Surf's Up!

Check me out. Having a great time on the beach in Surfers Paradise. I owned those waves. Have you surfed before? You might think it's hard for dogs but we have great balance. Check out my American fren Abbie and her surfing skills.

 

While I was chillen' on the beach I heard from another fren. His name is Cooper. You might know him already. He was going to come with me on my world trip but he decided to stay home and look after his new baby brother instead. 

Can you guess where I am going? 

Here are some clues

1. It is a small island city state.

2. It has lots of big skyscrappers

3. You often fly through it on your way to other parts of the world.

4. It has lots of food markets (with yummy chimken).

5. It starts with S

Comment below if you know where I am going too.

World! Here I come.

Guys! You'll never guess. I'm off on a world adventure. I've been granted special exemption from the Prime Minister and she's happy for me to travel the world and see how everything is going from a doggie's perspective. It is a very important job. 

My family are excited for me but sad. I'll be back super soon though. I hope you enjoy all my updates. I'm off to Australia first. Got to catch some sun on the Gold Coast before I head further around the world. 

Check me out at Christchurch International Airport. My mum took it. She was crying a bit so it is a little blurry. 

Where do you think I should travel after Australia?

Holidays are a heckin' good time!

Hoomans! I had such a great time in the holidays. 

I did all sorts of things. 

Can you tell what I got up to?

My favourite thing was playing with my new fren and eating my most favourite food. I love it even more than chimkin. It's so cromchy. I must have been a really good girl to get the whole jar!

I am wondering what things you go up to frens. 

I would love to know, so why don't you comment below. 

 

Do you know what to do?

 

Are you Cybersmart? In Room 9, I have discovered that they do know how to be cybersmart. Everyone worked on a Google Drawing to create their own poster to share the main rules they think others should know. My poster is above. Because I was showing the students how to do it, I made it quickly. I think I could have made the rules a bit bigger and highlighted the keywords.

What rules can you remember about being Cybersmart?

2021 is going to be awesome!

 Hi, my name is Ruby. I am in Korimako Hub. My teacher is awesome Miss Smith. I have two cats, they are really annoying. I like to chase them. I enjoy stick chasing and pond swimming. 

Want to know more about me? Check out this story I wrote about a weekend I had. 

Please introduce yourself to me. Remember to be cybersmart when you do this.

Amazing Old Art - SLJ

 Today in Cybersmart we worked on a practice activity for the Summer Learning Journey. We had to colour a picture we had chosen from a range of images. This one is really old, made in 1663. I really liked how she was so intense in reading the letter. It made me think that perhaps she had been looking through a box of old letters and was reminiscing about the past. What do you think?

Do you know what your learning blog is for? Find out here!

 I have learnt that our blogs are for our learning. That's why they are called learning blogs. So I can't really share my favourite dog movies here or my favourite dog music. I know I can use that stuff if it relates to my learning though, so that is pretty great.

 

During my Cybersmart Lesson with my facilitator, I created this comic strip to teach you about the three ways you can use your learning blog. So this blog is to teach you but also to share my work. I'm ticking off two out of the three boxes. What a good doggie!

I used Flaticon to find my dog pictures and I've attributed them at the bottom. This is important because we want the artist to get recognition for their work. I used the explore tool to find the computer image and blogger image. Those images are free to use. 

I'd love to see what you come up with. You should comment below with a link to your blog so I can go check out your version of this lesson. That would be pretty doggone awesome.

Games and Cybersmart: Beginner Lesson of Wha, Smart Relationships

Woof woof, what a great time I've had playing barrier games with my friend Cooper. Our fab facilitator took us through a process where we had to listen to each other. This was hard because I get distracted easily, especially when that sneaky neighbourhood cat wanders through the playground. 

To start with we got into pairs and decided who was A and who was B. I was B.

The games were listening and following instruction games. 

First we had to listen to the audio instruction on the slide. 

Next Cooper told me which shape I had to use and I had to listen carefully to where he told me to put the shapes. I did ask questions sometimes, I think that was ok. My teacher didn't say it wasn't. 

When I had put all the shapes in place then we looked to check it was right. It was kinda like playing battleships but with shapes and no ship got sunk.

After that we swapped and I gave the instructions and Cooper moved the shapes around. Here is an example of what we finished. 

What do you think about how I did?

This is the answer (below). I didn't think I did a bad job. Though my cloud was a bit high. 

Here you can see one of the activities where we had to put a shape together. This was harder because there wasn't a grid. I had to use terms like slightly to the left, inside, from the top. The waves helped a bit but you can see that I still wasn't clear enough as Cooper didn't get his pirate in the right place. 

My picture - I gave Cooper the instructions.                    Cooper put this together based on what I said. 

 

It was a pretty fun game though. Have you played these games before? Maybe you could let me know how you went after you've had a go by leaving a comment.

Being SMART online is dog-gone important.

We have been learning what to do if we find something we don't like online or something that makes us feel uncomfortable. I am really glad that we get to learn how to be 

S M A R T 

online because I want to be a smart learner whenever I'm online.

We had to complete a sorting activity and this is what I decided was the right thing to do if I find something I don't like when I am online. What would you do if you found something online that you didn't like?

Our final activity was to create our own infographic to teach other people about how to be SMART online. This is what I made. I hope you learn something from it.

What have you learned about being SMART online? 

What would you do if you found something you didn't like online?

Making Kindness Go Viral

We are learning how the example we set can support others to be kind online.

Today in Cybersmart we investigated random acts of kindness from within New Zealand and across the world.

I was inspired by schoolgirl Maiyah from Gilberthorpe School in Christchurch as she bakes cupcakes in her holidays and sell them. The money she makes she buys care packages for the homeless people in Christchuch. Click here if you would like to learn more about Maiyah.

I have come up with some random acts of kindness

I chose to put money in someone parking meter that had expired while I was on holiday.

Doing this act of kindness made me feel really good about myself and I realised by helping others it also helped me to feel good and fill my bucket.

Why don't you have a go at a random act of kindness?

What to do if something goes wrong! - Stepping Up

We are learning how to stand up to behaviour we don’t like online (and in person).

I now know and understand what to do when something doesn’t seem right online. Even when I am being Cybersmart, sometimes I will come across something online that makes them feel uncomfortable or I don’t like.

This is the resource I have been using to learn.

Five tips to deal with haters and trolls

First, don't respond. Responding could make things worse.

Second, ignore them. Focus on positive thoughtful and helpful comments and move on.

Third, block or unfollow. Use the site privacy settings to disconnect from the person.

Fourth, report it. Use the community reporting tools to let the site know that someone is abusing their guidelines.

And fifth take screenshots. If the comments are really bad save the evidence in case things escalate.

Look at the slideshow above and then try the quiz below. Once you have finished you will get your score and see your answers.
Have a go!

Yep / Nope - What is Cooper teaching us?

Did you know that if you google your name you can find all sorts of things about yourself? Well, for cybersmart we had to do a search of either Mark or Sharon and if we found any personal information then we could win some chocolate. I choose Sharon and do you know what? I couldn't win the chocolate because I couldn't find her phone number or her birthday. I was a bit sad about that, though chocolate isn't good for dogs. I think I could have changed it to some delicious meat treats.

But what is private information? Here is a video of my friend Cooper telling us about what we should or shouldn't share online. I thought it was really cool and so did lots of the kids in the class too. Did you?

Some people who did beginner are sharing their blog treasure hunt. Those that were doing the stepping up tried out a programme called Canva. 

What do you think? Does that give you clear information about the things we shouldn't share online? What things have you included?

Gadgets, gadgets, gadgets!

This week for Cybersmart we have been learning all about our blog gadgets. I didn't even know what a blog gadget was until Mark and Sharon showed me. I have made a digital learning object (DLO) about what I've learned.

First I worked through the instructions using the footpath pathway. It was really great to have the pathway to follow. I liked being able to click on the links and open each page. I do confess to getting a little confused but I had help from Sharon to help me get back on track.

I made sure I watched the video and read through the slide of the gadgets carefully. I did learn some things about my blog that I didn't know about.

One thing I have started to use is labels so that others can find my work. Can you see the labels I've used for this blog post?

My teacher said I should make a DLO to put on my blog that showed what these new things were. I made a google drawing to do this.

Sharon then encouraged us to use screencastify if we wanted to share our learning in a different way because that was something our class had done on a separate lesson. I was brave and made mine, even though I sometimes feel nervous about hearing my voice. I think I did an ok job, what do you think?

I hope you enjoy watching it. 

Tell me in the comments what gadgets you learned about.

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