The whiteboard tables come in handy for those kids who like to 'draw' as we are discussing! I kinda liked this:)
I put the question on the board...
What do you already know about Growth Mindset?
Mostly my kids from last year all ran to the board to add their 'bits' - mostly quotes which have resonated with them. I was pretty happy that this learning had not been forgotten!
After some discussion which got onto those horrible 'fixed mindset' statements which all of us hear every now and then... I set the kids off to look up some Growth Mindset quotes and to pick one which really means something to them. So we are using pixteller.com to create a poster.
On Tuesday I had the kids write down what they THINK ... anything and everything that they could think of when introduced to these two words. Having explained the SOLO thinking structure, the kids put their sticky notes at the stage of thinking they thought they were at.
After reading their responses I added the MAIN things to our board...
then we discussed Digital Footprints...
and will continue talking about the 5 P's of our FOOTPRINT!
Today theONE6 viewed these two 'sketchnote' videos to learn a little bit about what sketchnoting is. As the kids did this we took note or tried to remember some KEY ideas.
The kids then shared the ideas which they remembered about sketchnoting and I proceeded to 'Sketchnote' these on the board!Not an overly great example but the best I could do in the time frame!
We then set the kids off to complete their sketchnote and add more detail, colour, and 'fix things up'. The results were awesome... for a first attempt I was very impressed...
So after we had finished I asked them "do you think this was a better way to remember what sketchnoting is than me handing out a piece of paper with it written on?"
YES YES was the reply!
What do you think about the kids first attempts? They would love some feedback!
The class were told on Tuesday afternoon that we would be participating in #GSPD2016 on 3rd February. This happened to be the third day of our school year!
By the looks of what went on throughout the day... I think it was a great success.... as well as some interesting observations!
Throughout the day the kids added their answers to the question...
Here is the room AFTER i had constructed it the way I wanted it...
And here is the room AFTER deconstruction...
I decided after having 'constructed' theONE6 as to what I thought was THE PERFECT classroom design layout, to 'deconstruct' it and pass it all over to the learners in my room.
I got to thinking... what is something I could do on the FIRST day back to demonstrate clearly that this was THEIR room as well as mine, that THEIR voice matters, and that I want them to have opinions about things and to be confident to share them.
So DAY 1 will involve some discussion about the ultimate classroom design.
Okay... so Day 1 is over and we didn't really get to 'discuss' great classroom design... but what was interesting was that when the kids first came in no one really commented about there being no desks, chairs, tables set out. It was rather hilarious... they all just grabbed cushions, bean bags and chairs and sat on those in a group. Not one of them asked about the furniture. On reflection...I should have waited for one of them to ask...and we could have worked like this until then!
After morning tea I decided to set them the challenge of designing our space. To work in groups, pairs, or individually to come up with a classroom design which 'makes sense' to how a classroom works!
Here is a short video of the process...
Anyway, the end result is a room which will be workable and most importantly is one THEY have had a say in.
It was an interesting experiment to carry out. It did not have the impact I thought it would...by that I mean a lot of the kids would have been just as satisfied if I had done it already. Why? I would LOVE some feedback about that. So all you lot in theONE6... reply and comment about whether you think it is important to have a say in the room design OR whether it doesn't really bother you!
