I was lucky enough to attend ICOT in January and got some great ideas and food for thought. One such idea that grew as the conference went on was to create a wall of skills and tools I thought the students needed to be great learners. The idea was to add skills/tools as the year proceeded and … Continue reading »
Tag Archives: Personalised learning
An extrovert’s world
“There’s zero correlation between being the best talker and having the best ideas.” (Susan Cain) I’ve been wanting to read Susan Cain’s book Quiet for a little while so, when I saw her video on TED talks laziness prevailed and I decided to watch it. The talk really resonated with me as I would consider myself more … Continue reading »
End of year class survey.
Well, it’s been a lovely summer holiday so far here in New Zealand but the sun isn’t shining all that much today, so it’s a good day to get back into the swing of things. As I’m sure all teachers do, I have been relishing the long break we are lucky enough to get whilst … Continue reading »
You’re on your own!
We are currently doing a unit of inquiry into systems of government and organisation and decided to get the students putting their learning into practice this week. Could they organise themselves without the teacher present? At 9:00 yesterday the Year 6 teachers played a short video explaining we were now relaxing on a beach in Fiji (if … Continue reading »
Learning darts update.
We have had quite a few little chats about the learning dart board idea that came from one of the the students. It’s been interesting as the thoughts of the children have changed and developed over time and it has really shown how they have matured as learners throughout the year.. To begin with, we discussed … Continue reading »
Apparently “thumbs” are way out of date
When I want the kids to reflect on their learning really quickly I often say “show me thumbs” (i.e. thumbs up means feeling good, through to thumbs down meaning not feeling confident about something at all). It works well, since it is simple and effective and really easily understood by me. In a glance I can see … Continue reading »
True Ownership
Two days ago we started the final term of the year. We started off the day discussing what we needed to learn this term. What did we need to cover to be well prepared for intermediate? In truth, this was partially a little test, to see how much they actually knew about their learning and what their … Continue reading »
Individualised learning / My experiences / My-learning / Personalised learning / Thinking about learning
Student Reflection
I like to think the children in my class are reflective learners who use their reflections to take ownership over and further their learning. They have individual blogs and e-portfolios. They blog weekly and reflect on a more informal basis regularly. They give each other feedback and offer to help their peers out based on reading their … Continue reading »
Catering for diversity
I’m no expert at all on catering for diverse students but a seminar I went to last night got me thinking about the way in which My-learning can work for such students that don’t ‘fit the mould.’ Thinking time Children often need time to think. We know this of course but how often have you … Continue reading »
Personalising our learning
I got a bit carried away today… but the kids really responded well. First I showed them Kahn Academy and TED Talks. Then we had a big chat about the importance of curiosity and taking responsibility for learning things we have identified we need to learn by ourselves. We went on to discuss how there was … Continue reading »
