Home Learning - Round 2

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20/08/20 - Home Learning Round 2

Self reflection

Description
Google Meets A ha moment
Significance
A Ha moment when Venia was helping Faiva during our google call with her instructions, and when Maia was helping Bethany by using present screen mode.
Learning
Our interactive activity this afternoon on our google call was BLIND ARTIST. Follow instructions to create a drawing. First round we did on paper, 2nd round we did on google drawing (assuming they all knew how to use google drawing) - NEVER ASSUME.

Anywho, during the google call Venia didn't know how to colour her shape in - explained it to her. Faiva not long after, said he didn't know how. Venia chimed in and was explaining it. Brutally and very loudly. But clear and very precise, adding in other bits of information that would help him locate the colouring tool on there. As she's explaining it to him, I'm thinking OMG, GO VENIA and OMG THEY SHOULD BE DOING MORE OF THE EXPLAINING AND NOT ME!
During the sharing of our Google Drawing Images of our Blind Artist, they each had a turn. But I forgot Bethany. She chimed in but then said she didn't know how. While a few unmuted and tried explaining, Maia says something along the lines of 'I can show her...' and so she did. I sat back and watched her teach a friend how to do something that I would've normally done without thinking.

So my new learning is
Try and let the kids do more of the talking during our calls - through sharing, instruction or help.
Never assume even if we've done it before (google drawing)
Encourage and choose students to lead the lesson (like William sharing about cartoonify and is now working on running one of our video calls next week)

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