Kia ora team,
We are going to spend most of our class doing knowledge building work and getting organised for the discussion that we need to be having in knowledge forum over the holidays, so that we have some really rich notes to put into the synthesis for assessment next term.
But first of all a bit of admin:
We are going to spend most of our class doing knowledge building work and getting organised for the discussion that we need to be having in knowledge forum over the holidays, so that we have some really rich notes to put into the synthesis for assessment next term.
But first of all a bit of admin:
- Elina and Shanti, please make sure that you have joined the google community with your Netnz addresses to continue with access.
- Digital vs Paper exams, show of interest. If anyone would like to sit a digital exam they need to let us know soon, as NZQA needs to put stuff in place for this to happen. I have 3 responses so far. Shanti, Amy and Madison, please let me know your preferences in the poll
- A reminder about expectations for Art History
- NetNZ Term 1 surveys. This is a chance for us to check in with how things are going overall for you.
A common theme in our what's on top is managing time, and balancing the work load between subjects.
I thought I would show you a tool (Google Keep) that you can use in the google suite to help you plan what you need to do for assessments and when you need to do it.
You'll go to the notes I have put together about how to use google keep, you'll then go to slide 3 and open the link in the speaker's notes. You'll add keep to your extensions. Then you will open up the module of learning we are working on. You should see the keep 'lightbulb' icon on the right hand side or in the extensions bar at the top (in the same line as your url).
If you click on keep you should be able to take notes. This is super useful if you want to take notes while someone is talking about slides, or if you are planning what you need to do.
Click on the keep icon and make a new note while you are looking at the doc. Write a list of things you need to do for the module (I'll show you my example).
We will then open up the note in Keep (I'll show you how), and add a checklist and reminders for when we need to do certain things. I will quickly also show you a few cool tools.
We are then going to do some knowledge building work. Remember we will start this off in class then continue to build ideas over the holidays and in the first week back. I am going to be in Japan for most of the hols, but will make a point of looking in a couple of times and adding posts.
Our focus is going to be on two things.
Firstly Epistemic Agency. This is a really flash way of saying that you are in control of your learning and your next steps. This involves you identifying 'what do I/we need to know' and asking questions that help us investigate this.
Today we'll start of our time in Knowledge Forum by adding notes identifying the things we think will be important to research.
Secondly Knowledge Building Dialogue. This is about us taking our knowledge and building on it, improving it and refining it through discussion.
We will work on researching our questions that we have identified.
Start by sharing on knowledge forum useful sources. What were they and which questions do they help us develop?
Then lets work on adding information that helps shed light on our discussion.
Then lets read each other's posts and see what we can add to this. I cannot emphasise strongly enough how important it is that this is not just a one off, you need to make this an ongoing discussion. Each time you have a study period for art history you need to add a couple of meaningful posts.
We'll set goals as a class. Evaluate where are we at with our knowledge building and what do we need to find out next. Add posts that phrase in the form of a question what needs to be worked on (e.g. if you need to find more about the The Last Judgement and its context, you might ask 'How did context affect the values shown in TLJ?'.
Remember good questions are broad, ask why and how and invite us to dig deeper!
I look forward to seeing our knowledge building develop.
Additionally, if time allows we are going to spend some time unpicking elements of the big question.
I thought I would show you a tool (Google Keep) that you can use in the google suite to help you plan what you need to do for assessments and when you need to do it.
You'll go to the notes I have put together about how to use google keep, you'll then go to slide 3 and open the link in the speaker's notes. You'll add keep to your extensions. Then you will open up the module of learning we are working on. You should see the keep 'lightbulb' icon on the right hand side or in the extensions bar at the top (in the same line as your url).
If you click on keep you should be able to take notes. This is super useful if you want to take notes while someone is talking about slides, or if you are planning what you need to do.
Click on the keep icon and make a new note while you are looking at the doc. Write a list of things you need to do for the module (I'll show you my example).
We will then open up the note in Keep (I'll show you how), and add a checklist and reminders for when we need to do certain things. I will quickly also show you a few cool tools.
We are then going to do some knowledge building work. Remember we will start this off in class then continue to build ideas over the holidays and in the first week back. I am going to be in Japan for most of the hols, but will make a point of looking in a couple of times and adding posts.
Our focus is going to be on two things.
Firstly Epistemic Agency. This is a really flash way of saying that you are in control of your learning and your next steps. This involves you identifying 'what do I/we need to know' and asking questions that help us investigate this.
Today we'll start of our time in Knowledge Forum by adding notes identifying the things we think will be important to research.
Secondly Knowledge Building Dialogue. This is about us taking our knowledge and building on it, improving it and refining it through discussion.
We will work on researching our questions that we have identified.
Start by sharing on knowledge forum useful sources. What were they and which questions do they help us develop?
Then lets work on adding information that helps shed light on our discussion.
Then lets read each other's posts and see what we can add to this. I cannot emphasise strongly enough how important it is that this is not just a one off, you need to make this an ongoing discussion. Each time you have a study period for art history you need to add a couple of meaningful posts.
We'll set goals as a class. Evaluate where are we at with our knowledge building and what do we need to find out next. Add posts that phrase in the form of a question what needs to be worked on (e.g. if you need to find more about the The Last Judgement and its context, you might ask 'How did context affect the values shown in TLJ?'.
Remember good questions are broad, ask why and how and invite us to dig deeper!
I look forward to seeing our knowledge building develop.
Additionally, if time allows we are going to spend some time unpicking elements of the big question.
Comments
Post a Comment