Lockdown Update – August – Oct 2021

Paying Subscribers / School Subscribers

1) Try 'Live Sharing' a Video Lesson!

Whether physical or remote, you can share all the Video Lessons with your students at full screen.

A "Live Share" of any of the Video Lessons with the class is where YOU play the video to the students, either face to face in the same classroom / space, or when that's not possible, during a class Zoom / Skype / Google Meet session.

The main reason for this "live share" suggestion, is to facilitate the teacher being able to "talk to" the video/story, to discuss it with the class, to ask questions, provide answers and generally set tasks, provide guidance and further instruction as deemed appropriate.

How to 'Live Share' a Video Lesson:

1. This requires 'you the teacher' to log in to your membership account; Then navigate to the Video Lesson you wish to share;
2. To watch the Video Lesson with your class, simply play the Video Lesson on your computer and enable full screen (if in a virtual call, we suggest you mute all attendees).

• Use ZOOM: consult this guide: How to share your screen using zoom
• Use Skype: consult this guide: How to share screen in Skype
• Use Google Meet to present at full screen: How to share screen with Google Meet

2) Videos For Membership Subscribers To Share Externally 

During lockdown, we have made the following Video Lessons exclusively available for subscribing members to share with their class.  These are not public, so please respect that.

We may decide to allow others to be shared externally also, however it is useful to point out that you can easily share ALL lessons via a group zoom / Skype / Google Meet (see above for instructions on how to do that!)

NOTICE: Don't share the following links with kids - these are the reference page for teachers / educators - the shareable links are contained within the reference page - please navigate there to find them.

Aug - Sept

1. Murray Gadd Reads Keys for Year 4-8 students >> (reference page for teachers / educators)
2. Murray Gadd Reads Ernest the Elephant for NE-Y1 students >> (reference page for teachers / educators)
3. Murray Gadd Reads “Zoo” for Year 5 – 8 students >> (reference page for teachers / educators)

4. Murray Gadd reads “Billy – A Lolly Leopold Story” for Year 5-8 students  >> (reference page for teachers / educators)

October

1. Murray Gadd reads Tadpole’s Promise for NE-Y1 students >> (reference page for teachers / educators)
2. Murray Gadd Writes About Pterosaurs – for Year 5 – 8 students  >> (reference page for teachers / educators)
3. Murray Gadd Reads “The Runaway Dinner” for Year 3 – 6 students >> (reference page for teachers / educators)

How Do I Share The Above Videos With Students?

• To share these subscriber only videos, log in to your membership account; Then navigate to the Video Lesson you wish to share;
• Scroll down below the video to the "Share this video externally" ink that is displayed
• Copy the URL link and share it an email or online with your class;
• That's it!  We ask that you please only share the URL links with your class; These are not public, so please respect that.
• The URL will expire at a future date to be determined.

3) Free Videos for ALL users

As a paying subscriber / member, you are also very welcome to use all / any of the free videos that have been made available to non-paying users.

These are accessible via the Video Lessons page - and you can also see a list of these videos detailed under the non-member section here.

After lockdown ends, all the free videos will revert to paid for access only.

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Free Resources For All Users Including Non-members

1) Free Videos for ALL users

If you / your school is not yet a subscriber, please consider signing up to support our literacy programme.  You will also get access to many more of our Video Lessons, Murray Talks Videos and all of the other resources available in our Online PLD resource.

As lockdown has continued to extend, I decided to help out by recording and sharing some free Video Lessons and some read-to stories, based on picture books, just as I did for level 4 lockdown last year.

These are being made available free for everyone to share and use – so yes, do tell your colleagues and families about this.  They are accessible on the Murray Gadd website (for teachers / educators) and for a limited time, via YouTube and Vimeo (links are on the page once you've clicked through).

October 2021 Lockdown: 

• #4 Murray Gadd reads “The Kiosk” for Year 4-8 students
  • This read-to session is aimed at Year 4-8 students and focusses on the quirkiness of the character. It also offers a writing idea at the end.
• #3 Murray Gadd reads “Hide and Seek” for Year 1-4 students
  • This read-to session for Year 1-4 students focusses on the wonderful illustrations of this great writer.
• #2 Murray Gadd reads “My Teacher’s Secret Life” for Year 1-6 students
  • This read-to session for Year 1-6 students focusses on some very funny thoughts by a young girl about what she imagines her teacher’s ‘secret life’ to be like.
• #1 Murray Gadd Reads “The Runaway Dinner” for Year 3 – 6 students
  • Plan and write your own narrative about a runaway dinner, involving your favourite food. Students are to be as imaginative as possible as they describe the characters and tell what happens during their runaway dinner

Sept 2021 Lockdown:

• #1 Murray Gadd reads “Busting” for Year 1-8 students
  • The is a read-to lesson is designed for fun and imaginative writing.
• #2 Murray Gadd reads “The Legend of Rock Paper Scissors” – for Year 4-8 students
  • The is a read-to lesson is designed for fun and imaginative writing.

August 2021 Lockdown:

• #1 The Rascally Cake' (by Jeanne Willis) for Year 2 - 6 students
  • A fun writing lesson primarily for Year 2-6 students, though some Year 7-8 students might enjoy it as well.  This lesson promotes procedural writing.
• #2 'Diary Of A Worm' (by Doreen Cronin) for year 2 - 6 students
  • Another fun writing lesson primarily for Year 2-6 students, though again some Year 7-8 students might enjoy it as well.

April 2020 Lockdown:  

• #1 “Our Granny” (by Margaret Wild) for Year 2 - 4 students
• #2 "Library Mouse" for Year 3 - 6 students

How Do I Share A Video

Sharing Free Videos Via External Link

• If you wish to share the FREE videos, you can either share the YouTube or Vimeo link and these will be contained ion the page for that Video Lesson (usually in the lower part of the page).
• Some teachers prefer to share the Vimeo link as there are usually fewer distractions for students.
• You can share in an email, in a presentation, or via any method you feel is appropriate.

How to 'Live Share' a Video Lesson:

1. This requires YOU as the teacher navigate to the Video Lesson you wish to share;
2. To watch the Video Lesson with your class, simply play the Video Lesson on your computer and enable full screen (suggest you mute all attendees).

• Use ZOOM: consult this guide: How to share your screen using zoom
• Use Skype: consult this guide: How to share screen in Skype
• Use Google Meet to present at full screen: How to share screen with Google Meet

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