Deep Learning Tasks

As part of our Teacher Call Back day for 2017 we were required to complete a reading by Fullan & Langworthy (2014) entitled A Rich Seam: Chapter 3: New Pedagogies : Deep Learning Tasks. Further to this we were asked to run a market space during our call back day on an area of the reading that had impacted us personally.

I chose to lead my market space on "Collaboration vs Co-Operation" - This came from some wonderings I had been having about my own understanding of collaboration. We explored this further during our market space.

21st Century Learning Design explains that collaboration is more than one person telling others what to do and they do it ... but true collaboration in when students work together, this requires shared responsibility, making decisions, and their work being interdependent of each others.

My colleagues explaining their new knowledge of collaboration

I created these QR codes to help us understand these terms and how they related to collaboration

 

3D Design

Tonight we explored 3D design and we looked closely at Kidesign. Which is 

allowing students to creating virtual 3D buildings and towns. Collaboratively we made the following table recording our understandings of how 3D design can encourage collaboration, design skills, innovation and self-regulation.

Using EDPuzzle to create a flipped learning lessons

This week we learnt more about flipped learning. I was really excited to experiment with Edpuzzle. Edpuzzle enables you to edit YouTube videos by cutting them, adding questions or comments. This would be such a great tool to use and I am definitely planning on using it next year.

What Stuck with me: tonight we discussed how a video like the one we created could be used as homework. Instead of giving students homework following on from what they have already learnt, you could give them a video to watch and front load them with the information needed for a class discussion later in the week.

Growth Mindset - Creating Stop Motion video

Dweck (2006) descried two different views of intelligence. The previous view is that there is a fixed intelligence that can be measured using an IQ Test. No matter how much you learn, or how hard you work, your intelligence stays the same. Her view of intelligence is that  the brain is malleable: it is like a muscle that can get stronger and work better as you learn and stretch yourself. Over time, you can get smarter. This leads to two contrasting views of mindset, fixed and growth.

We created a stop motion to express our critical thinking towards growth mindset.

People with a Growth Mindset believe that their intelligence, and abilities can be developed and grow. Through hard work, dedication and time, people can learn new talents, learn new things and become more intelligent. Teaching a growth mindset encourages learning, develops relationships and self efficacy. The brain is malleable, it can grow, stretch and expand. The harder you work, the more you can learn.

21st Century Learner - Colloboration

Tonight at our MindLab course we explored and discussed Collaboration vs Co-operation. I had never thought about the distinction between the two activities. So I engaged in some reading to support my understanding further.

ITL Research. (2012). 21CLD Learning Activity Rubrics. Retrieved from https://education.microsoft.com/GetTrained/ITL-Research

I have learnt that Collaboration is so much more than just students completing a task together.  Students working collaboratively will be

• Working together
• Share Responsibility fairly
• make substantive decisions together
• work is interdependent

I look forward to thinking about this more over the next few weeks, about how I can change my pedagogy and classroom teaching activities to be more collaborative.

First Night at MindLab .. brainstorming sessions

Inquiry learning observation

Today I observed Room 10 in action. I saw students engaged I their
learning, which was exciting! I was encouraged to see students leading
the workshops and I hope to be able to implement in my classes soon.

One take away - I liked how Tiaki had examples in plastic sheets for
students so I have started making my own.