KPMG in Term 2
The plane was full as we pulled out of Christchurch. I was the newby on this trip but luckily Anna was at the airport to Uber us to our hotel. It was a fish out of water situation and the wander around the viaduct was a real eye opener.
The morning meant access to a coffee and time to enjoy a Mojo breakfast. Once the MIT were assembled we headed into the KPMG building. The venue was a great space to share our ideas and the wander around later on showed they had really thought about productivity.
Sharing begun with a quick reflection of our progress.
Prototype
We then went into a little more depth sharing our 'prototype.' Mine was more of a presentation. I outlined where I had come and what my MIT focus was. Connect home with the learner. The adaptions that I had made from the hangouts had given me confidence that I was on the right track and the response from the team was mostly positive. It was great to hear how things might work from their perspective and some polishing points that will help with selling my concept and building on a template.
The team
Anusha - shared her work on redesigning the learning experience. The blueprint was amazing and I think I will take an adapted version back ASAP to my planning at school.
Anna - shared her Bookflix website. Books galore with links to texts online. The use of forms to question - adapt in context - use of forms regularly to practice with inference comprehension. (I will be using this ASAP)
Pip - Student feedback - letting them know how they are progressing.
How to PAT: Skimming and scanning - define. Tips on the question. Useful to target with groups texts.
Tools - Highlight
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Alida - New Teacher's Induction
Website to show ways to teach in NZ, whether it is BT or teachers new to NZ.
Digital induction course
Add with specific school digital resource for new staff at NBC.
Deb - Tuning into Oral Language
Themes set up with specific inquiry. Featured texts - set vocab and prompts. Play provocations.
Looked at assessments and adapted to make more relevant to learner - see patterns.
Jono - Algebra - how to
Use of children to tutor peers
Web link to worksheets - set up as Learn, Create, Share
Some great work done by the team and good to have the progress analyses by colleagues.
Blogging - I learnt to be careful where I hide the gold in videos - make sure that the point is evident and quick - I hope you have managed to find the gold here.
Hi Nick,
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed your presentation today, the mahi you have been doing was inspiring. Wonderful to see students confidently sharing their learning via a video, that's a valuable skill for them develop.
I'm keen to know more about it, and as I'm working mostly with high school teachers wonder how you might see this being developed further at high school level. Do you have a website or a link ?
Thanks for your presentation today. My ears perked up as my primary years were at a neighbouring school, Central New Brighton (which is no more).
ReplyDeleteIt was awesome to hear how about your project and I liked how you'd used google/etc tools to capture learning conversations and connect with whanau.
Is this something you will/do do school wide?