a newbie. I'm sure there are many more apps that I should know about and could make my life easier. The research continues...... anyone want to give me a heads up!?!?
Friday, July 22, 2011
iPad Backgrounds
Have spent some of today making iPad backgrounds for the new iPads delivered to school. They are being set up over the weekend.
I am creating backgrounds to identify each iPad. They include our school emblem and iPad number and serial number. This information sits above a photo of the foliage of a tree at our school.
I figured out all of the dimensions of the background through screen shots however then found this website with a photo that explains it all clearly.
How to make proper iPad wallpaper
It made me think that, if we do get to move to a 1-to-1 level of iPads at the school, that it would be a very cool activity to complete in Art coupled with photography or perhaps in a "computer skills" session. I am certain that children could create absolutely awesome backgrounds and could also tie in the discussions about user interfaces and whether you would choose to include bright colours, should there be a lot of text etc on it. etc etc
Once I get the backgrounds loaded I will add a screen capture.
I am creating backgrounds to identify each iPad. They include our school emblem and iPad number and serial number. This information sits above a photo of the foliage of a tree at our school.
I figured out all of the dimensions of the background through screen shots however then found this website with a photo that explains it all clearly.
How to make proper iPad wallpaper
It made me think that, if we do get to move to a 1-to-1 level of iPads at the school, that it would be a very cool activity to complete in Art coupled with photography or perhaps in a "computer skills" session. I am certain that children could create absolutely awesome backgrounds and could also tie in the discussions about user interfaces and whether you would choose to include bright colours, should there be a lot of text etc on it. etc etc
Once I get the backgrounds loaded I will add a screen capture.
Sunday, July 10, 2011
Playing around with the idea of assessment records in evernote
Heard of someone using tags in evernote for many different tasks. Thought I'd test it out for progression point checks for reports.
I made a notebook called interpersonal development. Then made some notes for the different progression points. Taken from DEECD-Vels
I made a notebook called interpersonal development. Then made some notes for the different progression points. Taken from DEECD-Vels
Then made some fake student names to use as tags to test it. Tagged various students on different progression points.
Went to tags view and clicked on a fake student.
Sorted by notebooks - figuring if I did a different notebook for each subject then it would look like headings.
Then for each student it would have a subject area heading and progression points below. Figured it could be used for rubrics as well and you can walk around and tag students when you see then complete tasks/competencies/understandings that you set out in your rubric. To mark just sort by tags and you know how they went.
Can make observational comments in another note.
All good in theory.... Still on holidays so still unpracticed.
Can make observational comments in another note.
All good in theory.... Still on holidays so still unpracticed.
Nona Belomesoff's Legacy for 5/6B
May 2010
Articles/Excerpts of read in class
Girl's death shows dangers of 'publishing your life online'
Facebook ban not the answer: Strategist
Australian police warn teens about Facebook photos
Class Discussion
We discussed how easy it was to lie on Facebook.
Opening question was "How many of you have a Facebook account?" 90% of the class put their hands up.
Next- "Keep your hand up if you have lied about something on Facebook." Only one hand remained up.
"I find that very hard to believe as in the terms and conditions of using Facebook you all need to be at least 13 years old. So for your account to have been accepted you have all already lied about your birth date to gain access to facebook."
Few sniggers and laughs.
Then I asked why they think I asked that question and many replied that it is easy to lie on Facebook but then I introduced our reading session for the day - reading articles and excerpts from articles about a recent murder of a young girl.
After reading the texts and discussing the content I showed that I had searched for both of these people on Facebook and both of these people had not updated their privacy settings and I gained access to many of the photos they had been tagged in.
Very powerful moment was when I showed a handful of photos of the alleged murderer and asked if he looked dangerous or dodgy. The class agreed that he didn't look any different to many other people on Facebook. Next point made - dangerous people don't always look dangerous, they don't have shifty eyes, wear trench coats, lurk in shadows..... they just look normal.
We then discussed the ease in which you could pretend to be someone else on Facebook. That I could very well go on and pretend to be the Queen of England - some people may believe me but doesn't mean that I am the Queen!
The discussion about not knowing who you were really talking to online was interesting to hear the students' thoughts and watching a few pennies drop.
We discussed that it is not a matter of making them scared of being online but more raising their awareness. Some children discussed that they did not want to mention concerning online occurrences to their parents or discuss these public cyber safety issues with their parents for fear that their parents will "freak out" and delete their Facebook page and remove their home computer use rights. I told them that it was important to have adults and peers that they trusted to share "dodgy" things online with or to ask questions or advice from and that if their parents threatened to delete their accounts or revoke their use that I would be happy to chat to their parents. That our discussion wasn't intended to scare them off social media but just to raise their awareness online and to educate them about the paths to follow if they have concerns.
Wrapping up discussion I asked them all the ensure their privacy settings on Facebook were updated to a high level and that they remove information that is not important to have on their Facebook page. They really should only have people that they know on Facebook so why do they need to know all of that information - if you already know them they should already know all of that.
Then in the writing session I gave them the opportunity to write a reflection about the discussions if they wanted to. 2 girls from the class wanted to write a newsletter piece to help educate our school community. This is their piece of writing.
Facebook Advice
Today in class we talked about a girl called Nona Belomesoff who had been murdered, probably by a boy she met on Facebook, Christopher Dennevig. Nona was a very young girl, aged 18, when she was murdered.
Christopher Dannevig looked at Nona’s interests and what she is passionate about on her Facebook profile. Her profile was not protected so anyone who looked her up could see her photos and anything about her. Because of that Christopher Dannevig was able to find out Nona was interested in animals and would do anything to work with them. Knowing that Christopher was able to change his profile to make it look like he worked for the Discovery Channel since 2006. Nona thought he worked with animals so she accepted him as a friend.
He pretended he could offer her a job at WIRES which is an animal place, he said he would meet her at Leumeah Railway Station at about 10am then they would go camp in the bush and help rescue injured animals. Christopher also said that if she didn’t go, the opportunity for the job would be gone. Nona was so pleased about getting offered a job for WIRES (An animal protection company). She told her family and off she went. That was the last time her family ever saw or heard from her.
This could happen to anyone.
Follow up
We discussed this more as each morning they came into school having seen more on the news etc. I had a few parents talk to me about what was discussed and were very receptive - many saying that it was the first time that their child had talked about these topics with them. I was really pleased with how the discussion went and the ownership that the class took at disseminating the information they learnt throughout the level and school community.
Girl's death shows dangers of 'publishing your life online'
We discussed how easy it was to lie on Facebook.
Opening question was "How many of you have a Facebook account?" 90% of the class put their hands up.
Next- "Keep your hand up if you have lied about something on Facebook." Only one hand remained up.
"I find that very hard to believe as in the terms and conditions of using Facebook you all need to be at least 13 years old. So for your account to have been accepted you have all already lied about your birth date to gain access to facebook."
Few sniggers and laughs.
Then I asked why they think I asked that question and many replied that it is easy to lie on Facebook but then I introduced our reading session for the day - reading articles and excerpts from articles about a recent murder of a young girl.
After reading the texts and discussing the content I showed that I had searched for both of these people on Facebook and both of these people had not updated their privacy settings and I gained access to many of the photos they had been tagged in.
Very powerful moment was when I showed a handful of photos of the alleged murderer and asked if he looked dangerous or dodgy. The class agreed that he didn't look any different to many other people on Facebook. Next point made - dangerous people don't always look dangerous, they don't have shifty eyes, wear trench coats, lurk in shadows..... they just look normal.
We then discussed the ease in which you could pretend to be someone else on Facebook. That I could very well go on and pretend to be the Queen of England - some people may believe me but doesn't mean that I am the Queen!
The discussion about not knowing who you were really talking to online was interesting to hear the students' thoughts and watching a few pennies drop.
We discussed that it is not a matter of making them scared of being online but more raising their awareness. Some children discussed that they did not want to mention concerning online occurrences to their parents or discuss these public cyber safety issues with their parents for fear that their parents will "freak out" and delete their Facebook page and remove their home computer use rights. I told them that it was important to have adults and peers that they trusted to share "dodgy" things online with or to ask questions or advice from and that if their parents threatened to delete their accounts or revoke their use that I would be happy to chat to their parents. That our discussion wasn't intended to scare them off social media but just to raise their awareness online and to educate them about the paths to follow if they have concerns.
Wrapping up discussion I asked them all the ensure their privacy settings on Facebook were updated to a high level and that they remove information that is not important to have on their Facebook page. They really should only have people that they know on Facebook so why do they need to know all of that information - if you already know them they should already know all of that.
Then in the writing session I gave them the opportunity to write a reflection about the discussions if they wanted to. 2 girls from the class wanted to write a newsletter piece to help educate our school community. This is their piece of writing.
Facebook Advice
Today in class we talked about a girl called Nona Belomesoff who had been murdered, probably by a boy she met on Facebook, Christopher Dennevig. Nona was a very young girl, aged 18, when she was murdered.
Christopher Dannevig looked at Nona’s interests and what she is passionate about on her Facebook profile. Her profile was not protected so anyone who looked her up could see her photos and anything about her. Because of that Christopher Dannevig was able to find out Nona was interested in animals and would do anything to work with them. Knowing that Christopher was able to change his profile to make it look like he worked for the Discovery Channel since 2006. Nona thought he worked with animals so she accepted him as a friend.
He pretended he could offer her a job at WIRES which is an animal place, he said he would meet her at Leumeah Railway Station at about 10am then they would go camp in the bush and help rescue injured animals. Christopher also said that if she didn’t go, the opportunity for the job would be gone. Nona was so pleased about getting offered a job for WIRES (An animal protection company). She told her family and off she went. That was the last time her family ever saw or heard from her.
This could happen to anyone.
- Remember to make sure you protect your online accounts.
- Put security on your information and photos so randoms don’t find personal things out.
- Only add people you know as friends.
- Be careful what you say to people. No inappropriate things.
- Remember people can pretend to be anyone so just be very careful.
Follow up
We discussed this more as each morning they came into school having seen more on the news etc. I had a few parents talk to me about what was discussed and were very receptive - many saying that it was the first time that their child had talked about these topics with them. I was really pleased with how the discussion went and the ownership that the class took at disseminating the information they learnt throughout the level and school community.
Teen Sexting
http://www.theage.com.au/technology/technology-news/teen-sexting-its-illegal-but-its-in-every-high-school-20110709-1h85a.html
Teen sexting: It's illegal, but it's in every high school.
Teen sexting: It's illegal, but it's in every high school.
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