It was an interesting start to the day with Dorothy Burt speaking to us about being visible. Being visible to our learners and whanau on our class sites, and the students learning being visible to us (Hapara and blogs). Everything (planning, learning, outcomes) needs to be accessible, available and in advance...ie no surprises!
It was an odd position for me today because I know a bit about class sites having had to up my game last year at lockdown, and having used T-shaped literacy. So I found that I knew enough to be dangerous, but not enough to be really dangerous. I learnt I can hide any preplanned work from navigation, which will make a huge difference to me. My main problem is that it takes me ages to sort and prepare multi-modal learning and/or t-shaped literacy. I really appreciated having the time to look around other class sites, and have already bookmarked some sites that I know I will be revisiting.
This week I will be making buttons for my class site, so will be giving this challenge to my class to create as suggested. I will need to teach them how to, before they create. I will also be casting the sharing tab to show them any items are floating.
As I didn't complete my Celebrating our ANZACs, I will screenshot part of what I do have on my site for t shaped literacy, which I find remarkably similar to the multi-modal. I think the key difference is the multi-modal is used in a cross-curricular context.
Ka pai Sharon, glad you found the 'hide from navigation' option useful. As you said it can take some time putting these resources together which is why I think collaborating with others is so important. I'll look forward to seeing how you get on with your buttons. Next week we'll have time to look at your sites so don't worry too much about it at this stage.
ReplyDeleteKia ora Sharon,
ReplyDeleteThe 'hide from navigation' is so helpful when you are working on something but aren't ready for it to be public yet! As Phil said, next week we look at our own class sites and set goals around making changes to these and then have time to work on these goals. But I love the idea for getting your students involved in creating the buttons for your site - such an awesome way to ensure they have ownership of your class site.
Keep up the great work!
Vicki