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I am going to improve collaboration. Here is a link to my sway https://sway.office.com/gDRQuwfspKKifVkh?ref=Link
This is an example of how I would improve Collaboration in most SESE topics.
I would start with a KWL on one note. 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.
I use literacy roles in my classroom. In the senior end because more content is expected these can be hard to manage. However by having a shared document I think this would become way more effective. Children could create their work 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. I also would only have to view 1 notebook per group so it would make my monitoring easier.
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/assignment.
Different ways I can use digital technology to enhance learning are: Using presentation platforms such as PowerPoint (or sway) with audio, picture and text to bring interest to a topic. Having a blog to 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.
We are working on Gaeilge at a school level. I have been suggesting that we need to start collaborating and sharing resources more. I think Sway could be a good starting point. The Gaeilge team could add useful links and resources for each theme onto a sway. Each resource/link would have a brief description, meaning you don’t have to waste time looking through resources you don’t need. This would be an easy way to start collaboration and teachers could continue to develop the sway by adding their own resources.
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 work is needed. These forms are pre graded also and the data is collected for yo. 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.Different ways I can use digital technology to enhance learning are: Using presentation platforms such as PowerPoint (or sway) with audio, picture and text to bring interest to a topic. Having a blog to 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.
We are working on Gaeilge at a school level. I have been suggesting that we need to start collaborating and sharing resources more. I think Sway could be a good starting point. The Gaeilge team could add useful links and resources for each theme onto a sway. Each resource/link would have a brief description, meaning you don’t have to waste time looking through resources you don’t need. This would be an easy way to start collaboration and teachers could continue to develop the sway by adding their own resources.
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 work is needed. These forms are pre graded also and the data is collected for yo. 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.This is the link to a sample intro lesson on Australia.
https://1drv.ms/o/s!Anuub25tNwYmeGFmgAqY2b2xCnw?e=FDPKL2
Consider how OneNote and OneNote Learning Tools could support and expand deeper learning opportunities for students.
Although you can use this resource to collate your resources and teach lessons, I would mainly use one note for collaboration. My classes love doing project work in groups. 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. By using one Note children can each take charge of a section to study and create and design a mini lesson. Children can easily share their work and collaborate together. I would then let them teach their compiled mini lessons to the class.
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.
Here is a link to the sway multiple choice quiz I made on Australia.
https://sway.office.com/Yj9DmqvkGRgCCpQA?ref=Link
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 do find it harder to use than powerpoint but I like how easy it is to share in comparison therefore 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 other’s presentations easily. It also would be a good way of using our blog space and keeping the parents updated while reducing my workload.
Forms: I really like forms. I created a maths quiz and I can see the children getting really involved in this quizzes. I think it would be a brilliant early finisher idea to have a quiz that the children could engage in. Also would be useful for homework and assessments. The children in our school don’t have emails this is my only issue with implementation.
SSE: Forms could be used to compile data from the school staff/ parents/ kids for use for SSE. The microsoft learn educator courses would be good for Croke park hours.1 staff member facilitates and the rest watch/ work on it on their own laptops.
Consider how Microsoft Teams can be used for shared Department and Classroom resources, listing the challenges and opportunities.
It’s a great way to share resources.
You could have different year group teams and share your resources in different folders. You could also have subject folders where the whole school has access so if you have a child working at 4th class maths level but you are in 6th you could use some of the 4<sup>th</sup> class resources.
A post holders in charge of subjects could also use this to share different whole school strategies we should be working on. For example in Maths we learn the same strategy each month. Our A post holder distributes resources on Aladdin however this could have it all in the one place.
You can send policies for us all to collaborate on using the comments.
Challenges: Whole school ‘buy in’, training, starting from scratch, another thing to check in our precious morning time.
I have recorded my audio (and have previously used this during lessons) but I can not publish to stream. my school email is not supported by it, I did however get onto it on a friend’s email but I can’t share my presentation I assume because I’m not signed in on powerpoint.