Harnessing the power of blogging to learn, create and share

Tuhi Mai Tuhi Atu

Over the past three summers The Summer Learning Journey has provided clear evidence of the significant, positive effect that sustained blogging over summer can have on the writing and reading ability of our young people.

During this week's Tuhi Mai Tuhi Atu Meet teachers shared individual blogging programmes they have designed to support their learners to continue harnessing the power of blogging to learn create share in the school holidays throughout the year.

How have they engaged their learners, kept it manageable and continued to encourage their students to keep blogging?

Thanks to Jo Earl, Danni Stone, Kiriwai Tapuke, Robyn Anderson, Clarelle Carruthers and Matt Goodwin

Watch on-demand plus connect with these awesome educators and access links to their blogging resources.

Tuhi Mai Tuhi Atu Teacher Meet April 22nd

Google Meet - Enabling Screen Capture Mode

With 6,000,000+ users Google Meet Grid View has certainly become the must have extension for those of us using Google Meet to support distance learning.

Significantly the extension has been developed by a New Orleans teacher for his school and generously shared. To see this extension continued to be refined over the past few weeks is greatly appreciated.

Last week an update to Google Meet Grid View  included Enable Screen Capture Mode.

I recognise this as a smart feature. When active this presents your Meet Grid View at its best for capturing the screen. For example, if you are wanting a screen grab to share publicly.

Significantly this feature disables the names of all Meet participants. Why is this smart?

Consider the huge number of individual Meet Grid View screen grabs shared in both digital and print media in the past few weeks. Many of these screen grabs include groups of students with their full names on display, shared extensively on multiple platforms from Twitter to one of our our national newspapers!

When hosting a Google Meet, especially with large numbers, having names displayed during your Meet is very helpful and a must have feature.

However if you plan to take a screen grab (either still or video) for reuse, especially if your Meet participants are students, select Enable Screen Capture Mode first.  Not only does this disable names it also forces the Grid View to best display for capture.

Whenever and wherever we share online it's personal, visible and amplified. It is personal because we are sharing information about ourselves.  Creating a positive digital footprint means learning to make smart decisions about what personal information we share and what personal information we keep private.  Manaiakalani Smart Footprint

A shout out to Angela Moala who posted this on her blog prior to Enable Screen Capture Mode being added to Meet Grid View. Awesome example of being Cybersmart... thank you Angela! angelamoala.blogspot.com - Distance Learning: Friday Spelling Test

Enable Screen Capture Mode activated - thank you Tamaki Primary whānau for demonstrating.

....and that was a SLAM!

Tuhi Mai Tuhi Atu 

Tuhi Mai Tuhi Atu Teacher Meets have been a regular weekly connect for teachers while we have been in lockdown. With a short turnaround due to the Easter break, this week's Meet was an open invitation to contribute to a SLAM. 

First up a SLAM is designed to be a fun and collaborative opportunity to share. Participants had a maximum of 1 minute to share an inspirational idea, strategy or a tool they've tried! 

The SLAM Slide Deck plus a recording of the Meet and Chat are shared on the Tuhi Mai Tuhi Atu web page. 

Shout out to all the teachers who contributed. Check out their contributions and connect with them via their blogs,  linked on the SLAM Slide deck.