We started of the session by sharing what we have begun to implement in the class from what we learnt last week. I had set myself what I thought were small goals to achieve but hearing what others have done, we are all on the same page.
It was reiterated today about technology not being about getting rid of effective teaching practise it is about working alongside those practises to get the best outcome for both teachers, students and their whānau. If there is a silver bullet it is an effective teacher implemented and effective teaching and learning using the technology as a tool to do this.
I have learnt that teachers being on a face to face level with students in digital learning environments. learn create share has enabled the accelerated rate of progress. I feel that I have made great gains when working with students on their chromebooks, I also feel though some of my students prefer to work individually so its just finding the balance between allow them to work and then providing guidance and checking in.
I remember seeing the SamR Model but it got clarified for me today and I saw the possibilities it provided when working in a digital 1:1 classroom. The SAMR model are internationally recognised frameworks that describe key elements of digital technologies amplifying and turbocharging effective teaching and accelerated learning in 1:1 classes.
I learnt a knew word today which is 'rewindable' learning. This can meet the needs of individual learners by changing the pace in which they learn for each students. "If its worth learning its worth capturing" is a quote that has resinated with me today and sums up the approach to teaching in a developing digital classroom. Bloom’s taxonomy has been redesigned for the digital world, and this diagram shows the alignment with SAMR
Google Keep open my eyes today I learnt how to link with devices and speak through your phone and it will show up to the google keep. You can take photos off your phone and then it will pop up once published. Colour code, and labelling makes it easily accessible and I can share the notes with others. Would be quite a cool thing to use in the classroom when collaborating brainstorms etc, students can use their chromebooks to then add to the google keep. Could have a seperate one just for the class. If you add the location to the keep note once you become close to or past that location it will ping you with a notification to remind you off the note you have set. Digital signature can be written using goggle keep and drag and drop to a google doc or other form if needed. Capturing text, if you take photos of the words then upload it to google keep you can capture the text and it will write it out underneath.
Learnt how to make a google mail label and then drag and drop emails into those labels so it makes it easier to access and find when needed. I learnt some new tricks when archiving emails and choosing whether to have my emails on a default view or change them to create a importance, starred and then everything else.
Learnt how to organise a google hangout and how to screen cast also used the handy tool of how to record the video/hangout so we can revisit them.
Gosh Georgia, you learned so much from this session and I hope you will be able to use it in your teaching. I am so glad you have learned about the word 'rewindable' because not only will this enable your students to work at their own pace, but it will also enable you to rewind over the holidays to the learning from the DFI.
ReplyDeleteKia ora Georgia - what fantastic insights, so great to read that you were able to explore Google Keep, in comparison to Notes that you've been using. Your reflections on the Manaiakalani kaupapa around effective teaching practice being a foundation is really good - and I'm glad you've noted the progress you've made in your own teaching practice too, I've noticed that you've made 'big jumps' over the last few months, you should be really proud of your progress.
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