Day 5 reflection - Gareth Evans

Day 5 reflection - Gareth Evans

My Project : Digital Footprint

My project, which will be applicable to both staff and pupils, will be to inform them of their digital footprint and how it can be used as a positive opportunity to showcase themselves, creating an online presence that will serve them to become attractive to employers and other professionals.

This will involve the pupils understanding the effects of having a negative footprint, and how preventing this happening as early as possible will help them in and out of school.

A students identity displays their behavior, and  the reputation they get from this is instilled in their footprint.

This will be attached to a blog, and pupils will be encouraged to create their own positive blog, the beginning of their footprint.

My Project

My Project - Gareth Evans

I decided to develop the use of Blogs within the school. Year 13 had struggled to create their UCAS form so I wanted to avoid the same situation with the current year 12. I was also keen to get the pupils to understand how having a positive digital footprint could influence their job opportunities in the future.

Having learnt how to use Blogger with Sangeet, I created a screencast to show how the pupils how to create a Blog. We then set up the “hidden” e-mail so they could post straight from an e-mail. Having done this, we then linked the Blog to their Moodle profile which then allows any teacher to see the Blog.

We initially had technical issues with the county blocking Blogger and Blogspot, then had a few minor issues with pupils crating the Blog.  With this achieved, the majority of pupils have now enjoyed being able to capture the positive things they do online.

We have now planned to do this with every pupil in year 12. There are also discussions at to moving this further down the school to raise awareness of having a positive digital footprint.

Here’s one Blog. http://llangynwyd268.blogspot.co.uk/

My Project

For my project I will be delivering training to both my staff and staff within the EAS PRU Network. The training will be focusing specifically on the internet/digital Literacy and using Blogs. In the short term my staff at the Learning Centre will receive twilight training focusing on their digital footprint and the use of IT and the internet in the Learning Centre.

Centre staff will focus on the positive aspects of using the appropriate equipment and ensure that they are using real world experiences and skills. An additional focus on being proactive around the use of the internet rather than reactive will have a key role in this training. 

Project Idea for Haydn Strange

The project idea I have is to create an opportunity for pupils in PE to produce a Blog post where they can upload video and audio comments.
The cascading element is to produce a tutorial for staff on how to use Google Forms for use in Pupil Voice.

Sarah and Chris Plan for SAH

Action plan for Haydn Strange

Brief action plan

Action plan for Digital Footprint Project

Chris Aplin Plan

Drafft Whole School Action Plan - Digital Competency