Learning Goal: connecting with other teachers for an online webinar to discuss making learning engaging and implementing effective practice.
This was a relaxed discussion session in a small online group with colleagues from around the country. Everyone shared some aspect of their practice which was engaging their students.
I was interested in hearing about ‘Active Learning’ which seemed to be similar to our Deep Learning and involved students having choice and being creative in applying their learning.
I was also reminded that no matter what subject or year level we are teaching, we all have a lot in common and face common issues.
One brilliant idea shared was having posters that whanau can stick on their fridge with a QR code that takes them to the student’s learning blog – this is a visual reminder to whanau to look at the blog and add comments. Students were also encouraged to end their blogposts with a question, to give their whanau something to comment on/react to. I am definitely going to follow up on that idea, maybe making a laminated card that can go on the fridge and including some tips for commenting.
This was the slideshow shared for the session: