Today we focused a bit more on the 'Create' portion of the Manaiakalani saying of "Learn, Create, Share." This included focusing on Youtube, Google Drawing & Google Slides.
Personally, I've never had the opportunity to create an animation of Google Slides. If I'm being honest, I wasn't necessarily willing to attempt it due to the time commitment but after practicing in the DFI today, I can see how it could be beneficial for my students. There are several variables that can be arranged to make this a fairly creative assignment and it could be utilized cross-curricular to ensure growth in different subjects along with digital knowledge growth. In other words - endless opportunities to say the least! I do believe I should have done something a little more productive during my 'Create' portion of the DFI today, but I was having such fun with this dinky animation, I decided to continue it. You can see the masterpiece down below.
Google Drawing was one of the applications that I found a little too complicated - similar to Google Hangouts. Despite this, I know many of my students know how to use the application so it's critical I learn & practice more down the road. For now, I would prefer to keep my artistic abilities (or lack thereof) limited to Google Slides. I can see how this application can prove beneficial for my students but as a new teacher, the time commitment is difficult to schedule.
Though I'm a bit of a veteran when it comes to Youtube, I found it useful for learning to put together playlists with the settings adjusted for Education. This would also allow me to upload photos of the class and since the privacy settings are adjusted, students and subsequently myself would be safe.
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