One of the six learning goals of Manaaiakalani that we looked at today, was the 'VISIBLE' kaupapa - Making teaching and learning visible. During the time that Dorothy presented the 'Visible' pedagogy and kaupapa, I started to think about myself and the rest of my colleagues who were doing this DFI course. Everything was making sense. We are learners too. John Hattie states that “Visible teaching and learning occurs when there is deliberate practice aimed at attaining mastery of the goal, when there is feedback given and sought, and when there are active, passionate, and engaging people (teacher, students, peers) participating in the act of learning.”.
I must say, that I struggled a little today when doing the group activity on a shared topic in which we had to individually create a google site. It wasn't so much as the creating of a google site, but more in the 'what should I have on my site that would hook the learners. This was time consuming and I didn't get as much done on it as I would have liked too. I will endeavor to keep practicing using google sites as I know that it will benefit my learners and myself.
The Multi Modal Deep Dive session with Kerry was a bonus for me. I got the opportunity to see what other teachers had put onto their sites in terms of ;engagement - the hook'.
The little you tube video of 'Dressing window challenge - Mary Queen
My goal for the next two weeks, is to go through all the rewindable learning videos from all our DFI sessions
and see if I can improve my knowledge and understanding of some of the topics learnt thus far.
Whakatauki - learning to create and creating to learn
Kia ora Ada,
ReplyDeleteGreat to read that 'hooking your learners in' hit home. It seems such a simple idea and yet I know I can easily lose sight of in the process of creating learning and ensuring coverage of learning outcomes etc.
Practicing on sites is a great idea. As you note, the purpose of the site and hooking learners in can be time-consuming. I think for secondary learners particularly, we can get caught up in the Learning Outcomes and we often forget the context entirely. Perhaps we need to go back and repurpose the learning in a context. Thinking about your boys last year - if you could hook them in with creating games online, then you could put so many maths and other learning areas into this context. What do you think?
Ngā mihi,
Maria
Kia ora Maria.
DeleteYes, you are so right. We as secondary teachers do put more focus on the learning outcomes and we can get students to meet these. It's quite funny remembering your suggestion of creating games online for my last years class and me thinking, why would I do that? Is this going to meet my learning outcome/s?' But after this DFI session (5), I can now see the HOOK opportunity that I missed. I will keep you updated on what I come up with for my next years class.
Thanks
Ada
Kia ora Ada,
ReplyDeleteI liked reading the part that you are going to persevere in using sites and that hooking them in is the key. And as you say - it will benefit the learners.
Did you use the 2 weeks break form DFI to go over the topics again? What a good way to rewind learning and consolidate what has been covered so far before we dive in again.
Mā te wā
Cheryl
Kia ora Cheryl.
DeleteBenefiting the learners is what I want to do better at. I am currently looking at what i had created on my last years site. I have come to realise that there was no real Hook for many of my learners to engage in the learning as my site didn't have much depth to it (eg; an online version of worksheets and handouts). I am working with a couple of teachers to plan our curriculum site and I will let you know how we progress.
Nga mihi
Ada