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I am going to improve collaboration.
This is an example of how I would improve Collaboration in most SESE topics.
I would start with a KWL on one note similar to Paula’s lesson. We would then start learning about the topic and children could add to the KWL as they go. We could record whole class notes on one note. Flip grid could also be used for the kids to ask or answer discovery questions. They could complete at project at the end using on note to collect the info and sway to create the presentation.
We, like others, use literacy roles in our classroom. I find in the senior classes these can be harder to be effective. However by having a shared document I think this would become way more effective. Children could create their project on one note or something similar and present their information to the group. The children will be able to use these shared ideas to further understand the novels they are reading.
The benefit I see in using digital formats for collaboration in group work is I feel it gives more accountability for each member of the team to contribute and ‘pull their weight’. Often when written one person gets stuck with the majority of the writing, one with the art and the rest offer advice- however now everyone can have equal involvement in a project.
I saw someone mention book creator in a post. This would also be a very fun way to collaborate during a narrative writing module.
Different ways I can use digital technology to enhance learning are: Using presentation platforms such as PowerPoint (or sway) with audio, picture and text will bring interest to a topic, Having a blog will allow parents to see what’s going on, digital technology can be used to access a wider range of books (online libraries as well as paid subscriptions), Teams will help teacher collaboration of resources and ideas, one note will help with student collaboration during project work. Forms will allow me to assess the children and evaluate record and monitor their results quickly and effectively.
Upon completion of SSE in our school we identified Maths as an area of improvement. We created a Maths team and I was on this. I feel I have gained knowledge on this course that would have helped us at the time, and will help in future evaluations.
During Croke Park hours; teachers could split into year groups and use one note as a whiteboard for reflective enquiry. This is a great way to collaborate and the facilitators can combine the notes and share and use these to identify commonalities. For example if 6th class are struggling to grasp decimals and 5th class are struggling with fractions you could identify that these issues could be linked.
Gathering evidence from a variety of sources: We were mostly using Drumcondra testing as evidence. However now I can see that forms would be a great additional way of gathering evidence. You could set up tests for each class to identify specific areas that need improving also. What would be great about this is you could continue to test and evaluate more frequently to see where improvements are being made and where further info is needed. These forms are pre graded also and the data is collected for you and can go into a presentation easily. This would make it so quick and easy to continually monitor, evaluate and identify.
By developing my use of technology it will allow the school to use different technologies to collaborate and gather evidence for SSE.
I am teaching 6th class next year and it is important to teach the children the skills they need in secondary school. One note is perfect for teaching children how to take notes. I would first do this as a whole class; we would read about a topic, in history for example, and then show them how to create headings and subheadings and how to find and record important info. I would then share this with them. I would give them one to do on their own and they could then compare with each other how theirs differed; they could easily see if they left out too much info/ included too much info. They could compare organisation etc.
I would also use one note for collaboration. Children could create project work through one note and be able to see and edit each other’s work in real time. This means children could work on the project both in and out of school.
We could also use it as a whole class to create stories/poems adding one line each. Or using it as a KWL chart where children can add what they know, want to know and what they learned about a topic.
I worked in a school in Australia for a short period that used all these Microsoft applications including teams. I remember receiving no instruction or help as to how to use anything and was just expected to figure it out and implement it immediately, it was nerve racking for sure. Teams were probably the easiest one to use as it is pretty straight forward. This school was connected to a lot of other schools, so this is where teams became necessary. Everyone who taught the same subject were in a team, heads of subjects would use this to give us general info about upcoming dates etc. We were also divided into teams for the different year levels, here would share resources between the schools. .
Teams would work perfectly for uploading your planning within a year level. In my school we split up our plans and take 3-4 subjects per teacher, each creates the termly plan and fortnightly plans for that subject. You then edit it to suit your class. Teams would be a perfect for u to share the plans. Usually we just send a lot of emails to each other with attachments which is messy. We could also make folders to add any good resources we found. It also means the next group of teachers taking the year level could easily be added to the team and has access to everything we created.
On a whole school basis this would work for things like sharing policies, general information, timetabling, resource banks for things like Maths week, book week, science week etc.
Challenges: Setting up any new system will cause push back. I think the important part is starting slow. Schools need to facilitate training at a beginner’s level. Each term have a teaching session on teams and then spend the term implementing that new skill. Schools should ensure no one is being left behind, which I believe is most people’s fear for new things like this. Schools need to provide differentiation in the training and extra assistance to teachers who need it when rolling out new things like this; just as we are expected to do in our classrooms.
One drive: I’ve had for years, it’s pretty good however I use it for storage rather than stuff I need quick access too.
Sway: I liked this resource, I had never hear of it before. I’d like to get the children to create a project on sway and then link it in our class blog. I think this would be nice as the children could then look at each others presentations easily. It also would be a good way of using our blog space and keeping the parents updated. I think I would still do my lesson presentations on powerpoint as I don’t see a huge difference other than it being online but maybe I am missing something?
Forms: I really like this and hadn’t used it before. I created a maths quiz and I can see the children getting really involved in these quizzes. I think it would be a brilliant early finisher idea to have a quiz that the children could engage in. Also it would be useful for homework and assessments. I used to do this in a private school I worked in on a paid for website that was quite expensive so this is a good alternative solution for my current public school. My issue is the responses for me are coming up as anonymous. I saw on the module your settings options are different to mine, I don’t see anything on mine about changing the anonymous answers. I don’t have an eductator profile on 365 so this may be the reason for this, Do you know how I can fix this? Does your school have to pay for 365 accounts for this to be effective?
The microsoft learn educator courses would be good for Croke park hours. I like when we use these hours to learn something or get resources that will actually help us in our classrooms so I think this would be good to do for a Croke park session. I find these courses a little boring doing them on my own so I think I would suggest learning it as a staff while one staff member facilitates.
