Did you know that you could change the colours of the folders in Drive? Here is a quick video to show you how!
Tag Drive
Slam Session – Take Photos Directly into Drive
Did you know that you can now take photos and videos directly into your drive account? This will save time when doing work in class!
ePortfolio – Options 4 Google Drive
Again this would work for grade three – five.
Postives for using Google Drive:
- teachers can view and give feedback instantly
- single subject as well as classroom teachers could contribute
- teacher contributions able to be made directly to site
- is live
- videos, audio, text, drawings, any file time can be uploaded
- unlimited space
- printable (for some items)
- viewing and creating can happen on iPad
- viewing and creating can happen on computers
- students from grade three can be independent
- customizable
- can be private
- can be shared with parents
- a “table of contents” like page could be created with links to items in folders
Negatives or Things to Consider:
- only some items would be printable
- could get messy if not managed
- lots of different places to go and click
Data Management
Let’s face it, most kids are not the best organizers. So, to expect them to be responsible for organizing their digital data is not something we can expect them to naturally do. During the last two weeks of school I worked with all of the grade 3-5 students to back up their work in preparation for next year.
Some are moving, but many are staying so different types of back ups have been needed. I have been pleasantly surprised that a few kids where on top of the organizing of their data, but the majority had loads of unwanted work still on their iPads and in their Drive accounts.
This got me thinking about my plan for next year. Backing up and then deleting work is going to become a standard part of all of my lessons. It also has me thinking about what goes into digital footprints/citizenship. Kids are now creating digital work from PK. How do we store, share and maintain this work? Do we even bother with keeping years of digital work?
ePortfolios are going to help give students a storage/sharing outlet. But how much do we keep of the not “published” work? Some kids want to keep all of the photos that they have taken from the internet while others don’t. I find the same feelings applies to their digital work.
This year I will make sure as well that the teachers understand the need for backing up an deleting work so that it doesn’t accumulate through the year.
