ICT Student Council Group teach Tautoru students to use Scratch

Our Student Council, ICT group have been teaching students in Tautoru how to use Scratch. Scratch is an online tool for students to code their own games and stories. Our students have been learning to work collaboratively. 

Digital Technologies Update

We have been learning how to use Google Apps for Education. Today we learnt how to make a new slide show. We are learning new computer skills all of the time. 

We know that when we are online, we respect ourselves, each other and our environment.  

We have also been learning about Puppet Pals. We are excited about using this app to be creative with what we are learning. 

Learning to use PicCollage to record some of our building activities

Google tutorial with the seniors

The year 3's are down in the seniors today learning how to create a googledoc, change fonts and colours, how to share a doc and some tricks with googledocs. We wrote blurbs about ourselves that we will use for our blogs later on! How exciting! 

Google Apps for Education- Year Three children will soon have their own accounts

Dear Parents and Caregivers,

Google Accounts have been successfully set up for the children in the seniors.  Setting up Google Accounts for Year 3 children now assists with the transition from the juniors to the seniors in 2015.

A major focus that underlies everything is digital citizenship. Students have taken home the WBS Acceptable Use of Technologies, developed by them and their teachers. They will have discussed it with you and it has been signed and returned to school. Safety is paramount and we take this very seriously. Please talk with your child’s teachers if you have questions.

Here is a link to the agreement:

http://www.worserbay.school.nz/files/WBS%20Acceptable%20Use%20of%20Technologies%202013.pdf

Using technology in the classroom

Year 3 children, who have signed our acceptable use of technologies agreement, will be set up with Google Accounts before the end of Term 2.

We are excited about the opportunities that will prepare our children for a future that will be very different to our own.

Thanks,

Tautoru Team