Creating with the intention of hooking and engaging learners.
Creative skills help learners become better problem solvers, communicators and collaborators. Teachers need to focus on their creativity to engage learners and encourage them to express their ideas in a creative/ individual way.
Youtube- students should not have their own youtube channels, but teachers need playlists to share information safely for students. Making sure playlists are unlisted so students do not access the wrong things at the wrong time.
Digital media holds a range of opportunities and pitfalls for education.What is encouraging to see is the creativity and passion that educators across mediums have. Learners love Youtube, and so do I as an educator. Creating playlists and using them as links for learning helps to engage learners. I tend to get a range of clips for my learners, from fun songs, educational videos and videos with cartoons to help keep learners engaged.
SiSoMo, Drop n Drag, Pick a Path are all ways of getting creative with slides that may help learners make connections with curriculum content. It was good to be reminded what I know and have the time to play.
I currently use google slides for majority of my classroom planning, its great as you can duplicate slides and adjust them for each weeks learning tasks, but also have the other weeks learning still there to go back and remind students of learning that has already happened. This is also great for whanau to connect and engage with classroom learning as it is visible on the classroom site.
Google drawing is a great tool to get students to engage and be creative with, I use this within my classroom in reading for students who are not confident in their writing to instead draw their understanding and reflection of the story they have read. To make this effective for my tamariki in the classroom, I need to keep encouraging the use of this but maybe inserting a podcast of a verbal recording of their understanding to sit next to their drawings.
This is the town I also created using google slide, exploring shapes and how slides can be used as a creative math learning task for students. This is a tool I will be using in my classroom to challenge learners with their creative measurement and shape learning.
From what you've said, I really want to start planning with Google Slides! As my class begins to use devices and get access to those slides, it becomes a really good source for them to keep track of their learning! -- and the amount you can customise and be creative with them really makes them a ton of fun!
ReplyDeleteI really like the way you have used google drawing as part of your program as a tool for those children who are confident writers. this allows them to express their ideas without the frustration of the physical aspect of writing. Adding in recordings will certainly take their learning to the next level.
ReplyDeleteKia ora Anna,
ReplyDeleteIt is great to see how your reflection can inspire visitors to your blog to try something new with their planning. It was so cool to work with you on the Creating with Slides in Maths task and I am looking forward to hearing how your learners go with this task.
Keep up the powerful reflection,
Latham