eLearning at Hagley College

Teams meetings are great and there are a few settings which can be adjusted so that the experience is positive for all. This post offers a few suggestions for:  Setting up meetings properly Using the Lobby Requesting Participants to Join Muting Participants Disabling Chat Using Captions Setting up your meeting: Make sure you set the meeting up so that you have control over it. Once you have created the meeting, edit the meeting options by clicking on the meeting in your calendar and click meeting options: Here you can alter the ability for the students to present/share their screen ( and the ability to mute you! ) so ensure you select ' Only me " for the Who can present option:  You may also like to remove the ability for students to begin the meeting without you via the lobb bypass option. Select only me if you don't want students to begin without you.  Using the Lobby: If you set the meeting up so that only you can bypass the lobby (which prevents people joining the mee...

  Setting up for the Video Call: Use the Teams Calendar to  schedule your video call with your class .  Prepare your lesson as you normally would planning a range of online and offline tasks for students. You may like to use the Class Notebook inside Teams to create a page of work to distribute to your students.  Click here  for details about using the Class Notebook in Teams for remote teaching. Immediately before the video call: About 10mins before the Video call, go to your  Class Team  or  Teams Calendar  and Click “ Join ” in the scheduled meeting.  Once you have selected your meeting join options, you may like to  blur your background  by clicking the  ellipsis : Ensure you are set up to share your computer screen - close any programmes and internet tabs which are not relevant to student learning. Keep your microphone and camera on throughout the video call . Keep vocal energy & eye contact (at the camera lens) a...

 1. Share to Teams: This feature allows you to share an email directly to a class Team or Team Chat message. I use this feature with the weekly Careers email, which I share to my Tutor Group Class Team:  This creates a new post in the Post section of the Tutor Group Team.  2. To Do List: The To-Do list is great for keeping track of tasks. Tasks can be given due dates and reminders and files can be added to tasks too. To-Do is now well integrated in to the Outlook online version and appears in the top banner:  To Do list tasks can be entered directly, or you can highlight text within an email message and select 'create task'. This will automatically create a To Do list task.  It may also be handy to download the Microsoft To Do list app to your mobile phone so that tasks are accessible across two devices. 3. @mentions in Outlook: When creating an email, if you @mention the person who you want to receive your email in the text, this will automatically list them in...

 I have recently been looking into some different digital tools for allowing collaboration and the creation of mind-maps/brainstorms with classes. While there are a huge range of tools out there, each with their own pros and cons, here are the three that I like the most. All three can be used in your browser with no downloads (though Miro also has a free to download app version) Padlet The pros for Padlet are that it is simple and locked down. Teachers can establish the different columns that students are adding to and can even require approval for posting. It's good for when you are worried about students editing each other's writing or making silly/inappropriate posts. That same advantage is also its limitation. It can't really be used for creative linking of information, drawing or other creativity. A free Padlet account will allow you to have three boards at a time, but a completed board can easily be downloaded as an image or PDF for reference. Dotstorming Dotstorming ...

Coach's eye has a number of possible education applications: Analysing a skill (e.g. for PE, Sport) Easy playback of performances (e.g. Dance, Kapa Haka, speeches) Using for self analysis (e.g. classroom management) Coach's Eye works best on a tablet but can also be used on smartphones and the 'flip' laptops such as the Acers we have at Hagley. The problem with using a laptop is the lack of a front facing camera (which could be solved with an external cam) The free version works for most basic functions and is useful for giving students quite immediate feedback after preforming. Using Coach's Eye for Video Analysis - an Intro:   Downloading Coach's Eye... For windows: Go to the search tool (magnifying glass) on your toolbar (usually at the bottom left of your screen: Search for Microsoft store Open the windows store and search for Coach's Eye Hit 'Get' - You'll then be asked if you want to login, say 'No thanks' since you'll probably ...

Hagley College English teacher Rebecca is using soundtrap.com for students in her Year 10 English class to create podcasts.  A podcast is a digital audio file where people generally record their their voice. By using soundtrap.com, students can create podcasts and also add special effects too. Rebecca uses podcasts as part of her Year 10 Film studies unit on Edward Scissorhands. "Students have been able to express their thoughts via podcast in order to reflect on the main characters in the movie. Many students have liked this way to explain their perspectives on the main characters. It is a good opportunity for students to learn in a different way, rather than just typing or writing."  Once completed, students will upload their podcasts to the class Team for all class members to listen to.  If you would like to know more about using soundtrap.com or creating podcasts in general please see Nathan the eLearning Leader.

All students in Year 9 and Years 11-13 have submitted information about whether they are able to bring a device to school to support their learning in 2021. To find this information for a particular class:  Step 1:  Log in to Kamar and select  Reporting and Custom . Step 2:  Select Lists for Teachers, Student List (BYOD info DAV) and then select the Magnifying Glass: Next, select Class, the year level and the name of the class and click Continue and then OK . This will create a PDF showing student responses when they were asked about whether they have a device to bring to school, or whether they have a device to use at home. 

All teachers can use the Outlook or Teams Calendar to keep track of important events, meetings and activities happening at school. Meeting Invites arrive to attendees as an email, and the Meeting Invite goes straight in to the recipients calendar. To schedule a meeting in your Calendar and the Calendar of the teachers you want to invite: click the Calendar icon:  Then click on the time and date in your Calendar when you would like to hold your meeting:  Give your meeting a title , add the required attendees , check the time , date and location .  If you are inviting a large number of people, go to response options and untick request responses .   Always include an agenda or information so that teachers are well prepared for the meeting.  If you are using Outlook Online there are a few subtle differences, and there is more information here . If you have any questions about this, please do not hesitate to contact Nathan the eLearning Leader. 

  Science teacher Dale wirelessly connects his laptop to the classroom projector using Vivi. Vivi is a presentation tool that enables him to share, display, annotate, capture and save information in real time, from anywhere in the room. Dale also uses the Microsoft Whiteboard app and his stylus to write on his laptop screen which instantly projects his work to the big screen.  "Teaching this way feels more dynamic as I can move around the room rather than just up front. I have found my students are more engaged as I can walk up and down amongst students rather than just stand at the front where I would often need to turn my back to write on the board." Dale soon plans to use many of Vivi's other features too, such as student laptop or phone presentation to the big screen and using Vivi to gain student feedback. If you are interested in using Vivi, there is more information here , or please see the eLearning Leader.

English Language Learners Teacher Simon Purvis uses PowerPoint Live to support learning in his classes. Students use their smartphone to log in to a PowerPoint Live session, Simon then speaks in a language of his choice, and PowerPoint Live translates his spoken words in to a language of the student's choice. Using a new conference call microphone, feedback from Simon, the class interpreter and the students shows that the accuracy of PowerPoint Live is excellent. In a recent class Simon spoke English and Portugese and PowerPoint Live interpreted all words in to Chinese with great accuracy.  There is more about PowerPoint Live here. Alternatively, if you would like to know more about using PowerPoint Live with your learners, please see Nathan Walsh the eLearning Leader to learn more.