DFI Session Six

Kia ora. Today we focused on 'Connected.' Dorothy made an excellent point about how hard it is to connect with someone who doesn't share. My thoughts immediately jumped to the Ako Hiko Google+ Community and the Ako Hiko Blog, both of which need a bit of an update and a push.

Gerhard's slides around Google Sites had some great reminders. I like this quote by Rebecca Jessen:

And this slide is a great visual for explaining the two main aspects of an effective site:

We were able to get feedback on our class sites (or for me the Ako Hiko Cybersmart site) and were then gifted time to work on them. Based on Rebecca Jessen's quote and on feedback from my peers I decided to focus on making sure the site:

• Had multiple texts to support each lesson
• Used multimodal texts to engage students
• Had a choice of different create tasks for learners

Here is the Cybersmart page. As ever it is a work in progress.

Ngā mihi