Room 5 are going one to one

Today was the first day of one to one devices at in Room 5. We are the lucky class who have been selected to be the first one to one, fully Google class at Newmarket School. 

We started the day with a discussion covering how to use the devices, how to take care of them and general admin things like internet safety.

The first resources I created was a Google form. The idea behind this was to get the students initial feelings about using the devices, giving them a chance to say what they know, what they want to know and what they're worried about. I encouraged them to answer honestly, and the results were great! I have gathered a lot of useful information and some next steps for increasing their skills.

Once we had completed this I gave them a challenge. They had to find this in their google drive and follow the given instructions. It was all about basic steps within a google document such as adding a title, typing, changing the font type and size, as well as commenting on a different document. Again, this went well. I could feel the excitement as the students found new ways to do things. Everyone managed to complete the given tasks and even got a few minutes of free 'discovery' time. 

So far so good! I'm looking forward to further challenges to come.