Our second remote DFI session today, held in my spare room, without the collaborative, instant help of knowledgeable colleagues in the room. I just had to unmute my microphone or write my queries in the chat bar & help arrived remotely! But I think I managed to keep up and make a start on everything required!
It sure was a lovely start to the day doing a gratitude chain and hearing what everyone was thankful for. I could definitely adapt and use this in my class of 5 and 6 year olds. Helps to develop listening skills too. And especially important at this time of lockdown to show gratitude and to let others know about it!
The VISIBLE teaching that Dorothy explained made me realise how far we have come from insular, individual, don't copy, don't share mentality to the collaborative, sharing kaupapa we have today.
That led us into learning about collaborative teaching and learning through Google Sites.
Multi-modal has multi modes/different styles/videos/graphs/animations/songs and caters for a range of learning styles.
Multi-textual has multi texts a big question and opportunities to read multiple texts tied to a learning topic/higher level texts and thinking/ideas-based.
This was a reminder about T shaped learning which I hope to do more of with my class.
The 2 multis make so much sense to me as a Junior class teacher!
This is my attempt at creating a site from scratch...
https://sites.google.com/d/1LKHl7q6AxO4KP_Eh-jWgT2qC_b9LSdfq/p/1VG85McWidXJpA-MXUyxRnaoIpIuAZEiL/edit
We then broke into small groups, and Maria Krauss led us in a brainstorm of ideas using a Google JAMBOARD. We then had a crack at creating a multi-textual site from scratch about a Junior level reader. This is a work in progress, takes a looooooong time to do, but I expect it gets quicker with practise.
https://sites.google.com/d/1so6tt20PDirxNyiiBxJhLkR6gV4I4MVm/p/1F-6g6AcUeA5lph-rN1b-hezHGgBBCywH/edit
Kerry showed us a blog tip about changing reactions, which I finally managed to do! If you leave me a reaction you'll see ;)
Kia ora Donna,
ReplyDeleteI love that even though the DFI was held in your spare room that help could still arrive remotely. Let's use the tech to our advantage.
Your Little Dinosaur site is looking like a great start. Hoping you're getting the hang of embedding Youtube videos etc. See how here.
Ngā mihi,
Maria