Sally Avern's Professional Journey

DIGITAL 20 C vs 21 C Do we need the hangover from the industrial era? Reflection on the difference between: They needs differ because we can't see the future. Technology changes so quickly that we need to give the students the skills to find their own information.  We are wasting time by not collaborating- these skills will save us time. We need some of each of the skills. Being on time- a 20h century skill, is necessary.  Knowing how to listen and remember- great skills. But not recall facts. you now need to be able to find the information. To identify what is needed and what can be discarded. We need to be able to build new nueral pathways- we do need some of both, but not all. Control needs to let go. We need the broad understandings of the subject- not the formulas that make those up.  We need to be able to work out how to find things- understand hwo to problem solve, read the problems, find the issues that need to be solved- before they are prob...

Read the letter here. Pieces of paper from universities are no longer as meaningful as they use to be. The industrial age is over- but school still reflects this.  Memorising facts is pointless. DIGITAL - WHAT IS KNOWLEDGE? CLASS NOTES The illusion of knowledge is worse that ignorance. LEADERSHIP  LEADERSHIP VS FOLLOWERSHIP CLASS NOTES What sort of follower am I? What sort of leader am I? Dr. Tony Wagner: COURSE NOTES Grades are pointless without feedback.  Use the SAMR model and aim for 2nd best. You are learning, read modification as your place to start and then think about how you can make it redefinition.  When doing your assignments make sure you look at the percentages and gives each percentage a word count number.   Ie: 20% overall score = 20% word count. 

Teaching my students to be critical thinkers through multiple choice answers. Which one doesn't belong? You could introduce multi choice questions through this. It could be quite fun. Search for the Kraken on the internet. Decide: Is the Kraken real, imaginary, or something in between? How do you know? Why might it be important to be able to figure this sort of thing out? Go Meta! How did you work with others to figure this out? List some things a partner noticed or said that shifted your thinking. List some things you noticed or said that helped the inquiry. List some things your group could do better next time. How did you figure out the reliability of the websites you found? How did you know whether a site was “legit” or not? Critical Literacy and fake news Education Week, June 2017 (Anne S) Is the Kraken real? Where is your evidence? Text Text one Youtube Going meta…..   Stop them after the first source of eviden...

Here is it starting to take shape in my practice. As you can see, this is my reading planning. Weeks 7 & 8 Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Names x x x x interpreting illustrations, photographs, text boxes, diagrams, maps, charts, and graphs. understand how they select from and use their repertoire of comprehension strategies, which include: –  locating and summarising ideas  by skimming or scanning, - drawing on several related items of information in order to infer ideas and information that are not directly stated in the text reflect on writers’ purposes and on the ways in which writers use language and ideas to suit their purposes (e.g., by using confirming ideas to support them). finding and learning the meanings of unknown vocabulary by using strategies such as applying their knowledge of how words work or seeking explanations in the text or in illustrations; WALT reflect on writers’ purposes locating and summaris...

Argumentation  + Bloom's Taxonomy + Teaching as Inquiry + Discussion based learning I'v started this with a reflection. My current TAI goal is to give the students more agency to work towards inquiry based learning.  I know that agency and inquiry is proven to help those students that lack engagement. I know that giving them agency normally means choice of task, choice of topic, freedom to move around the classroom, freedom the choose when they work on what task they are performing. What if agency meant freedom to THINK whatever they want.  Form opinions, make decisions. I feel like I am developing my evaluating mind around the way I give agency to my students. Yes, they need to be guided, but I can be giving them the skills they need in reading and writing to form opinions, use and discuss ideas and agree/disagree with evidence.  I am getting there with baby steps. I am seeing my practice develop. Agree/disagree is used in my class- in a beginners way. Now...

Think about it from the child's point of view.  They are the heart of the matter. Read Disobedient Teaching for real! Don't just skim read. Change is uncomfortable.  You will need to do it and it's not gonna be nice. How are these students reflected in the classroom? How does it work in your classroom? Do they have something to jot down stuff in? Do my kids keep a diary? Do i expect them to make a to do list? They have a must do list... HELPING CIRCLE. CALL IT THIS. BOOKS: Sylivia Ashton Warner: check her out. "Teacher" Joseph Pearce: The magical child  mach 2:    Nathan Mikaere Wallis: Follow the blueprint Elwyn Richardson: In the early world.    ( what we watched in Uni) THE SACRED URGE TO PLAY: Making writing living work (easy to work)  Lucy Caulkins Lessons that change writers: Nancie Atwell Jeff Anderson.   student agency book. What is my philosophy? Why? Go back to this.  Key vocabulary.... Are my beliefs ...

Start with the topic- then add Te Reo, Work out what you are doing, work out the words and then move on from there. You just need the topic and then the level, how do you intergrate into the topics you are doing. topic brainstorm- translate level 3- incorporate the holistic view of everything.  and continue to tranlsate... where is the stroy told by, Maori perspective is important so that the kids know why some scientific ideas match and don't match up. Make it Multi modal for them, just now if Te Reo. Do it with Te Reo. Do a form and quiz them, form it, add a gif. :) We have a pepeha that is gifted from Ta Mahao ho Where is our Haka? Can we keep learning it. We are allowed to add to our Haka and to keep learning it.  They can own it. Know the structure of the whaikorero so that they know where you are from not just by the words, but also by the idiosyncracies. ko Pukeokiwiriki o te awa te manukanuka.