Quiz designed for gathering initial data

Kāhui Ako Achievement Challenge 5: Improve the achievement of students with additional needs in the learning areas of English/ key competency using symbols, languages and texts.

My Inquiry Problem/ Challenge: Children living in a digital world, where key competencies are essential, require ubiquitous access to cybersmart scaffolds and resources which are not currently available.

I have designed a quiz to gather initial data from the children in my class around their current digital citizenship and, in particular cybersmart knowledge.

When creating this quiz, I referred to the pedagogical knowledge I have been developing over the past weeks (see blog post). I then developed questions which were meaningful to the children.

We often hold high expectations of what our children are actually capable of doing and thinking when using digital technologies as a tool for learning. I wanted to ask questions which would allow me to figure out whether these expectations we hold are true or not. Here is the quiz.

For each question, I will explain what part of digital citizenship is the focus.

Section 1. Name any digital technologies used for learning that you can think of around our school.

- Digitally capable

Section 2. Where would you find these symbols from google?

- Digitally capable, Being "literate in the languages, symbols and texts of digital technologies"

Section 3. Write a quality blog comment in response to a blog post.

- Being confident, Critical thinking skills, Positive and meaningful relationships, Respect of privacy, Respect of freedom of speech, A role model of these values, Communication, Collaboration, Connections

Section 4. Write a reply to a blog comment on a class blog post.

- Being confident, Critical thinking skills, Positive and meaningful relationships, Respect of privacy, Respect of freedom of speech, A role model of these values, Communication, Collaboration, Connections

Section 5. Smart Relationships. What should you do if you want to use a photo of someone else on your blog? 

- Digitally capable,  Positive and meaningful relationships, Honesty, Integrity, Ethical, Respect of privacy, A role model of these values,  Integration (online with offline)

Section 6. Passwords. Miss West wants to create a strong password for her new coding app. She really likes the song Million Dreams. What password could she create using the song Million Dreams to create the password?

- Being confident, Digitally capable, Being "literate in the languages, symbols and texts of digital technologies", Respect of privacy, A role model of these values

Section 7. Knowing or knowing where to find google shortcuts.

- Being confident, Digitally capable, Being "literate in the languages, symbols and texts of digital technologies", Achieving goals

Section 8. Write down 3 ways we can look after our Chromebooks in class.

- Manaiakalani Kawa of Care

Section 9. Read an article (provided). Do you trust this article? Write down some things to explain why you do or do not trust this news article.

- Being confident, Digitally capable, Critical thinking skills, Being "literate in the languages, symbols and texts of digital technologies", Honesty, Integrity, Respect of freedom of speech, Connections, Integration (online with offline)

Section 10. Sharing ideas. Write down 3 different ways you could share ideas online.

- Being confident, Digitally capable, Being "literate in the languages, symbols and texts of digital technologies", Positive and meaningful relationships, Respect of freedom of speech, A role model of these values, Communication, Collaboration, Connections, Integration (online with offline), Participation, Achieving goals

Section 11. Survey

- I feel confident using my Chromebook to find my learning [Not ever --- Most of the time]
Being confident, digitally capable, Being "literate in the languages, symbols and texts of digital technologies"

- I know how to make a copy of a google doc [Strongly disagree --- Strongly agree]
Being confident, digitally capable, Being "literate in the languages, symbols and texts of digital technologies"

- I know how to embed google slides to my blog [Strongly disagree --- Strongly agree]

Being confident, digitally capable, Being "literate in the languages, symbols and texts of digital technologies"