TEKids Session 8
This session focused on cyber-bullying, with the children having to apply their information literacy skills to develop their knowledge on this area. Children used a range of websites, but are unable to alter searches effectively to speed up the process triangulation. They also worked in pairs or individually, they did'nt choose to work collaboratively to speed up the process. Prehaps next time we could set up a google doc for children to record collaboratively on to promote this. Children were skilled using the web 2.0 and embedding them, they have really become confident in doing this. This is an improvement from the beginning of the year.
It has been effective this year to switch sessions between giving children choice and focusing on one "flashy" skill, so that children have choice but also develop high quality skills. It is really important to have time to scaffold how to use tools effectively.
Comments
Plus – Positives
Minus - Negatives
Interesting
Got to use different Web 2 tools
Choice of tools
Learnt new facts
We liked to use:
Spicy nodes (we knew how to use it)
Prezi (easy to use, lots of variety and the ability to be creative)
Blabberise (it’s funny)
Topic was interesting
Not finishing in time
Wordle – we had user issues
Blabberise (short recording time)
Girls are targeted more than boys
Moderating sites
Not many people report cyber bullying – we use our own common sense to know what should be and shouldn’t be reported.
All bullying is hurtful.