Comments on: The children have spoken… http://tbarrett.edublogs.org/2007/02/17/the-children-have-spoken/ Space for me to explore my ideas and experiences of ICT in my classroom. Mon, 24 Oct 2011 17:18:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: David Noble http://tbarrett.edublogs.org/2007/02/17/the-children-have-spoken/comment-page-1/#comment-1020 David Noble Sun, 18 Feb 2007 15:08:38 +0000 http://tbarrett.edublogs.org/2007/02/17/the-children-have-spoken/#comment-1020 I must admit that this sort of "personalisation" can lead to much running about (we do the planning around a fortnight in advance), and it verges into 'just-in-time' teaching and learning (for which unfiltered broadband access for teachers is a pre-requisite). They are given 15 minutes. If they have failed to agree as a group (there are only 5 pupils in my class) and have unresolved issues over the decisions, then I make the decisions. I must admit that this sort of “personalisation” can lead to much running about (we do the planning around a fortnight in advance), and it verges into ‘just-in-time’ teaching and learning (for which unfiltered broadband access for teachers is a pre-requisite).

They are given 15 minutes. If they have failed to agree as a group (there are only 5 pupils in my class) and have unresolved issues over the decisions, then I make the decisions.

]]> By: tbarrett http://tbarrett.edublogs.org/2007/02/17/the-children-have-spoken/comment-page-1/#comment-1017 tbarrett Sun, 18 Feb 2007 08:13:41 +0000 http://tbarrett.edublogs.org/2007/02/17/the-children-have-spoken/#comment-1017 Thanks Mr Williams and David for your comments and ideas. Unfortunately Learnerblogs does not have the democracy plugin, but edublogs does. I think it would be more useful the other way around. :) I currently have a set of TurningPoint voting keypads in the classroom which I have found most useful. We will be using them after the half term, so expect some posts about their use. David, thanks for the idea you suggested - I like the way that you actually build into the beginning of the unit some sort of personalisation of the learning that will take place. How do you go about making decisions based on their ideas? What happens if there is a broad difference in opinion? Tom Thanks Mr Williams and David for your comments and ideas. Unfortunately Learnerblogs does not have the democracy plugin, but edublogs does. I think it would be more useful the other way around. :)

I currently have a set of TurningPoint voting keypads in the classroom which I have found most useful. We will be using them after the half term, so expect some posts about their use.

David, thanks for the idea you suggested – I like the way that you actually build into the beginning of the unit some sort of personalisation of the learning that will take place. How do you go about making decisions based on their ideas? What happens if there is a broad difference in opinion?

Tom

]]> By: David Noble http://tbarrett.edublogs.org/2007/02/17/the-children-have-spoken/comment-page-1/#comment-1016 David Noble Sun, 18 Feb 2007 07:24:33 +0000 http://tbarrett.edublogs.org/2007/02/17/the-children-have-spoken/#comment-1016 Sometimes before I start a unit of work in Personal and Social Education, I print each topic (around 8) on card, along with 3 cards for each of the ways that we learn in our class (eg video, discussion, 'lecture', visit, podcast etc). There are some blank cards, also. Pupils, in groups, are given 15 minutes to put topics in their preferred order, along with 3 approaches to learning for each. They can use the blank cards if they have any new ideas for activities. I carried out action research which indicated that pupils were motivated to do this; they engaged in the process; and genuinely collaborated with peers. I base this approach on Carl Rogers (particularly 'Freedom to Learn'). Sometimes before I start a unit of work in Personal and Social Education, I print each topic (around 8) on card, along with 3 cards for each of the ways that we learn in our class (eg video, discussion, ‘lecture’, visit, podcast etc). There are some blank cards, also. Pupils, in groups, are given 15 minutes to put topics in their preferred order, along with 3 approaches to learning for each. They can use the blank cards if they have any new ideas for activities. I carried out action research which indicated that pupils were motivated to do this; they engaged in the process; and genuinely collaborated with peers. I base this approach on Carl Rogers (particularly ‘Freedom to Learn’).

]]> By: mrwilliams http://tbarrett.edublogs.org/2007/02/17/the-children-have-spoken/comment-page-1/#comment-1014 mrwilliams Sat, 17 Feb 2007 15:44:31 +0000 http://tbarrett.edublogs.org/2007/02/17/the-children-have-spoken/#comment-1014 In edublogs under plugins there is a Democracy Poll plugin. I'm not sure if it is on LearnerBlogs as well (because I haven't used, or had my students use LearnerBlogs). My school is suppose to have interactive remotes that can be used for taking multiple choice or true-false tests and doing classroom polling. Everyone I ask doesn't seem to know where they are at though. Here is a link to that company's webpage: http://www.einstruction.com In edublogs under plugins there is a Democracy Poll plugin. I’m not sure if it is on LearnerBlogs as well (because I haven’t used, or had my students use LearnerBlogs).

My school is suppose to have interactive remotes that can be used for taking multiple choice or true-false tests and doing classroom polling. Everyone I ask doesn’t seem to know where they are at though. Here is a link to that company’s webpage:
http://www.einstruction.com

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