How to add a reactions bar to your posts

Rebecca is showing you how to add a reactions tool bar to your posts. If this video is too quiet she will record another one next week.

How to change your word verifications

This is Bronte explaining how to change your word verifications so when someone comments they do not need to write int eh word they see.

Glogster tricks

Click on the link above to find tips and tricks on how to embed glogs into your blogs and more!

Our Exchange with Te Puke School

Week 5 tasks

Your week 5 tasks...

• Keep working on your Digital Citizen posters. make sure the writing is clear, easy to read and has a clear message about how we can keep safe and use equipment safely and correctly. read my earlier posts and it might give you some ideas.
• Seniors - work on your google presentation about your shared learning experiences with Te Puke School

Our shared Learning session with Te Puke School

Friday 18th May

Today we are collaborating with Te Puke school and creating a google presentation of our learning experiences together over the past two days.

1. google docs
- sign into google docs using room12@vardon.school.nz
- password - room12room12
- brainstorm all your ideas - main parts of the exchange

2. google presentation
We will each have a page to work on. Insert text, videos and photos of your experiences.

A Digital Citizenship Definition

We are in the process of creating each class a digital citizen poster. I know that each class brainstormed what they thought this meant but I found this definition on the Netsafe website... have you included these points in your posters?

A Digital Citizenship Definition
Drawing from the Key Competencies and Values in the NZ Curriculum and a growing body of research knowledge, NetSafe, in consultation with New Zealand teachers has produced this definition of a New Zealand digital citizen.
A digital citizen...

• is a confident and capable user of ICT
• uses technologies to participate in educational, cultural, and economic activities
• uses and develops critical thinking skills in cyberspace
• is literate in the language, symbols, and texts of digital technologies
• is aware of ICT challenges and can manage them effectively
• uses ICT to relate to others in positive, meaningful ways
• demonstrates honesty and integrity and ethical behaviour in their use of ICT 
• respects the concepts of privacy and freedom of speech in a digital world 
• contributes and actively promotes the values of digital citizenship

Skyping Te Puke School

Today the senior techsperx skyped Te Puke School. We are really excited about  our exchange tomorrow!

What do you want to learn at Techsperx this year?

Term 2 week 1 tasks

Our tasks this week are to:
1. remind our class of the blogging rules
2. ask our teacher if we can set up a "Techpserx messages" place on the whiteboard
3. ask our teacher if we can add our name to the daily timetable so we can share our messages
4. what does it mean to be a Digital Citizen at Vardon School?
- discuss this with our class
- record their ideas
- share back week 2

Digital citizen - looking after computers, being safe....

Presentation to Parents

E-Learning at Vardon School on Prezi

1. Blogging Rules
Brainstorm with your class about what rules you should have for our blogs.
Bring these ideas to our next weeks meeting.
2. Flag Counters
Teach your class how you add a flag counter to their blogs. Follow these intructions to make a flag counter.

Changing your settings

This video by Bailey explains how to change your settings on your blog. This means that when someone makes a comment on your blog you will first get an e-mail. You can then read the comment and if it's appropriate you may click publish.

Security Settings

1. Sign in


2. Go to settings at the dashboard


3. Click Comments


4. Click Always on Commet moderation


5. Go to Comment Notification email


6. Write class email


7. Save settings

Week one task

Your task this week is to teach each child in your class how to check they have a good title to their blog (e-journal).

It needs to have:

• correct punctuation


• correct spelling


• a sensible title related to learning

STEPS:

1. sign into your blog

2. click 'design'

3. Click 'edit' next to where title is written

4. Click into the box where the title is written to make the changes.

5. Click 'save'

Welcome to the Techsperx

Welcome to the Techsperx blog full of top tips and information about blogging and how to use computers/ICT to help you with your learning.