Listening to Dorothy discuss the importance of students having an authentic audience is something that I completely resonate with. I often think of how to put value in what students are creating as I see how it increases a student's mana when somebody recognises their learning. We haven't started using individual blogs in our classroom but when we do I think it will help to promote the importance of producing work of a high standard.
I have a few students that don't seem to complete all of their mahi. I need to be mindful of ensuring that they have enough time to finish. Also with having the expectation of sharing their work I feel that students will definitely take greater ownership of completing their mahi.
Learning different ways of using google sheets was great. This is definitely something that I will use in my professional practice. It makes collating and analysing data some much easier when you have some tricks up your sleeve!
Here's some charts that I created using blog post data from Manvi S's blog.
I hadn't used google forms until today. I enjoyed the process and will definitely use this in my teaching. I have signed up with Jeremy's toolkit to see how I could use this with testing in the classroom.
We used Mymaps in the classroom earlier this year. I had kind of bluffed my way through showing the kids how to use it to show different countries that were involved in WW1 + a bit of added information. We will use maps again next week linked to our inquiry of Jean Batten but now we'll also link it to Maths using measurement.
Kia ora Andrea. Great job with your charts, they look awesome. And welcome to the wonderful world of Google Forms. It will be interesting to hear what uses you find for them. I really like your idea about letting student finish work. As a facilitator I feel like I'm always rushing off to the next class or school and leaving things unfinished!
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