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We are in the midst of an algebra unit of work and I am slowly but surely building up a series of short videos to explain various concepts we are covering. The students have also been provided with access to a shared folder in Google Drive where they can provide me with feedback and suggestions on the videos ... including everything from content, my explanation and how I have used various technologies. Here are a few examples of what I have created so far using Telligami and a green screen, Explain Everything and iMovie:
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A brain child of the College Principal Class Team, the SWITCH program was born!
The aim of this program is to 'switch' students on to learning, by providing video clips that students can access from home. These videos will explain the key learning for the wee in either Literacy or Numeracy. As a result of watching these video clips, students will have a good grasp of the key learning and be able to access information repeatedly. They will be able to enter their class with confidence about the key concepts they will be learning. Click the button above to check out some of the clips the teachers involved in this program (moi included) have created. On my eLearning Page (under Coding) I have detailed some of the work the students and I have been doing to build our knowledge of coding.
There have been some great articles in the media recently around the importance of teaching coding in schools. And I wholeheartedly agree with them! Check out these articles to see what I am talking about:
A great resource to begin your coding journey is http://code.org/. GAFE, or Google Apps For Education, has arrived at Northern Bay College!
I have been using Google Drive for shared planning this year. Slowly but surely the team I work with are beginning to use the shared drive to share planning documents and resources - a saviour for my poor inbox! The students are now all set and ready to go with their own GAFE accounts - I can't wait to get planning for how we can use the resources for some collaborative work next term. For a great read on Collaborative Learning check out chapter 3 of 'Classroom Instruction That Works'. Here are some of my scribbles (screenshot from Notability app) On the advice of students, a teacher in the 3-5 Learning Community and I organised for a special guest to come in and speak to our students about Cyber Safety. Leading Senior Constable Robbie Noggler is the Youth Resource Officer at the Geelong Police Station and comes and speaks to students about Cyber Safety. This is an extract from our Campus Newsletter about the visit: Friday the 22nd of May was also a special day for the 6-8 learning community. Robbie Noggler, a representative of the Victorian Police Force visited our building to inform the students about Cyber-Safety. The students definitely had something to think about at the conclusion of the presentation! We also had some parents come in and listen to the presentation, which I am sure, they found extremely valuable.
After many hours of planning, typing, receiving feedback, tweaking and editing, here is the finished masterpiece! I've received positive feedback from both teachers and students alike. Students provided some suggestions on how to improve the program, such as inviting the Youth Resource Officer from the local police to come in and speak about Cyber Safety.
Watch this space to see what we do next! Last school holidays I set myself the challenge of creating an ICT program which would span the needs and interests of students from Year 6 to Year 8. No small feat! I studied the curriculum documents, worked out what I knew, what I had access to, what I could learn (Google and YouTube where would we be without you) and then made another list of things I would need some expert help with (ie. our Digital Learning Coach). This is what my first lesson looked like.
I wanted to make sure it was as clear as possible, so that, if for unforeseen reasons I was unavailable to teach the lesson, another teacher could walk in and teach the lesson. To maximise what the students were learning as well as building teacher capacity, I included follow up suggestions and PLENTY of links to additional sources of information. |
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