Thinking about learning

Learning how to Teach online Karen Fergurson shared her  wisdom on how to use google Hangouts  and link work on the calendar. Lenva  shared an excellent powerpoint on how to work from home.She also shared a tip how to customise your website This information was very useful because homeschooling is new to us and new to the children. I use the standard means of communication, e-mail, website , work space and most important, the calendar. I also use the phone, do courtesy calls to see how they are doing and encourage them, however, very effective, I feel I intrude on their privacy phoning them at home. Hapara dashboard is live in the class and you can comment and see what is on their screen.However, at home it is not working. I contacted Lenva and she said it to protect their privacy and the dashboards don't work outside school grounds. Education perfect really worked well during the competition time. I hope this trend continues because it is a great learnin...

Giving choice One way to motivate students is give them choice and make them ownership their own learning This put students in the driver seat. They are in control of their learning and their destination. This linked to the flip classroom idea where the student take responsibility for their own learning. This will make learners more independent and engage in their studies. Giving choices can be done on a few levels. Students at Ormiston choose their pathways and have a choice of  which credits they are taken. This is done in consultation with their parents because we all know that most students will take the easy road, not the one less travelled. When they do their assessments they can choose to do it with a spero , Kinext or a Barbie doll.When you do a Bi-variable assessment, students can choose to investigate one of two problems on the topic. During class, students can choose to work on Education Perfect, books or on the task sheet. They have to do one of the three at a...