Everything You Need to Know about the 5th Grade – Grade 5 ICT
The end of the year is very near, just as Mariko. As such, we are going to think back the year that we have had together and use our experiences to educate the 4th Graders on everything they need to know about being a 5th Grader.
Our purpose is to have fun thinking about all of the wonderful things that we have learned this year and then share them with the 4th Graders. Our audience is the current 4th Graders.
Step 1 – Sign up to Popplet and make a map of all the things that you think are important for the 4th Graders to know. Share this on your blog.
Step 2 – Film yourself saying these important bits of information.
Step 3 – Upload these films to Ms. Seed’s Youtube account and then edit them. I will explain this step to you next week.
Step 4 – Share your film on your blog and with the 4th Graders
How to Create a Strong Password
A lot of what we do on the internet involves creating and remembering a password. As you get older, the things that these passwords protect become more and more important. That is why you should get into good habits when creating passwords.
A good password is
- easy to remember
- does not include any personal information such as your date of birth, pet’s name, address or phone number
- is not a word that is found in the dictionary
- contains 8 characters or more
- is a mix of letters, numbers and symbols
Watch these short films to learn more about secure passwords.
Why You Should Use Diigo
Diigo stands for “Digest of Internet Information, Groups and Other stuff.” It is a way for you to manage, annote, share and collect information. It can be used to simply ‘bookmark’ things but has the potential to transform the way you research.
Reason 1
Diigo provides a free, efficient, effective and reliable way to save and organise your favourite websites, online articles, blog posts, images and other media found online. Check out this link to learn how to bookmark sites with Diigo. Go to http://help.diigo.com/how-to-guide/bookmarking
Reason 2
Diigo allows you to highlight and annotate the important parts of any website so that it is easy to find again later.
Reason 3
Diigo provides a lists feature that allows you to share carefully selected bookmarked websites with your friends and teachers.
Reason 4
Diigo allows you to gain access to the ‘collective intelligence’ of the internet. By joining groups of like minded users, you are automatically able to access all of the bookmarks that other members of the group have chosen to save. The many, many users of Diigo all saving to their accounts adds up to a lot of great websites identified, tagged and reviewed – much more than one single person could ever identify in a reasonable timeframe!
Reason 5
Diigo allows you to develop your own professional learning network (PLN).
Reason 6
Diigo allows you to access your information from any computer, or even your iPhone or iPad!
Watch this tutorial to learn everything you need to know about Diigo. https://vimeo.com/6747389
Based on a blog I read from Resource Link called “12 Reasons Teachers Should Use Diigo”
Blog.com to Blogger
We are making the move away from Blog.com because it is not reliable enough. Many of you have had your accounts closed due to lack of activity and it is another username and password for you to manage.
Blogger is powered by Google and you can access it through your Google account. Please use the Google account that the school has given you to create this blog.
The first thing you need to do is save your previous blog and close that account. You can do this by following the steps below.
1. Save your blog as an XML file by signing in to your blog.com blog, going to your ‘dashboard’ and clicking on ‘tools’. See the image below for help.
Once you have done that, click on the Export button and select the option to ‘Export all content” and then Download the file like you would any other file. Take note of where you save your file to. You will need to access the same file in a few moments.
Now, sign in to your ISSH email account (change your password if you have not already) and then go the “More” button on the top menu and select “Blogger”.
Follow the prompts to create a Limited Profile Account. You can keep the name of your previous blog if you like, or change it. Just remember not to use your last name in the title or the URL of the blog.
Now to import your XML file that we created earlier. Go to “Settings”, “Other” and then “Blog Tools”. 
Select the Import Blog option and follow the prompts.
If you are still not sure what to do, please watch this tutorial for more information.
Now you need to go back to Blog.com and close your account. It is a good habit to close the things you are no longer using. It helps to minimise the risk of other people accessing your information.
Go back to your ‘Dashboard’ on Blog.com. Click on ‘Tools” and then click on the “Delete Site” Option.
Congratulations! You have now created a safer, more user friendly blog on the Blogger platform and transferred all of your previous posts.
