6pm - 8pm
Mokoia Intermediate
Mokoia Attendees - Kassey, Rachel, Anna, Annemarie
Order of presentations
- Justine (@cossie29) 'I don't give homework any more'
- Sonya (@vanschaijik) 'Teach Meet NZ'
- Monika (BeLchick1) 'Building you own PLN'
- Annemarie (mrs_hyde) 'Page 36 - A very good page to start'
- Anna (AnnaGerrit) - Learning Spaces
I don't give homework any more
- Think about all the excuses you get each week for why homework wasn't complete
- Why do we give homework?
- Parents and caregivers want it
- Reinforces what we do in the classroom
- It's good practise and practice
- Homework types
- Single sheet with lots of different activities
- Projects
- Homework that makes an attempt at the individualized learning programme
- Why was it important to change?
- Students were completing it out of compliance
- It wasn't individualized or challenging enough
- Hard to provide effective feedback
- Challenge student's thinking
- Mismatch in beliefs and practice
- I do give prep for learning
- Connections
- Interactions
- Questioning
- Creating and sharing knowledge
- Passion for learning
- Critical thinking
Teach Meet NZ
- Hyperconnectivity 'create, connect, collaborate'
- After sessions discussion will carry on on twitter with the #teachmeetnz
Building your own PLN
- Professional relationships, not personal
- VLN is the biggest staffroom in the country
- Twitter - mirco blogging and easily accessible
- Bling for your blog
Page 36 - A very good page to start
- Annemarie's favourite page of the NZC
- Environments we should be in
- Shared Learning
- Supportive learning environments
- Ako, manaakitanga, whanaungatanga, tuakana teina
- Opportunities to learn
- SAMR Model
- Game based learning
- Maker culture
- Coding
- Approach every new experience with wonderment and awe
- Think like a child
- Don't worry that you don't know
- Try new things
- Look for the positives
- Keep asking questions
- Collaboration, teamwork, power of the group, participating and contributing
- Confident, connected, actively involved, life-long learners
Learning Spaces
- Bean bags do not make a modern environment, however they do add extra comfort. They are easy to move
- Mosquito nets create privacy but as a teacher you can say what is going on
- Outdoor bean bags have a tougher fabric
- Standing table (Anna's fav piece of furniture) - student's excited to work here
- Built in benches
- Student's may not use furniture how you think they would
- Where they want to learn may not be where you want to learn, but who cares if they are focused and safe?
- Pop up tent
- Learning space is always changing - encouraging children to explore the space and use it in different ways - this will give them ownership!
- How does your space impact your learning?
- Fun fast paced presentations using flickr images, you choose the topic and it will randomize various internet images - Pechaflickr
