Jada's Professional Blog

 week 5  focuses on supporting visible teaching and learning through building collaborative, multimodal Google Sites. i can now see how helpful it would be to know your way around google site it is a awesome place to create a class site. i dont have a class to make a class site for so to increases my skills on google sites i made a site that can be used to find out what to wear each season of the year. i really enjoyed google sites it has a lot of possibilities.

This week we looked into computational thinking  and how being a computational thinker can help empower children's learning. and how technology is becoming a big part of the worlds future.    we also looked into coding and we got to have a go at making out own animation. i spent a bit of time creating a scratch animation but didn't realize i wasn't loged in to be able to save it and display on here.    

This week we looked into google sites. Why Google Sites? Visible and accessible to all at any time. Learning available outside traditional school hours Extend learning through collaboration. Extend learning through collaboration. Rewindable content through multimedia. Fostering higher motivation & engagement. Using a Classroom Site The Purpose. one stop hub for learning. learning is accessible anytime  by anyone , anyplace. Rewindable learning supported. Personalising learning via multiple opportunities to access  content. visible learning and teaching.  hub for information for parents and caregivers. weekly overview and timelines.  class sites are the perfect place for student to go to see what their class is doing for the week. it also great for children to find what reading or math group they belong to with out have to wait for the teacher making them more independant. Rewindable content through multimedia .

  One thing  I learn that  improves my confidence, capability or workflow as a professional is all the different shortcuts on chromebooks.   One thing  that could be used with my learners is how to use google draw to create posters, flowcharts ect.    Below is a google draw i made showing some of the best chromebook shortcuts.