1) \u00a0Where I am now 2) \u00a0Where I’m going<\/strong> Headlines<\/em> – As part of the learning wall, I intend to use ‘headlines’ written by the students so that we can see the ‘story’ of a unit develop. \u00a0While this is not particularly techy, I want the students to have a concrete document of their learning journey that grows with them and can be seen in the classroom at all times (even when I’m using the SmartBoard for other applications).<\/p>\n Flipped classroom<\/em> – To allow more time for connections, conversations and project-based application of learning, I’m going to try a series of flipped lesson using EdPuzzle. \u00a0The first lesson I intend to allow the students time to watch the video and interact with EdPuzzle in class before embarking on group-based problems solving and a plenary. \u00a0After an initial ‘trial’ I will do two other flipped lessons in the unit, one of which will be a lab flipped lesson where students learn relevant lab techniques and theories before completing a practical experiment\u00a0the next class.<\/p>\n I think these steps will continue to take me toward a classroom with increased collaboration, student talk\/think-time and reflective and thoughtful learners. \u00a0By connecting ideas from flipped lessons (connection between homework, classwork and real-world application) and connecting ideas from one lesson to the next (learning wall) to build ‘big picture’ understandings, I hope to structure\u00a0practiced routines and thinking strategies to help the students deepen\u00a0their thinking and learning.<\/p>\n Ok – enough planning now. \u00a0Time for action. \u00a0Stay tuned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Since the last face to face I’ve been thinking. \u00a0Before the MaRs session, I felt I really needed an injection of inspiration and energy and, as always, Cohort delivered. \u00a0There were so many wonderful ideas, great pieces of advice and real-life, practical and immediately applicable suggestions and ideas. \u00a0I’ve been processing and planning ever since. … Continue reading “You are Here”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":120,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,6],"tags":[9],"class_list":["post-43","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-action-plan","category-flipped-classroom","tag-action-plan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/heatherrhind\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/heatherrhind\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/heatherrhind\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/heatherrhind\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/120"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/heatherrhind\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/heatherrhind\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/heatherrhind\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/heatherrhind\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/heatherrhind\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Screen](\"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/heatherrhind\/files\/2016\/02\/Screen-Shot-2016-02-10-at-8.16.29-PM.png\")
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\n<\/strong>I’ve experimented with essential questions and visible learning. \u00a0The outcomes of this were successful as measured through student surveys that focused on how the students felt their time spent in class benefitted and changed their approach to learning. \u00a0I want to revisit this to make it more deliberate and build routines that enable my students to reflect on their learning, develop deeper understandings and encourage wonder\/questioning.<\/p>\n
\nEssential questions –\u00a0<\/em> I love how this focussed an entire unit of content and instigated a culture of questioning in the classroom. \u00a0One obstacle I am looking to overcome is finding a display area in the classroom where a learning wall can keep track of our\u00a0essential questions as well as student reflections around them. \u00a0After discussion with @msaragona, I am going to use science fair display boards that can move classroom with me.<\/p>\n