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Be An Upstander

This week in our Cybersmart lesson we completed our videos about how to be an upstander - and not be a bystander.

We had some powerful messages on how to be an upstander. 

We used Canva to make a video. 

We ahve got the Edu version of Canva and can access lots of premium content.

We added our messages and then inserted images to support the message. 

We animated the elements and added audio to our video. 

Here is some of our work.

Keeping Games Fun and Friendly

Today in our Cybersmart lesson we talked about playing games online and how to keep them fun and friendly. Lots of us play Minecraft, Roblox and Fortnite. Lots of us use the chat bot to communicate with others while playing games online. 

We watched a video that showed 2 friends playing a game together online. We thought about some of the things that happened in their game. We then looked a traffic light and what we can do safely when playing online games, what things would make us stop and think and the things that we would absolutely not do.

We used a Jamboard to put our ideas together. We were in teams and the whole class was using the Jamboard at the same time. You can view our Jamboard here.

Below are screenshots of each team's ideas. 

Do you like playing games online? How do you make sure you are Cybersmart when playing online games?

Media We Use

Today in our Cybersmart lesson we were thinking about the media we use and all the different types of media there are.

We remembered how to use Remove Background and made a poster of the media we like to use.

Here is the start of your work. 

What is Media? Jamboard Brainstorm.

 This week in our Cybersmart lesson we were thinking about the different types of media there are and which ones we use. 

We brainstormed on a Jamboard the media we use. We separated it into digital and physical and whether they made us sad or happy. It was a bit tricky working on a Jamboard together but we managed it in the end.

Here is our brainstorm. Do you use the same media as us? Would you add anything else?

Fridge Magnets

Do you know what a QR Code is?

We think everyone knows about QR Codes because of the Covid-19 tracing app and seeing them everywhere we go now.

Do you know what QR means in QR Codes?

Today in our Cybersmart lesson we found out about QR Codes and how to create them. 

It is quite simple in Chrome.

We have created a QR Code for our own blogs today. 

We also inserted an image of ourselves. 

These will be made into Fridge Magnets and we will take them home. 

We hope our families will then visit our blogs and leave a comment.

Here are our designs...

 

Ka wai ahau? | About Me Blog Gadget

This week in our Cybersmart lesson we completed our blog profile for our gadget that is seen all the time on our blog. This is a profile where we share more about us. We are Cybersmart and share personal but not private information.

Here is Aiden's gadget. You can see it on his blog by clicking here

You can see all our blogs by looking in the right-hand side bar of this blog and clicking our names.

 

WHAKAAHUA | PHOTO Blog Gadget

 Today in our Cybersmart lesson we created a quality blog post with our "About Me" Google Drawing that we started last week.  This is part of our learning about what information we can share online. We also need to have this information on our blog so readers know a bit more about us.

We learned how to start a new blog post, how to add a title to our blog post, how to put the labels on and how to embed our digital learning object using the HTML code. 

After we had published our blog post we commented on other blogs. 

We knew who to comment on by looking at our blogging teams.
You can see our blogging teams on our class site here.

Our mahi is in a blog post and is now in our WHAKAAHUA | PHOTO gadget as well. It is in the gadget so that it shows at the top of our blog all the time.

Here is a snip of Cooper's WHAKAAHUA | PHOTO gadget.

You can view our work on our blogs.

Our blogs are all listed in the right hand side of this blog. 
Scroll down until you see ĀKONGA | STUDENTS. 

Click on a name and it will take you to the blog. 

Please leave a comment

NGĀ ĀKONGA | STUDENTS

Online Profiles

 This week in our Cybersmart lesson we get our on blogs! 

We accepted an invite to be an author and so now we can start sharing our learning on our blogs.

We created an online profile with our photo to go in the side bar under WHAKAAHUA | PHOTO. 

Here is Jacqueline's profile ready to embed next week.

WHAKAAHUA | PHOTO

WHAKAAHUA | PHOTO

Lacey's Toy Making

 Lacey has spent some of her lockdown time making toys for her baby sister. She has made a Slidedeck so we can see how it is made. She has written some very clear instructions with pictures so we can see what is happening. 

This is awesome work Lacey. 

Last weeks   lockdown writing activity  was to tell us a recipe that they had tried. We have some great chefs in Room 9. Here are the yummy sounding recipes that children have shared. 

I wish we could have taste testing too, they sound delicious. 

 THe children of Room 9 have been busy online learning this week. One of their tasks were to create an 'Alpha list" to show what life is like in their bubble. I am very pleased with the results, we have some busy children. Here are a selection. 

 For reading Kereu reading group task was to create a Wordle using words about electricty. They had to read a text and watch a video to find the electricity vocab. 

 We have been very busy in Room 9. While the Olympics were on we investigated a famous Olympian. We discovered that New Zealand has had lots of famous sports people. We made a slide to display the information. 

Maths Quiz

 Did you know that it is Maths Week?

Room 9 created a Maths Quiz in Google Slides. They used the basic facts that they are currently learning as the Maths for the quiz.

The students then concentrated on linking the right answers to a slide that prompted them to go to the next question. And link the wrong answers to a prompt to "try again". Room 9 worked with a lot of concentration to get the mahi done. Ka pai tō mahi!

Here are some of our quizzes to try...

Olympic Games Images

  This week in our Cybersmart lesson we were creating images about the Olympic Games.

One task was to complete an Olympic Torch.

We used polyline and curve lines to trace over the image, flipped it horizontally, moved it into position then recoloured it.

Another image to create was a pictogram.

A tricky one was to trace over the Olympic Rings using the curve line tool and recolour them.

Take a look at some of our mahi from today.

Commenting on Blogs

This week in our Cybersmart lesson we were publishing quality blog comments.

We read the "Fake Food" post on our blogging buddies blog who are in 

Room 5 @ Panmure Bridge School.

They created realistic photos of them eating food. 

We wrote positive, thoughtful, helpful comments and published them on the blog post.

Click here to see their blog post and read our comments.

Have we been positive, thoughtful and helpful?

Matariki

 Room 9 really out their imganitive skills to the test this week. We had been learning about the 9 stars of MAtariki. 

Our task was to describe a star as if it was a human. We had to write about what they looked like, what might they wear and what their personalility might be like. 

We had to write 3 paragraphs and insert them into a new slide under the star we wrote about. 

They are amazing descriptions. 

Matariki Stop Motion Animation #1

This week in our Cybersmart lesson with Mrs Torrie we were creating stop motion animations in Google Slides. To start we heard the story of "The Eyes of Tawhirimatea". Have you heard that story?

We were able to make the stars appear one by one in the sky. Some of us tried to put the stars in the correct position. Do you know all the names of the Matariki stars?

When we showed each other our mahi we found the "publish to the web" link and changed the timing of the presentation. We walked around the class and looked at all the presentations. Here is some of our work.

Ameya has got 9 stars in her sky...

Lacey has added the names of the stars to her presentation...

Jessica has made her stars all different colours and shapes...

Matariki Stop Motion Animations #2

This week in our Cybersmart lesson with Mrs Torrie we were creating stop motion animations in Google Slides. To start we heard the story of "The Eyes of Tawhirimatea". Have you heard that story?

We were able to make the stars appear one by one in the sky. Some of us tried to put the stars in the correct position. Do you know all the names of the Matariki stars?

When we showed each other our mahi we found the "publish to the web" link and changed the timing of the presentation. We walked around the class and looked at all the presentations. Here is some more of our work.

Callum has named all the stars and he has remembered how to use another Glow Text to make a title.

Connor made his stars different shapes

Brodi has made a title in his slides...