Learning about Screencastify, linking and inserting videos!

At the start of the year we always have students that come into our learning space who have never used a Chromebook before. It's really important that students that have worked with Chromebooks before teach, help, support and guide the new people in learning about their Chromebooks. 

Yesterday, we were learning about Screencastify and how to link our Screencastify and insert it into a google slide! Ruru students were buddied up with people that had already been in Ruru for a year (previously we were Toroa) with people that are new to Ruru. 

Buddies had to come up with a handshake .. some had the challenge of getting their handshake to be at least 30 seconds long. 

We started off by watching the Justin Bieber and Jimmy Fallon handshake.. Mr Williams said that this was a really good example and he wasn't wrong!

Then we had to go away and make up our own handshake. Once we had mastered it, we had to show a teacher and they would tell us if we were ready to video ourselves or not. 

Next, the 'new' Ruru student had to get their chromebook and set it all up with the help of the 'old' Ruru student. The 'old' Ruru student wasn't allowed to touch the Chromebook, they just had to support the 'new' Ruru student to be able to navigate their way to Screencastify. 

Once we had filmed ourselves, we had to insert the link AND the video into a google slide with our names! We haven't all finished yet, but take a look at some of our examples! 

Ruru Handshakes!