I have to say today, I did the most practical work I have ever done since starting DFI. It was great to look at other sites to get ideas from. When we had to share our sites in our small bubbles I was shocked to learn some of the pages were not linked properly to the buttons. A little help from our facilitator Mark fixed this.
The rest of the day I worked intensely on making my site more appealing and user friendly for my students. The buttons on the site were horrible with the background still visible. I changed this by making new buttons using Google Draw and ensuring the buttons were downloaded as PNGs. Below are the before and after screenshots.
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| Reading page with new buttons and other terms separated |
There are many more changes I want to make to my class site but for now I am very proud of how my class site looks now.
"You can't CONNECT if you won't share" (Dorothy. Burt).
I have gained so much from the sharing of other teachers and facilitators in Manaiakalani and other clusters. The above quote from Dorothy really emphasises the importance of connecting through sharing of our ideas and work as teachers.
This brings me to my next point of discussion. VISIBILITY. It is important to ensure what we put online is visible for our students, whanau and colleagues. This a lesson I learn't today and probably will never forget. Viewing Incognito is helpful to view what others can see when visiting our sites.
I am quite proud of the work I was able to do on my class site today. I am glad we were given the opportunity to share our site with others in our small bubbles and receive their feedback. I learnt a lot from viewing the blogs and listening to our small bubbly members share their sites. We are all at different stages in our teaching and also teaching different year levels but we were able to take ideas from each other.
Below are some tips for creating successful sites.
I have gained so much from the sharing of other teachers and facilitators in Manaiakalani and other clusters. The above quote from Dorothy really emphasises the importance of connecting through sharing of our ideas and work as teachers.
This brings me to my next point of discussion. VISIBILITY. It is important to ensure what we put online is visible for our students, whanau and colleagues. This a lesson I learn't today and probably will never forget. Viewing Incognito is helpful to view what others can see when visiting our sites.
I am quite proud of the work I was able to do on my class site today. I am glad we were given the opportunity to share our site with others in our small bubbles and receive their feedback. I learnt a lot from viewing the blogs and listening to our small bubbly members share their sites. We are all at different stages in our teaching and also teaching different year levels but we were able to take ideas from each other.
Below are some tips for creating successful sites.
Kia ora Amy,
ReplyDeleteConnection is so important however so many teachers still do not see the value in it. The connections I have made during my time with Manaiakalani has certainly improved my own teaching and learning as well as challenging my own practice.
The Incognito tab is a definite must when creating sites and ensuring they are visible. I am a person who requires seeing others examples before I can create my own so I am very big on visibility. We are so lucky in the DFI to have time to explore others examples, receive feedback and then be given time to create tweaks to our own sites. You are certainly using these opportunities to turbo charge your own and your students learning.
Nga mihi,
Mark