Keeping Up with Mrs Faalili

Inquiry question and theory of action/chain of events  My inquiry for this year is 'What changes can I make in my practice to ensure that my learners deepen their understandings of key concepts and ideas in Writing?' Unpacking this has allowed me the time to think critically about what my students are able to do and also their gaps. Over the course of this year and the ever changing changes in the world, my inquiry has taken a slight change in its focus, however, still relevant to Writing. The focus this time round is around integrated planning and how planning rich authentic learning experiences can encourage students to produce rich pieces of writing.

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! Duri...

Self reflection - Template: Shout to the Stars Celebratory Framework   - Visible to journal Edit  |  Delete Description I want to celebrate the power of my screencasts and the impact it has on my learners Significance I am using screencasts more now than ever - and each week the purpose of screencasts has improved. Initially, it was more instruction based, which some still are, making a move towards using it to model learning. The goal this week was to use it to help teach and scaffold my learners in a piece of writing. Learning What is it that I have learnt by achieving this? That my instructions and what I choose to say must give the message clear to my learners What is it I am learning about myself, my teaching practice, and my students, and my colleagues? That my questions and the way I explain the learning through screen cast need to be done in a way that ALL my learners are able to understand. In this home learning situation that we're in, that my learners can still...

Self Reflection Name of Course/Programme/Seminar: No course - just jumping in the deep end with what we know and using it for lock down. I'm calling this HOME LEARNING 1.0 Provider/Presenter: Fiona - google hangouts. Chris & Johanna- Distant teaching and learning. If I was to summarise the key things I took away from this Professional Development what would they be and why? Google hangouts. This was new learning. We jumped in - with what we knew and set it up. It worked, well, I thought it did. Until kids were on it super late at night. New learning - set it up right, from the beginning. Teaching through the screen Even though we are 1:1, and have been for some time, I don't think anything would've prepared me for this. -My planning and class site has changed and evolved with the needs of this time (constantly thinking about what my students are able to do (digitally) and of the resources they may or may not have at home that may block them from partic...