End of the Road for 2014

Three heads were better than one  for Charlotte, Annabelle and Edward when it comes to trying to solve one of the ISC's puzzles. A  puzzle left on our circulation desk this week caused much interest.

This will be the last post for 2014. This year there have been  seventy four posts  and I hope that you have found many of them  worthwhile resources for your  own professional learning. There are now four years' of archived posts that can be accessed from the right hand side of this blog. You can also do a search for topics by using the search box which is on the top  left hand  side.
I wish everyone a very happy, restful and safe  Christmas break and I look forward to resume blogging in 2015.

Top Learning Tools For 2014

Each year,  Jane Hart releases her "Top Tools For Learning" List.This is her 8th Annual learning Tools Survey compiled from votes of over 1000 learning professionals in workplace learning and education from 61 countries. The top tool for the 6th year running is Twitter with YouTube and Google Docs following close behind.

Free online tools and social networks dominate the list for independent personal learning and building professional learning networks (PLN)

Top 100 Tools for Learning 2014 from Jane Hart

Good Reading Magazine

This is a reminder to all members of our school community that  they can access  24/7, the online version of the Australian Good Reading magazine via the  front page of the ISC's Virtual Library space.
 The December issue has a compilation of their 34 books that earned 5 star reviews and it also checks out what is likely to be "big" in 2015. Their feature article "Readable English" is also worth checking out as it is about  a new program that could revolutionise reading.
Click on the link to go to the ISC Virtual Library space. ISC Virtual Library

SeeMe:Tackling Body Image Issues

Body image is an important issue for our society and the  Queen Victoria Womens' Centre has recently  developed a fantastic online  resource  called SeeMe. It is designed to empower young people in relation to body imagery in the media. Although it is aimed primarily at  Year 8 English classes  it could easily be used in  PD activities or other levels as well.. It contains five modules that include:

• body image
• fashion and cosmetics
• gender stereotyping
• healthy lifestyle choices
• ethics in advertising

The modules include quizzes, image analysis and opportunities for discussion and creativity.

Victorian Premier's Reading Challenge

 

 

 

 

Congratulations to our  2014 Year 7 and 8 students who have completed their 2014 Victorian Premier’s Reading Challenge having read well over 3,000 over two year levels. They received their certificates in  Week 7 acknowledging  that they have read over fifteen books.

Josh Strauss in 8D  took out the prize for having the read the most books overall – 124 books.  Josh also helped his class to victory with 8D taking out the prize for reading the most as a class – 586 books. This will be the second year this class of exemplary readers shall take out this prize. Congratulations, 8D.

Once again convenor, Joy Reid, has done a fabulous job keeping this six month program alive and she plays a key role in promoting a reading culture at our Garnsey campus. Many of our students have read voraciously during this challenge and the twelve students who read over fifty books
celebrated their achievements at a Chinese Luncheon held at the Gippsland Dragon on the 20th November.

Holiday Reading Function

The ISC  team  invite you all to attend our  Holiday Reading Function  on Friday 5th December. It will start at 3:30 pm and drinks and nibbles will be supplied. Liz and Trevor from Collins Bookstore will also be making their regular  "guest appearance" to tell us about the latest summer  reads. We hope that you are able to come along and help us celebrate the end of the year. This function  is a great opportunity to  start unwinding and easing  yourselves into holiday mode.

Building Capacity in our Year 7's

With supporting skill development and guided learning being an important focus of our ISC, I have thoroughly enjoyed having the opportunity to co –teach with our Year 7 History and Geography teachers this year. Through their investigations of Asia and Ancient Egypt, Year 7’s have learnt and practiced new skills which have included:

·         Developing their own questions

·         Note Making

·         Using Inspirations’ mind mapping tool

·         Accessing ISC virtual resource guides

·         Using copyright friendly resources in their presentations

·         Using Moviemaker as a presenting tool

·         Uploading tasks to the school portal Discussion Board.

It has been wonderful to see their progression in these skills during 2014.

Paired Reading In Year 8

It has also been rewarding  and satisfying for Joy and myself to be able to  support Year 8's in developing their literacy and digital skills this term. In their “Paired Reading” project, students have learnt how to customise and maintain a blog, use the web tool Voki, use copyright friendly resources only, create their own movie and embed all multimedia into their blog. Students have enjoyed the variety of tasks in this project. With reading being an essential life skill, this project was a great way to foster a love of reading and allow students to present their responses in a challenging and creative way.

In Week Six, all Year 8's had the opportunity to showcase their blogs. It was also a requirement to peer and self -assess and  students managed to do this in  a respectful, constructive  and beneficial way. It was great to be able to read that they not only learnt a lot of new skills but found the project engaging and challenging.

YouTube Channels For Learning

It is now commonplace for educational institutions, including schools,  to  have their own YouTube channels. It is an exciting way for educators to host  and share their own collections of videos that could feature lectures, tutorials and  open coursework.

Below are some  general educational YouTube channels I think are worth following. I particularly like Teaching and Learning in  South Australia. Above are two of their videos.The first is from a series called Opening my classroom door. This series is a collection of short stories shared by teachers who have been willing to invite peers into their classrooms to observe.The second video which is about enriching learning with networked technology is from  a series called Professional Conversations.

YouTube EDU
Teaching Channel
TED-Ed
Edutopia
ASCD
Learning to Teach Online
Khan Academy
Discovery Channel
The rockEd Channel
RSA Animate: 21st Century Enlightenment
Teaching and Learning in South Australia

Empowering Students To Be Changemakers

 

After this week's  discussions at the Garnsey Campus  about  what constitutes "Academic Care" at Gippsland Grammar, this Edutopia article on social entrepreneurship really spoke to me. It suggests 7 ways teachers can tap into the local and global concerns of our students, empowering  them to change the world. As one would suspect,social media plays a key role with schools  needing to embrace social media platforms so that students can  share their concerns and actions with the world.

 

Periodic Table for iPad Apps

With technology constantly changing, this "periodic table of ipad Apps" poster is very useful. Inspired by Sean Junkins, Mark Anderson, an Assistant Principal in the UK has categorised Apps  into  8 areas of use.
 You can follow Mark on the ICTEvangelist blog. He has given the poster a Creative Commons licence which means its free to use and share. To  download a higher resolution of the poster  click here.

Feedly

I have been using the RSS reader,Feedly, for sometime now to help  keep me  abreast with what's trending in education. Only this week, Richard Byrne from the Free Technology For Teachers blog has created a video showing you how to create a Feedly account, find blogs and organise them into categories. Besides being an excellent tool for  your Professional Learning Network, it is also a great way to keep track of student blogs.

Crisis of Attention

Last week I came across a very  interesting article about how technology is changing our brains. Natasha Georgiou's article World of Online Distraction looks at student attention spans, and the growing evidence that the way we use technology is affecting the way we think and act.

 In addition, Mindshift's  Age of Distraction: Why its crucial for students to learn to focus is also an interesting read. It urges teachers to teach students to concentrate,stating that research shows that if students don’t learn how to concentrate and shut out distractions, they'll less likely  to succeed in life. Apparently it is more important than IQ and family socio economic status.The article also debunks the benefits of multitasking, stating that switching back and forwards from one task to another actually erodes the ability to focus on either tasks.

Teacher Eduation Review

 

When thinking about further developing your own Personal Learning Network, TER would be a worthwhile addition. It is a fortnightly podcast produced by teachers and offers a teachers' perspective on educational issues in Australia and around the world. Each podcast features a variety of guests that could include educators, academics, researchers and international experts.

 

Your Life on Earth

This interactive website would be useful when teaching students about historical timelines. Your Life On Earth is a feature of the BBC's Earth website. Your Life On Earth shows you how the world has changed during your lifetime. Enter your birthdate and Your Life On Earth will show you things like how much the world's population has grown, how many new species have been discovered, and how many earthquakes and volcanic eruptions have occurred since you were born.

Click here for more  recommended tools for creating timelines

Searching Twitter For Educational Content

Richard Byrne from Free Technology for Teachers has created the video above that shows you how to go about finding educational content on Twitter. This can be done without you having your own account which will suit  our non Twitter users.

ISC Virtual Library

 

The ISC is very pleased to announce that our school learning community can now access our custom made online resources directly from our school portal. The link on the left hand side of the portal home page is called  ISC Virtual Library. With just one click,students will now be able  to access our wide range of online resources that include subject guides,online reference databases, books and reading, research help and  digital citizenship resources. The ISC Virtual Library will always be a work in progress and we encourage all teachers to collaborate with us to ensure  that we provide high quality online resources that support  the curriculum. If there are ever any resources you would like us to include, please do  not hesitate to email us with the details.

 

Feedback As Formative Assessment

This week Edutopia has had an excellent article  called Make It Count:Providing Feedback as Formative Assessment. John Hattie's  mantra "feedback must be timely,relevant, and action oriented"  is highlighted and the article goes on to explore how other experts describe feedback as a formative assessment tool. Emily Wray's RISE Feedback Model is interesting as it encourages teachers to give feedback that is not only informative but moves students towards improvement.

 This article also explores a variety of technology tools that enable "timely, relevant and action oriented" feedback.

How To Best Give Feedback To Students

Following from the above post, it is well worth watching  the short video above  about Carol Dweck's research on how to give students the best type of feedback. Her research involved a series of experiments that studied the effects of praise.

ClickView TV

 

 

ClickView has a new feature called ClickView TV. It curates educationally valuable TV programs  

that are accessible to both teachers and students using our school’s Screen rights licence. It will be a valuable teaching tool with collections  based on current topics and subject areas.

This service is currently in BETA but soon, as a ClickView customer, you will be able to access ClickView TV directly through ClickView Online.

 

Click on the ClickView TV  image above to have a look around, sign-up for a free account and begin to watch these great educational television programs. Also encourage your students to use this great resource.

Celebrating the Life and Times of Gough Whitlam

To give you an example of a ClickView TV collection, just this week, ClickView TV has made available  to teachers some great documentaries about the life and times of Gough Whitlam.

Click on the image above to access.

Scootle also has a range of videos,images and resources of Gough Whitlam that have been gathered into a collection. Go to Scootle Lounge http://blog.scootle.edu.au

#GameON

Cybersmart has recently released #GameOn.It is a cybersafety video series that follows the online experiences of a group of lower secondary students. Over five short episodes, the students find themselves in situations that catch them off-guard and teach them the consequences of making poor decisions online.
Topics include:

• Cyberbullying
• Excessive gaming
• Sharing passwords
• Free downloads
• Online friends

#GameOn is a valuable resource for teaching students in Years 5, 6, 7 and 8 about the responsible use of technology. The study guides have been designed to build a range of skills and knowledge that will encourage positive online behaviour.


 

The  linked infographic above displays best search practice in order to get exactly what you are looking for when using Google.You might like to share this with students as many seem to fully rely on Google Search – learning how to search effectively would be very beneficial. I have also placed this on the "Research" section on the ISC Libguides.

Great Teachers Are Great Learners

Great Teachers Are Great Learners - AITSL from Innovation Unit on Vimeo.
Well worth a look at is this animation that was produced by AITSL, aiming to encourage teachers and school leaders to develop a framework for teachers' professional learning.

CBCA Book Week 2014

This week the ISC has being celebrating Book Week with a number of activities and competitions:

• Prefects (Mike Kerrison, Georgia Dunkley, Kelsey Rettino, Hugh Evans, Maggie Taylor, Leah Sjerp, Lilly Walsh) visited  year 7 English classes and spoke about their reading habits and  significant books in their lives. Those involved did a fabulous job. They were very well prepared, inspiring  and were much appreciated by their audiences.
• Year 9 shortlisted book trailers were showcased in the front window of the Collins Bookstore. Liz from  Collins' said that there had been quite a lot of interest in these, with people dropping in and asking about the books. 
• The ISC launched itself on Twitter. You can now follow us on @ISCGGS.
• Indigenous guests, Debbie Leon and Jodi Dowsett, ran a painting workshop on Wednesday at lunchtime .Indigenous guest B.J. Bishop  and Roland Brown also played their didgeridoos.
• QR Challenge  and Book Timeline Competitions  for students
• ISC Book Challenge  and Twitter competition  for staff

Developing A Growth Mindset

Some weeks ago I posted  about Carol Dweck and the Growth Mindset. It has been great to hear that our "preps" know all about "growth" and "fixed" mindsets. The Khan Academy is also a fan of Carol 's concept and have developed with her the videos below.




For some excellent resources on the Growth Mindset see Larry Ferlazzo's curated lists below.

Resources To Show Students How To Make Your Brain Stronger
Resources For Improving How You Give Feedback

Literary Benches

Earlier this year, Liana sent me an article from the Guardian that I thought was worth sharing with you now, considering that it is Book Week. The English National Literacy Trust have just installed 50 beautifully illustrated book benches in London. Being a bibliophile, this project  makes my heart sing! For a bit of fun,check out this link to see if you can guess the title of each book.

National Science Week

 

 

 

Also this week has been National  Science Week with many great activities that have included coloured flames, liquid nitrogen, imploding 44 gallon drums and fire. Our students have vey much enjoyed these activities. This month's Scootle News also featured resources for National Science Week. It was here that it was announced that it would be the very  last Scootle News. Next month it will be transitioning to the ESA News. The monthly publication will be similarly structured and continue to provide theme and curriculum resource recommendations from Scootle as well as other ESA projects and services.

 

Gippsland Grammar's Political Forum

Our "Prefect body" can be congratulated for organising  Wednesday's lunchtime  political forum.  Held in the Lecture Theatre, guest speakers  the Hon. Darren Chester, Member for Gippsland and Scot Campbell Smith, the Greens candidate for Gippsland at the 2013 Federal election spoke to a packed audience that included senior students from Sale Catholic College and Sale College. The topic of the forum centred around the ramifications of  The 2014 Federal Budget's proposed changes to Higher Education. The speakers had been given the opportunity to prepare for the event as Darren and Scot had prior knowledge of  all questions that had been written by our prefects. It was a very successful event, helped to shed light on the issue and gave our students the opportunity to air their concerns.

ISC Twitter Launch

To help celebrate Book Week next week, the ISC is launching social media tool, Twitter. This tool will help us to promote resources, services and programs.Staff will be able to follow the ISC @ISCGGS. To encourage a following, everyone who subscribes to Twitter, follows the ISC and responds to "If you were a book, what would the title be? will be eligible  to win  a prize. Lyn McNally has created some very easy to follow instructions to help you on your way. Just click on the image above and start following us!

Anti- Bullying Video

The above  music video for Australian country music duo McAlister Kemp’s new single Fight Me  features 120 school children from age 5 - 13 from Gosford Public School in the Central Coast. The song has a strong anti bullying theme  and has  become a hit on social media. A good resource for junior and middle years.

Master of Education

Charles Sturt University is offering a new Master of Education course called Knowledge Networks and Digital Innovation.

Reasons for studying Knowledge Networks and Digital Innovation at CSU

1. Study innovative and emerging educational trends to develop expertise in global and community networked knowledge environments
2. Expand your knowledge and professional practice using information and networked learning
3. Become a leader in 21st Century learning environments

It's a two year part time course and so if you are thinking of further study this might just be the course for you. Click here for more details

Google Search Tips

Some years ago, Richard Byrne from the blog Free Technology For Teachers created a  10 Google Search Tips List. This list has now been turned into an attractive  infographic by canva.com. To download this infographic, click on the link here. It would be a useful poster to have in your classroom.

2014 Lorna Sparrow Artist in Residence

This week  our students and teachers have  been privileged to have been engaged and inspired  by local award winning author Scot Gardner. Scot was here for three days as our 2014 Lorna Sparrow Artist in Residence. During his residency he  ran writing workshops with our Year 7 and 8's and spoke to our Year 9's and 10's about his creative writing journey.Scot is a highly acclaimed author of many novels that   capture the essence of adolescence. He is also  a dynamic presenter who delights his audience with his stories and humour. For more information about Scot click here

Ricky Gervais and the Creative Process

Most of you will know of  funny man Ricky Gervais, the creator of "The Office". In this first episode of Creative Stories Ricky turns serious to talk about "the single biggest influence on his creative process". Yes it was a childhood English teacher! To find out how he was influenced, watch the video above.

A Minute on the Internet

You might like to show this to your students.Click on the image above from Bytes to see what happens in a minute on the internet. It will surely surprise you.

Intellectual Property Foundation says Thank You!

It was great to read this week that the Federal Government plans to crack down on internet piracy. It is wanting Australian courts to block access to websites that allow users to illegally download material. Australians have been revealed as being big offenders, and only recently have lead the world in illegally downloading episodes of the series "Game of Thrones".

Two years ago the Australian IP Awareness Foundation rolled out a campaign called "Thank You"  -thanking  the many Australians who choose to "patronize  cinemas, watch TV, rent or buy DVDs and Blu-rays, or access their online content via genuine websites". These consumer choices contribute to keeping our film and television industry alive. Above is a short video that would support any classroom discussion about copyright.

2014 Year 9 Book Trailer Award



It was a great opportunity  for our Year 9's to  showcase their Book Trailers this week when we held our 3rd Gippsland Grammar Book Trailer Award presentation in the Lecture Theatre. The event was hosted by Tyler Smith, our Year 9 cohort's English teacher and all present thoroughly enjoyed watching the sixteen shortlisted book trailers. This year our Deputy Head of Garnsey, Kate Arnup, had the daunting task of judging. With the standard so high Kate's task was certainly stressful  and needed  much deliberation. However after viewing the  shortlisted trailers, Kate was able to announce that the winner of the competition was Jasmine Doultree with "Linked".Jasmine goes into the "hall of fame" and received a $50 book voucher. Receiving the $25 book vouchers for being highly commended were Harley Kerwish with "Attack of Titan"  and Ace Mitrevski with "Zombi B Baby" .Once again this has been a powerful learning experience, allowing our students  to learn many new skills and share their creativity with many others.
All Year 9's are now able to:

• Engage in independent reading and use critical thinking skills to create a book trailer
• Use Animoto or Moviemaker as a creative tool
• Have an understanding of Copyright Law and Creative Commons
• Find royalty free images and music
• Create  a Creative Commons Licence
• Use wikispaces as a platform to upload and share creative work
• Peer assess and reflect on their learning

Click on the this link to see all 16 finalists or just view Jasmine's, Harley's and Ace's videos below.

Book Trailer by Jasmine D is licensed under a Creative Commons



Attack on Titan Book Trailer by Harley K is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License



Zom-b Baby Book Trailer by Ace M. is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License

Promoting ABC Splash Resources

                                    Image source: German Federal Archive, Wikimedia Commons

It is really worthwhile subscribing to the ABC Splash's online newsletter as you are regularly updated on their new resources. In the latest newsletter  subscribers are alerted to  The Rights and Freedom Digibook. This is a fabulous resource for Year 10 History students to learn about the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and how it impacts on our world today.

It Is Not About How Smart You Are

 



 

Some new research from Stanford is helping to build the case that nurturing a “growth mindset” can help many kids understand their true potential. Carol Dweck, an acclaimed psychologist, believes that teachers have to encourage students to believe that their brains are malleable.
The key to a student's ability to become a self-regulated (i.e., metacognitive) learner is understanding that one's ability to learn is a skill that develops over time rather than a fixed trait, inherited at birth.
 She also believes that students should be praised for their hard work and persistence, rather than their intelligence. For more information click on the image above and the excellent articles below.

Carol Dweck Article
Teaching Metacognition
Developing Self Efficacy in Students

Digital Citizenship Resources

There is never a  shortage of excellent resources for teaching digital citizenship. The hardest part is often sifting through them all and working out which ones are most relevant. This is why I like the  EdTech Review  article on fantastic  resources for teaching digital literacy. Although not Australian based they are still very useful. In particular,  I have always been impressed with  the Common Sense Media classroom activities The infographic  above is also very age specific  for our junior school students. Click on the link to see what's on offer.

Wellington Binks Wins 2014 Readers' Cup

This year the ISC held its 3rd Readers' Cup at the  2014 Garnsey  Cultural Festival. The Readers' Cup is a competition for year 7 and 8's  that promotes reading as well as recognising its importance in the success of our students. Once again, the event was very successful and lots of fun for the participants. It was a very close competition with Wellington Binks winning by just 1 point. Congratulations goes to Alex Sayers, Ashley Singer, Will Johnson and Tom Finlay. The creative responses from each team were of a very high standard and certainly impressed the judges. Well done to all  House leaders and participating students for making this event  worthwhile.

John Hattie

With our focus on Visible Thinking and learning intentions this year it was great to read about Professor John Hattie's recent appointment as Chair of the Board of AITSL. John's research into how students learn is internationally acclaimed and I am not sure if his new role will take him away from being the  current director of the Melbourne Education Research Institute at Melbourne University.  Click on the image above to read about John's thoughts about how we should teach in a 2011 article from the Sydney Morning Herald. I found what he had to say about teachers talking less in class so as to encourage deep thinking by their students pertinent. Also liked what he had to say about how we should look at how students learn when they are playing video games.

11 Habits of Effective Teachers

 

With our recent conversations  about positive education I found this  post from Edudemic very relevant and worth posting. Have a feeling that I might have shown this before but nonetheless a second airing is warranted.Click on the image above to find out what the habits are.

Blended Learning

Over the next four weeks  I am going to provide you with a 5 part series of  how schools can  go about implementing a blended learning environment in their school setting. This program is from Fuel Education and they have found that there are 5 steps to having a successful program. These steps are:

• Strategy
• Alignment to curriculum
• Planning
• Implementation
• Review

This week Steps 1 and 2 have been covered by the videos below



Creating Your Strategy Checklist



Alignment Checklist

Are You Past,Present or Future Oriented?

Is your brain past, present or future oriented? Watch this very interesting video to find out? Social psychologist, Robert Levine has discovered that the closer you live to the equator the more you live in the present. We could have all guessed that one! However,interesting comments made about how students, particularly boys, have now been hard wired to have more control of their learning and delayed gratification is not high on their agenda. This is all because of the thousands of hours spent gaming.

Horizon Report

 





For your interest, each year I post about the latest  NMC Horizon Report that examines emerging technologies for their potential impact and use in teaching, learning, and creative inquiry within the K-12  environment.

This year the Report identifies "Rethinking the Role of Teachers" and the "Shift to Deeper
Learning Approaches" as fast  trends accelerating the adoption of educational technology over the next one to two years. The expectation is that there will be  an emphasis in the classroom on more challenge based,active learning. This will mean that learning will be  more student centred, allowing them to investigate and connect with their own lives and communities.

Six emerging technologies are identified across three adoption horizons over the next one to five years are:

1 year or less - BYOD and Cloud Computing

2-3 years - Games and Gamification and Learning Analytics.

4-5 years - The Internet of Things and Wearable technology

 

For more detailed information watch the video below.

Finding Your Passion

Peter and Alma Ries can be justly proud of their son, Alex, who is the illustrator of the recently released  Zoobots: wild robots inspired by real animals. Max Toms will also be chuffed as Alex studied Graphics with Max in 2000 and 2001.After leaving Gippsland Grammar, Alex attended Melbourne University, graduating with a Bachelor of Creative Arts Studies. Since that time he has worked in the video games industry and some of his illustrations have been published in Cosmos magazine and on the Discovery Channel.

Alex has collaborated with Canadian award winning author, Helaine Becker, to produce this book for younger readers that explores the world of robo - animals or zoobots.The inspiration comes from emerging technology as  roboticists are currently looking at ways of mirroring  the unique skills of animals in robot form. In the book, twelve zoobots have been described and Alex's accompanying illustrations with the text are stunning and inspiring. Also his passion for zoology, biology and technology is just so evident in these artworks.
This book is an excellent resource for our teachers, both primary and secondary, as it could be used in many ways in the classroom. What a great reference for those studying the impact of technology on society, robotics and inventions. The ISC has a copy of Zoobots and it is now available for loan.

Peter tells me that there is talk of Zoobots becoming a television series in Canada so  it is exciting just imagining what lies ahead for Alex.

The Internet of Things

The Internet of Things was identified by the 2014 Horizon Report to be one of the  emerging technology trends for education within the next five years. You may well ask what is the Internet of Things? One definition is that it is the combination of people, process, data and things all coming together in an intelligent way.Still not sure? The video below goes along way in  explaining what it is all about.

NASA and Khan Academy Collaborate

NASA and Khan Academy last month debuted a series of online tutorials designed to increase student interest in science, technology, maths and engineering.

"The interactive education lessons invite users to become actively engaged in the scientific and mathematical protocols that NASA uses everyday to measure our universe, to explore the exciting engineering challenges involved in launching and landing spacecraft on Mars, and to learn about other space exploration endeavors and destinations."

 

These online resources are free to use at  https://www.khanacademy.org/partner-content/nasa

That Sinking Feeling

From my Twitter feed this week has come this fantastic sculpture by Issac Cordal in Berlin called "Politicians discussing global warming"

AITSL's Classroom Practice Continuum

AITSL has just developed a Classroom Practice Continuum and a supporting resource guide that " supports classroom observation practices by providing a basis for collaborative conversations, improvement focused feedback and directions for continued learning and growth."
It has been developed because teachers, like students need to know what their own learning pathways look like. It brings the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers to life, identifying what teachers at various levels of expertise do in their classroom. Using the Continuum, teachers can see what it looks like to improve classroom practices and its consequent impact on student learning.

Watch the video below for more information.




The Looking at Classroom Practice resource guide supports the Continuum and will assist  all Australian school educators  in unpacking and engaging with the Continuum. This resource guide will help you to develop a greater understanding of the nature of expertise. It also outlines various observation procedures and guides the reader in the development of protocols for observation.

To access the continuum and resource guide click the image at the top of the post