A great day in strange times. A really good background reflection on the place and the future of on-line teaching at time when that is all that is happening around the country. I liked Dorothy's comment, referring to post-Covid 19 and the return to school - "There is no normal". So really timely PD to be involved in, and we are lucky to be here with this great bunch of people - Thanks everyone!
I enjoyed the link that was made between sharing and finishing learning; meaning the opportunity and imperative to share helps students complete and show their work. We all like to show our work only when we are finished, and the routines of sharing with others, and the access to an authentic audience, motivates students to complete their learning projects.
Today I added to my skills with sheets - it was great to find shortcuts like dragging lines to freeze rows and columns, dragging cells to duplicate formulae etc. This helps both professionally (managing attendance data as a Dean, budget sheets in my SENCO role, the potential to teach my junior Maths students these skills) and personally (using household budget sheets, costing building projects etc.).
A good day - I'm sure I will get better at managing my microphone in these hangouts - sorry everyone!
Hi Andrew
ReplyDeleteWasn't it great to be learning online with so many people from across our clusters and the technology worked! I did enjoy connecting with everyone and couldn't agree more 'there is no normal'.
Speaking from my own experience I have often held off sharing something particularly in my blog because it wasn't finished and I was worried about what people would think of 'unfinished' work. I'm glad I've personally moved past that and now blog about my learning progress as it happens. In doing so I've found it allows me to write more freely and frees up my thinking to develop my ideas.
I also use the Google suite apps in my personal life. Mike and I have a holiday sheet which keeps a record of our holiday travel expenses, that one may look quite a bit different over the coming months.
Have you got any topics coming up with your students that you could use any of the apps covered today? How do you see yourself applying them in class?