Anthony's Reflection on Netbooks, Anthony

My Netbook Reflections

My name is Anthony and I am a year 5 student at Glenbrae School. My Teachers name is Mr D. Nath. This year was an exciting year for me because I started using my chromebook as a tool in the classroom. I was really fascinated by the thought of doing so many cool things on my chromebook but, it took me some time to really start using it effectively. It was an awesome experience.

I have learnt Cyber safety, Accessing the class site, Blogging, keyboard shortcuts,  using google applications like google presentations, creating new folders and documents, using tools, taking screen shots, using Sumo paint.

I have learnt about how to use sunshine online and studyladder to expand my knowledge. I have learnt how to change my password, get on study ladder and sunshine online and how to get onto blogger and blog my work. I have learnt that I am able to access my google drive wherever there is an internet connection. I have helped my friends in class by giving them different strategies on how to access different sites on the internet and how to use the different apps in the google drive.

Through using the key competencies i was able to take hold of my own learning and think independently while using the chromebooks. If I ever got stuck on a question, I didn’t have to ask the teacher for the answer but instead, I went straight onto the google search engine and look for the answer myself.

My Reflections on Netbooks, Fraser

My Reflections on Netbooks

Hi, My name is Fraser I am a year 5 student at Glenbrae School and I am in Room 9. My Teacher is Mr. D. Nath.

This year was an exciting year for me because I started using a Chromebook as soon as I was in the classroom. I was fascinated by the thought of doing so many cool things on my Chromebook but it took me a long time to really start using it effectively. There were so many things to learn and I tried my best to learn as much as I could from my teacher, Whanau and friends.

These are my reflections on the use of my Chromebook this year.

The things that learnt from my Teacher were how to use the Chromebook , how to use the internet safely, how to access the class site and how to blog. 

The things that I learnt by myself was how to type faster, the keyboard shortcuts and knowing what sites I need to go on and sites I am not allowed to go on. I have learnt how to take screenshots and how to change my password. The things I have learnt from people out of school is how to access shortcuts to sites and how to bookmark sites.

I  am able to think about the topics I am going to research on and write questions about it using google docs and sharing my work on the blog. I read more online books, stories and articles while looking for information, deciding which sites are safe for me to access and use information from, sharing my learning on my blog and class blog.

I feel that I have learnt so much in such a short period of time.

By Fraser

My Reflections on Netbooks, Taki

My Reflections on Netbooks

Hi, My name is Taki I am a year 5 student and Glenbrae School and I am in Room 9. My teacher is Mr. D. Nath.

This year was an exciting year for me because I started using a Chromebook.  I was fascinated by the thought of doing so many cool things on my Chromebook but it took me some time to really start using it effectively. There were so many things to learn and I tried my best to learn as much as I could from my teacher, whanau and friends.

These are my reflections on what I did.

The things that I have learnt from my teacher was how to use the Chromebook, I learnt a lot of things about cyber safety, accessing the class site and how to blog my work. 

The things that I learnt by myself was how to improve my typing skills and the keyboard shortcuts. I have learnt how to screenshot my work and how to change my password.

I  am able to think about the topics that I am going to research on and write questions using using google docs. I am able to post onto my own blog although I found it difficult at first. I am also able to read more online books, stories and articles while looking for information , deciding which sites are safe for me to access and use information from, sharing my learning on my blog and also on the class blog.

By Taki

Story Review, Sam

POPCORN by Jill MacGregor

Walt: Write a review of stories we read.

The story is about a boy and a girl putting corn seed’s in a big brown bag and putting it in the microwave so it can pop. After that, the leftover seeds were used to plant in a brown pot. After that, the kids went to measure the corn stalk because it had started to grow after being left outside for over a week. They grew the corn so they could eat it. The tassels go into the pollen and the pollen goes to ear of the corn and the silks. Once the silk or the ear of the corn comes down, it goes to the stalk of the roots of the corn so it can grow faster. The top of the corn is called silk and the thing that is wrapped around it is called the husk. The kernels or seeds are in the husk and we can eat it when the silks are brown or pink.

By Sam

Multiplication Challenge on Study Ladder, Jahsiah M

Multiplication Challenge on Study Ladder

Today I finished my Maths activities earlier than the other members in my group. I was allowed to go on a Maths game on Study Ladder. The game was about multiplication and it was a challenging game.

Challenge

Online Spelling Test, Sam L

Online Spelling Test

Online Spelling Test

Today I practiced my spelling by taking a test online. I went on the website called Spelling City. I took a test and I got 100%. I felt very happy about it and I got a Certificate.

Spelling City, Chris G

Spelling City

During Spelling time we did a online spelling test. We also played a spelling game. It was a fun game because we learnt heaps of spelling.