GAFE SUMMIT AUCKLAND
GAFE in an ILE
ILE -Innovative Learning Environment
Building capable, curious, collaborative and connected learners.
This vision has some similarities to SMS.
We also want to make learning collaborative and social. To be sensitive to cultural and indiffidual differences. We too are beginning to use informative feedback to our students so they can make better choices for enhanced learning and engagement.
SMS has a strong home-school partnership via blogs, parent evenings to inform.
I have been using google docs to do planning since 2014. This year in a team teaching situation I also am using google docs. I like the way google apps can have children and groups of kids on a device and sharing their learning.
A good workshop to see one model of a ILE and how it has been set up. Pleased to think I have been incorporating blogging and google docs in parent and planning purposes and now my next step with a class of my own would be to have them collaborate on a document.
Strategies to improve student presentations
I have rediscovered how visual literacy design principles can reshape how you and your students present their ideas to the world. How colour, shape, size and text can be best used to inform, or entertain or highlight a perspective or opinion. I felt most of this session was designed for intermediate age children in that it was talking about the aspects of delivery and how to capture an audience. I have covered this extensively in my film studies at uni, and feel the same concepts are applicable. A great remind though of how to demonstrae to students the importance of 'design' when using text and pics to inform.
Term 1 2015
I had the idea to set up and establish a blog for the special needs students I work with. I approached Anne to help me set it up, as it has to be on the school website. This is a blog where the parents of Reign, Emily and Liam can view, hear and share what their children have been up to during their learning sessions with Mrs Hall.
It also allows positive and immediate feedback from parents and whanau. It keeps an online record of the child's activities.
'Bernie's Busy Bees' can be accessed through the room 8 blog.
Term 4 2014
Observations of Reading Recovery lessons-Heather Tootill.
I used some CRT time to observe a RR lesson. I noted the fast pace of reading x3 books then onto writing about the story. The child is also writing during these lessons. I used the idea of cut up stories for my unrelenting focus group to reinforce word knowledge and reading pace.
Observations of experienced teacher teaching writing.
I observed Susan Townes teaching writing to NE. I was glad to see I use most of the same modelling format. What I did like was the way Susan stretched out the word she told the class to stretch it like chewing gum. she incorporated verbal before any writing then modelled the writing, then onto group focus. I model using reference to self checker cards, and have clear WALHTs in the model books.
ERO watched a writing lesson of mine and were satisfied with what they saw, and the fact that the children could recall what they are learning.
Term 3 2014
As this class have just begun their learning journey, in order to promote and strengthen room 10 bonding I use appropriate activities that help promote comradeship and learning in a supportive environment.
I also utilise the parent resources available ( helpers, skills, interests ) to help the children feel and see the connection between school and home.
I use Golden Time activities as a way to promote fun and cooperative learning and participation.
I invite where applicable parent help for some activities, such as our food making /tasting from other places.
I use Sport and PE to promote cooperation and participation and communication skills.
I use Art and RE also to promote these competencies when the children work in groups to problem solve.
This helps support the learner of various interests in a range of learning through tactile and verbal opportunities.
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