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Comment on Feedback, feed-forward, peer-assessment and project-based learning by Feedback, feed-forward, peer-assessment and pro...

Feedback, feed-forward, peer-assessment and pro... — Mon, 20 May 2013 14:43:27 +0000

[…] Last year when I began my Masters of Ed, my lecturer told me that I should read about 'feedback'. She encouraged me to look at the work of Black and Wiliam (Inside the Black Box being their most we… […]

Comment on Year 9 became Shaun Tan experts and surprised their teacher! by peter mahony (@petemahony)

peter mahony (@petemahony) — Mon, 20 May 2013 02:53:28 +0000

Yet another inspiring story Bianca. It clearly outlines how underestimating what young people are capable of has become a habit for so many of us, and how kids will always exceed our expectations, either high OR low. That the year 9′s felt drawn in by having an actual public audience (real world outcome), relaxed, and became genuinely playful, is a powerful illustration of how PBL can deliver opportunities for people to shine.

Comment on Project Awesome really is awesome! by ramblingsfromacountryteacher

ramblingsfromacountryteacher — Sun, 19 May 2013 10:37:13 +0000

For a school like North Star, geographically isolated, technologically challenged and a tendency for insular thinking, projects such as this are an important way to get the students thinking beyond the fairly small world we inhabit. Our students have enjoyed connecting via Twitter and the videos. They were also genuinely disappointed when we couldn’t get Skype up and working the first time. With just over a week to get our life stories designed and created, the Skype session will serve as a motivating tool as well. Very excited to see what the student’s begin planning this week.

Comment on What does punk learning look like in my English classroom? by Year 9 became Shaun Tan experts and surprised their teacher! |

Year 9 became Shaun Tan experts and surprised their teacher! | — Sun, 19 May 2013 04:17:29 +0000

[…] couldn’t. Instead, encouraged by hubby Lee, I gave Punk Learning a go. You can read about it here. I was pretty unsure of the success of that approach with Year 9 by the very end of the term. After […]

Comment on Assignment 6: Draft thesis proposal by edward

edward — Fri, 17 May 2013 02:07:19 +0000

thank you for sharing your paper.. hope you did an excellent job..

Comment on Assignment 6: Draft thesis proposal by edward

edward — Fri, 17 May 2013 02:06:28 +0000

why didnt u include in the reference list the book of straus and corbin which u quoted in this paper? thanks.

Comment on Edmodo: resource sharing, collaboration, lessons, communication, assessments and organisation by Jon G.

Jon G. — Tue, 14 May 2013 19:05:31 +0000

Great info here! I am strongly considering Edmodo here in a 4th grade math class. However, I am still not sure how math assignments can be posted/uploaded in Edmodo in a way that they can fill out and send back to me. What forms of math assignments have math teachers used with Edmodo? We often use activity sheets that are often scanned into PDF form as homework and I have heard that even Adobe Acrobat has difficulty taking scanned PDF’s in converting them into word docs even with the subscription service. Any insight and ideas about math assignments with Edmodo would be appreciated!

Comment on PBL: bringing together divergent theories, strategies and tools #EDMT5500 by kilad14

kilad14 — Tue, 14 May 2013 11:09:16 +0000

Have you heard of the Reggio Emilia approach to learning. It is strongly connected to project based learning. Though it was pioneered as early childhood learning, I have been applying it to my first and second grade combined classes.

Comment on PBL: bringing together divergent theories, strategies and tools #EDMT5500 by kath Murdoch

kath Murdoch — Tue, 14 May 2013 01:09:06 +0000

So great to discover your blog Bianca! I love it. One of the great challenges of using student centred, contemporary approaches to teaching is to find frameworks/descriptors that help articulate what it is “all about” and to pull together what can seem like fragmented (though complimentary) approaches, tools and strategies. Where PBL is your meta-organiser…mine is Inquiry based learning. I use inquiry as the ‘big picture’ philosophy, pedagogy and planning framework that “hosts” project based, problem based, early years discovery learning, design thinking, etc. So interesting to explore ways to meaningfully synthesise…thank you for your post and for contributing to my own thinking. Kath

Comment on PBL: bringing together divergent theories, strategies and tools #EDMT5500 by Denise Lombardo

Denise Lombardo — Mon, 13 May 2013 23:13:14 +0000

Amazing, Bianca – your mind just works at such a high level of synthesis and creativity, and you are so generous in sharing this beyond your classrooms. Thank you once again.