Thursday, 19 September 2019

Digital Fluency Day 4: Collaborative Sites

I have had the most inspiring day. It has been a wonderful in site around how Google Sites have been used as a tool for engaging students, especially through the use of multi modal texts. I like how user friendly it is for the students. Currently I am using Google Draw to present my multi modal texts on. I find it has worked okay, but tasks have become rather cramped. There have been too many URL's copied into one cell of the table. During the session it was good to unpack Reading to Learn and how this linked to Multi Modal texts. It was great to see some examples around how Multi Modal texts have been used in the classroom. I particularly liked Matt's site on the Titanic, the Very Hungry Caterpillar site, and the Romeo and Juliet site. Also Angela's spreadsheet around how other teachers use multi modal. Lots to takeaway. Some takeaways from today - Coconet TV (A fantastic website on anything Pasifika), Kea Kids News and using the carousel option on sites to create an interactive slider of photos.

Also great to know about Chrome Cast. Haven'y had much luck with getting sound transferred from laptop to TV. Found out today that I needed to cast from tab. Will try this on Monday. 



   

1 comment:

  1. Kia ora Joy! I agree with your blog, definitely an inspiring workshop today - looking at google sites & multimodal & multi-text. I will definitely use google draw to have my texts set up on our sites. Look forward to term 4 to hear how did chrome cast worked, as well as your inquiry. Have a good break!

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