Visible - one of the 4 Kaupapa that Manaiakalani believes in.
Key question - Can your eyes see (with your eyes) the learning?
Historically:
- Many of our Whanau haven't had the best experience with school and learning because it wasn't visible.
- Many teachers told the student what to DO,(page 23 today) not what they were learning. A big difference when helping a student to be successful.
- Many students failed because they couldn't read the teachers mind to know what to learn and what was going to be learnt.
Nowadays:- We know that to support our students to succeed we need to make all learning visible and that there are no surprises.
- Teacher Dashboard is a great device to support this in a digital environment.
Check out these teachers sharing their teaching and learning.
Multi-Modal -what do we mean when we use this term?
An inclusive, differentiated approach to teaching in a digital learning environment.
Behavioural engagement first, then cognitive engagement:
Behavioural - The HOOK
- differentiation for personalisation
- mind frame for learning
- engaging C21st tools (Chromebooks / iPads)
- creating to learn (learning to create)
- authentic audience (sharing on blogs - realising the value of own voice, growing agency over information and knowledge)
Cognitive:
- ready to learn
- ready for the cognitive challenge
- ready for acceleration...
Think about how you share the learning with your students.
Class Site Key ideas
- plan the layout before you start
- ask yourself - who is the audience?
- can they get to their learning within 3 clicks?
- drop down menus are not student friendly - use buttons instead.
- how can you make your site multi-modal?
- use a range of texts, videos and images - all at different levels.
- make their learning path open. They can choose what to investigate first.
- use a page of your site or embed a Google drawing
| Made by my neighbour Cam. A great way to engage your learners. Click on each image to find the learning. Thanks for sharing. |
- this is a great link to royalty free pictures!
- inserting a google form and its spreadsheet is a great way to get feedback on your site.
- use a Google Drawing. Designed to be downloaded as a png for Google site.
- use images and shapes - Insert image - Crop image - Mask Image
- add text by double-clicking the shape or use a text box
Gerhard showed us how to make all your buttons in one drawing. This way they are all consistent. Here are some buttons I made today to refresh my class site with.
Today was an opportunity to refine what I already do in my classroom and on my class site. I am looking forward to making a few changes to my class site this weekend.
