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I have picked collaboration as this is an essential skill to every classroom. Working together enables students to build a rapport and construct strong social connections. Collaboration really is the key to communication and I feel it is vital in enabling pupils to find their critical voice and engaging in collaboration rubric. I work with children with Autism who experience huge deficits in social communication, therefore I feel this would be very relevant to my practice. There are many ways of using this to bring pupils together to make friends. Within the ASD class, I could perhaps group children according to their areas of interest such as space, lego and favourite colours. They could then work together in pairs to complete a project perhaps and deliver it to the class. Of course this would be a very challenging project to engage with but I feel it would be of massive benefit to the kids.
Digital Technology is a fantastic tool to support learning in the classroom. It can support peer coaching and student collaboration within the class leading to greater student accountability. Digital technology can make a huge impact on the learning experience of our pupils and moreover those whom are visual learners. It’s a shame that Digital Technology or ICT is not a core subject in the primary curriculum. I trained in the UK and found it very beneficial that ICT was a core subject. Furthermore, I feel that Digital Literacy ought to be part of the school self-evaluation and involve the whole school community. Certainly the digital framework would help students improve knowledge and develop critical and creative thinking in learning. I endeavour to work with Digital Technology and to encourage pupils and colleagues to use IT as a platform for greater learning and assessment for learning. This would be of huge benefit to all involved.
Hi all,
I heard of One Note before as a colleague recommended it for my pupils whom have Autism. It appears to be particularly useful for visual learners and can be individualized to meet the needs of your cohort of pupils. I look forward to incorporating in to my lessons. I think that One Note is really well structured and it’s great that you can choose style, color, resources such as pictures, videos and links to support the learning in the classroom. It’s also advantageous that you can easily store the lesson and use it over and over again. Also it enables you to edit as needed based on the evolving needs of the class. This ensures that you have a strong foundation of lessons and plans and that the resources can be shared with staff for the purposes of collaborative practice. It is also a very useful platform for teachers to engage with pupils and to provide relevant feedback.
Hi all,
I had never come across Microsoft Teams until the Covid pandemic. It was only then that I was introduced to Teams for the first time. Our school frequently used Microsoft Teams to communicate during the pandemic and have meetings to share good practice and to link in with how we found our teaching to be during the lockdown. Needless to say it was very challenging for many people as we had never used this platform before. I would still say that most of us are not fully familiar or competent in using this but it is a work in progress. I believe that there are endless possibilities for pupil collaboration and communication. However, it could be a challenge to incorporate it in to the school team on a very regular basis as many staff members do find the online forums extremely challenging. It would require relevant and ongoing CPD to the whole school to feel fully competent in this area.
<p class=”MsoNormal”><span style=”font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: ‘Arial’,sans-serif; color: #163c42; background: white;”>Hi all,</span></p>
<p class=”MsoNormal”><span style=”font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: ‘Arial’,sans-serif; color: #163c42; background: white;”>I never came across Sway until I started this course. I think Sway would be very beneficial in the classroom. Technology is truly incredible to think you can go from a blank canvas to a visually engaging resource. It appears that there is a broad selection in terms of creating exciting and relevant lesson themes. I also feel that Forms would be a great resource for factual work such as data. Needless to say this could be used for staff meetings, planning and assessment for learning. It is also hugely important in terms of involving the whole school community and involving both parents and non-teaching staff eg; cleaners. Furthermore, I think Sway would be a superb way of showing the everyday realities of classroom life for the purposes of social media and newsletters. <span style=”mso-spacerun: yes;”> </span>It would appear that Sway has huge benefits for all involved and can only be of huge advantage.</span></p>
