Alyssa's Learning Blog

DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP With the advent of social media, mobile devices in the classroom and a range of e-learning tools in the classroom it is more important than ever that students are aware of the  long term  effects of leaving their digital footprint and learn to become good cyber citizens.  The concept of digital citizenship needs to be embedded in all aspects of work in schools with e-learning tools. A good way to start this is to build awareness of what it means to be a good citizen in our community -  local, national and global.  So what is a good citizen?  QUESTIONS Q1.  What do you use the internet for most? What's the first site that you go?  yes for school and google doc most of the time  Q2.   How can we encourage more children to learn to code? Will you get involved in the #hourofcode? im not  sore  Q3.  Who teaches you about staying safe online?  mr foster  Q4....

  What are your interests, talents or passions? netball,singing,dance and sport   How do you get to learn about your interests in the classroom? Give us an example.  Do you think it's important for children to have time each week to learn about something that they're interested in? Why?so they are engaged in their learning  What is the world's most important invention so far? How does it affect your life?computers because they are easy to use  The Kid President wanted to invent a Catuum Cleaner. What would you like to invent to make the world more awesome? not to sore The top 10 jobs in 2017 didn't exist in 2007. What jobs do you think there will be in 10 years time? not to sore  Inventive thinking requires taking risks, being curious and thinking skills. How do you do this in the classroom? not sore  Is creativity important? How can we encourage creativity in the classroom? by doing genius hour  So...

Classrooms of the future Classrooms of the future Righto, get those imaginations going! We want you to think about your current classroom and what a classroom could look like in the future. 1.What about your classroom do you really like? my friends and learning area   2.What are the things that you find difficult in your classroom? friendships  3.What would you do in your classroom to improve it? nothing 4.What is your favourite piece of furniture in your classroom? Why? i don't have one  5.If you have no budget what one thing would you buy for your classroom that would help your learning? Why? more computers 6.What would your dream classroom look like?  i would have it the same way  7.What would the technology look like that you would use in your dream classroom? not sore but they would look cool 8.What would a classroom look like in ten years time? we would not have books we would just have compute...