Learning:
Connected - Very difficult if we do not embrace visibility. We all have our own networks, some online and some not. It's great when connections are systematically organised from a work perspective. The most powerful connections occur when both sides of the connection open up and share some of themselves. School wide links are shared for each schools specific website to help teachers and educators connect with one another.
Our role and supporting children online - make it positive (Eg. Remember the old drink driving adds that were on TV- They showed people doing the wrong thing then ending up in a crash (apparently drink driving stats went up) - Recently they have flipped drink driving adds around and they now focus on the positives eg. Showing someone drinking then making good a choice to sleep at their mates house instead of driving home.
Leading learning using Google Sites :
SAMR (model) - Substitution, Augmentation, Modification, Redefinition
The affordances of learn/create/share (engagement, teaching conversations, cognitive challenge, visibility and scaffolding).
Websites: What audience is the site directed at? Is it for the students or the parents or both.
How not to reinvent the wheel- Today, I decided I would like to update my the reading portion of my website. I wanted to look for more independent activities/follow up activities that the children could work on after they go through a guided reading lesson with the teacher. I had a research around and I came across Team 4's website at Point England School in Auckland. I really enjoyed the detail and the look of their reading activities. I made contact with one of the teachers their to see I could make a copy of these resources and upload them to my class website. Sarah one of the teachers replied very quickly and said she was more than happy for me to use these as resources for my classroom.
Team 4 at Point England School are legends. Ka pai to mahi.
The resources can be viewed here on my class website: R16 Class Website (Reading activities)
Mr Gold, loving the class site. This is quite empowering isn't it.
ReplyDeleteGreat to see reaching out to others in the profession.
Looking forward to next week.
Kia ora Mr Gold!
ReplyDeleteReally great to see you connecting with other teachers from around the country over resources. Wouldn't it be great if you created something and were able to share it back to make that teachers' life easier too?
The page on your side is easy to follow. Perhaps an explanation at the top that explains how students can use it would mean they and parents have an understanding of what its purpose is. Perhaps text and audio, or, even better, a screencastify with your voice/face on it.
Ngā mihi,
Sharon