Session 1 - It was really good sharing how the week went with my bubble colleagues and sharing the wins and finding answers to some of our frustrations collectively.
Learn - we really need to work on consistency of our 'learn' at CTS. Every classroom appears to do their 'own thing'. This lack of consistency definitely hinders the acceleration at our kura as the students have to change mode not just every year in primary area but every class in the Secondary Place. Even post PD in maths I see that teachers have 'dropped' their maths target students. We need to implement change and then monitor until practice is embedded.
This picture also sums up some of the 'learn' at our school. Sometimes it feels like that the adults are doing all the work and the students are just by standers, waiting to be served their learning.
I'm pretty cool with google meet but good to learn a couple of new tricks. Was great to learn how to share just a tab! Good to also learn a little more about my bubble mates.
Never even heard of google keep until now! So brand new learning. especially like the idea of using it for common feedback for blogs/marking.
Gmail. Goodness mine is a mess...8,000 emails. I need to archive so another task to do. I currently use labels. Schedule send is great to ensure that you don't bombard teachers in the evenings or the weekends when I probably do most of my emails!
Calendar - managed to delete some shared calendars that we used during covid remote learning. Tidied up my calendar - yay. I use my calendar pretty well really. Love the shortcut M T D etc - brill.
Recording the response to the blog on a googlemeet. Forgot to present initially - DOH. Don't laugh too much.
Managed to organise some tabs for the DFI teachers from my kura so far so I can easily look at their blogs. Although did manage to add toby for chrome and toby mini! Now just using toby mini.
Kia ora Sylvia,
ReplyDeleteIt's great having you in our bubble, sharing all the experience you have with the Google Tools! I'm glad we had something completely new to share with you today. Google Keep is so great for those comments you leave often. You could also have this as a collaborative note if you wanted to have shared feedback among a team or department.
I love the photo you shared - it really does capture that idea of the teachers doing the heavy lifting and the students just waiting for the learning to be delivered to them. A challenge that's common among many schools.
Have a great weekend!
Vicki
Kia ora Sylvia,
ReplyDeleteI smiled at your comment about the students waiting to be 'served their learning'. We spend a great deal of time at primary/intermediate school developing leadership skills and honing self management, but it seems to get lost in the transition into the secondary sector. One of the benefits of using subject sites and Hapara Workspace / Student Dashboard is that the students have access to their learning from the outset. No more "what do I do now Miss?" as it is all visible and in many cases rewindable. Lots to think on. Thank you for your reflective post. Nā, M