Welcome back bloggers. This week we in our DFI (Digital Fluency Intensive), have focused on collaboration. One of the main points was visibility. Visibility of learning for the students. I found this interesting and upon reflecting on this I focused on what that might look like in class. By this I mean does each student know what their next steps are and what they are working towards? Is there somewhere they can go to see these steps that are personal to them and their learning? Would you put this in the class visually for all students, or should it be more of a private, this is me and what I need to focus on.
On reflection I think the visibility is great but feel it is something each student should have rather than something on the class wall which shows, I’m here and my friends are way up here which can demoralize that student that is struggling. This possibly causes a lack of care and interest in that student.
Google Sites has been an area I was interested in learning about. From what I have learnt today I am going to go away and make a plan for a Google site with links for a student I work with. The student needs a visual daily planner and up until this stage this has been on paper. I would also like to add a page to show his progress in videos etc., for his whanau to be able to connect to his learning. So this will be my goal for next week.
Tricks I have used today include being able to screenshot the images I want. This has been incredibly handy today so I am looking forward to utilizing this in and out of class when needed, without having to ask for help.
Setting up the Google Site I am keen to try this for other activities. This will make it easier to have everything on one page/site and not having to go from one page to another to find what I/students need to be successful.
Catch you next week and I will let you know how it went.
Hi Gina
ReplyDeleteI think you've totally got the idea of what visible learning means.
Chrissy, the DP at your school, mentioned to me you have built an amazing site for your learner, she said it's made a huge difference to his learning and it sounds as though his whanau are appreciating knowing more about what he's learning at school. Well done you!
Is the link above to the site you created for him?
By the way, you might want to relook at the text you have in your about me sidebar image. It's very hard to read the text because it's too small. You could try increasing the size of the image vertically to fit it all in or take out some of the text and add it below in the 'about me' gadget. See me tomorrow if you're not sure.
Hi Kerry,
ReplyDeleteThank you I have found Google sites incredibly helpful. The link above is to our practice site last week but am happy to show you what I have done on my new site so far, next time we meet up.
Thankyou for the tip re: my page, I hadn't noticed.