DFI Ubiquitous
DFI ubiquitous means that students, whanau, family and schools (anyone) has access at any place at any one time to learning, This is important for whanau to have connections and support their tamariki in their learning.
Students are able to rewind their learning from school and share/ complete/ continue any mahi at home/ or anywhere that is not their classroom learning space.
This links to the digital curriculum within New Zealand, and teaching our Tamariki how to be safe online. This is an important tool that must sit behind the learning anywhere anytime motto. Students need to know how to be safe online when they are out of school, understanding what to do if something goes wrong, and who to tell if this happens. This allows Tamariki to be connected, empowered, connected, creative and making learning visible.
My classroom site is an example of how I make learning accessible to my Tamariki and whanau within my classroom.
Room 7 Classroom Learning Hub 2021. (My classroom Site)
Shortcuts on chromebooks is a great way to save time and frustration when working. Here is a slide I worked on today about shortcuts, I didn't manage to get it all done but I did learn a few shortcuts that will be good to know to teach my learners who use chromebooks each day in the classroom.
Explain everything is an app students are able to use to help them explore any device they use. This app makes learners once again accessible to any learning tasks. In today's session we got to explore this tool as if we were a learner, this was great to see the learning that can be done by any student, limiting any barriers.
The afternoon session I spent creating my own Hapara dashboard workspaces, this was successful as I was able to create things I will use within my classroom programme.
Kia ora Anna,
ReplyDeleteShortcuts are the bees knees! Once conquered they sure do save a lot of time. I agree with your comment that anything that removes barriers like Explain everything app on an iPad will be make learning accessible. There are lots of accessibility features on a Chromebook too. What device do your students use?
from Cheryl
Hi Anna,
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing about what DFI ubiquitous is about. I have a better understanding of it after reading your explanation which was easier for me to understand.
Kia ora Anna,
ReplyDeleteYou have unpacked ubiquitous in such a great way! Well done. We can send teachers to your blog post when they need a refresh on the concept! Explain Everything is a great application for removing barriers for learners and you have identified that. Keep up the great blogging!
Latham