Voki Task

The Year 5, 6 and 7 students have continued to work on their talking avatars. They are almost ready to share. Some editing is still necessary – punctuation and spelling are an important factor here otherwise the computer reads the script in an unusual way.

The Year 3 and 4 students have used their researched findings about a variety of Cyber Safety topics, from last week, to create some posters which provide advice to others.

The Year 1 and 2 students have reviewed some of the things they have learnt from playing Zippep’s Astro Circus. They have practised in pairs to complete these sentences:
* I feel safe when…
* To keep safe when online I can…
* If I see something online that upsets me I can…
* If someone makes me feel unhappy I can…
Some students have also had an opportunity to video tape their sentences above using the class iPads.

The Reception students focused on ‘feelings’. We read a book about Feeling Happy, which had lots of ideas about how to make yourself and others happy.

Students reflected on one of the games from Zippep’s Astro Circus where they had to pick out whether certain statements were nice or not nice, and how these can make you feel. They practised smiling (to show happy) when puppets said nice things to each other, and frowning when the puppets said not nice things to each other. They all had a good understanding of what is nice and not nice.

Then students started to make their own ‘My Feelings’ booklet. The plan is to then make an electronic version of this using the iPads. A couple of students learnt how to make their first page and were good at helping each other. This will be our challenge over the next few sessions.

The Year 5,6 and 7 students this week worked on creating an animated avatar to introduce themselves to our audience – you! Hopefully at the end of next week we will be ready to share some of these. Please feel free to provide students with feedback on their ‘Vokis’.

The Year 3 and 4 students worked in pairs to research a particular aspect of cyber safety, for example: online games, cyber bullying, and netiquette. They will be adding posts on this blog to share some advice.

The Reception to Year 2 students enjoyed playing Zippep’s Astro Circus on the iPads. This game has been designed by the Australian Communications and Media Authority to teach young students how to keep safe when using the internet. It covers aspects such as: establishing a network of trusted adults who can help, keeping passwords safe, and being nice to others online and off. Parents could support their young children at home by checking out this game at home.

Year 7 classes viewed this video as an introduction. It helped to stimulate an interesting discussion about potential problems associated with online activities.

#GameOn – Episode 1 – Stealing Grace from ACMACybersmart on Vimeo.

They also examined what they want everyone to know about them (including their reputation and values), and information which should not be shared with everyone.

Year 1/2 classes were introduced to Zippep’s Astro Circus, a game which we will be using in the next few weeks to teach students how to keep themselves safe. Here’s the introductory video we viewed to generate interest.

Students have identified adults they can turn to when they need help.

Year 3/4 classes

http://www.cybersmart.gov.au/Kids/Have%20Fun/comicbookcapers.aspx

Year 5
Video – Game On to stimulate discussion about possible problems that can arise.
How do you keep yourself safe online?
Network – Students identified 5 adults (at home and school) who they can turn to when difficulties arise.

Reception students:
Introduced to Zippep’s Astro Circus
Students talked about what they know about circuses.
We then watched the introductory video and chose 4 adults who can help to make students feel safe.
(Next week we will need to come up with a simple password to play the game on the iPads.)