I think that this was an incredibly useful 2 hours today. It is critical that we make what we do more transparent and that we share our gems. Teachers generally work much too hard. Students are often sitting passively in the classroom and today we saw examples of what it is like when students are not passive and take more ownership of their education.
I control the learning in my room as far as what the assignment is and when we have to transition. I guide my students through the period. The students do talk and work together. At most, I speak to them for about 20 minutes in direct instruction.
How can we better shift control in our classroom? I will use the blog idea...I think my homework looks like this and if the students get to see other people's responses, then they'll be engaged to respond and keep responding...
I would like to have us all revisit this in the near future. I think it would be beneficial to have a more in-depth opportunity to create something that we found useful during a future PD. Thanks to everyone involved for putting together today's PD.
In my classroom the learning is control by both the students and myself. Once the reach a certain level of proficiency they "take" over the learning and I become more of a coach.
Today's presentations really illustrated where collaborative learning is going. Online interactions are commonplace at home (Facebook!), why not at school? The kids come to school to socialize, figuring out how to let them do this in ways that are manageable and engaging AND quiet AND educational is brilliant.
I am controlling the majority of the learning in my classroom by making the decision of what is going to be taught and the choosing of the material to be presented. But I believe that by calling on students and having them do problems on the board during warm-ups or guided practice, students take some of the responsibility. I also think that by using some strategies like Rally Coach for classwork, students take the responsibility of helping their partners learn.
Today, I definitely learned how there can be a shift of control in our classroom by seeing the various forms and ways that technology is being incorporated in different classrooms.
Mr. Colacion said...I really enjoyed and was very proud to see our teachers sharing valuable media that promotes writing, communication, critical thinking and rubric assessments that help us make the CCSS shifts in ALL subjects areas.The locos of control is shifting to our kids as when they play sports and we will be their COACH to guide them in their learning.Todays three workshops provides us with more valuable tools in our instructional tool box. Thank you!
Thanks everyone for trying to post on this YOKA blog. I know there are sometimes glitches in the technology. Thanks for your patience...maybe next time we could get 18 posts without a hitch!
I have set up a weekly schedule for my girls. Thus, every day we meet they expect some kind of activity and learning to happen. My girls are so sweet that I am enjoying them very much. We have established that if they need any assistance they can always come to me. They have some of them. They also know I am like a hawk over their progress report and will be rewarded if they are doing great in all classes. The ones struggling they know I will advocate for them to make up work and they have to take initiative to improve, or else Mrs. Gamez will hunt them down to do work.
I think that this was an incredibly useful 2 hours today. It is critical that we make what we do more transparent and that we share our gems. Teachers generally work much too hard. Students are often sitting passively in the classroom and today we saw examples of what it is like when students are not passive and take more ownership of their education.
ReplyDeleteI control the learning in my room as far as what the assignment is and when we have to transition. I guide my students through the period. The students do talk and work together. At most, I speak to them for about 20 minutes in direct instruction.
ReplyDeleteHow can we better shift control in our classroom?
I will use the blog idea...I think my homework looks like this and if the students get to see other people's responses, then they'll be engaged to respond and keep responding...
I would like to have us all revisit this in the near future. I think it would be beneficial to have a more in-depth opportunity to create something that we found useful during a future PD. Thanks to everyone involved for putting together today's PD.
ReplyDeleteI am shifting more of the control to the students even though it makes me nervous due to behavior issues and focus issues in the classroom.
ReplyDeleteIn my classroom the learning is control by both the students and myself. Once the reach a certain level of proficiency they "take" over the learning and I become more of a coach.
ReplyDeleteToday's presentations really illustrated where collaborative learning is going. Online interactions are commonplace at home (Facebook!), why not at school? The kids come to school to socialize, figuring out how to let them do this in ways that are manageable and engaging AND quiet AND educational is brilliant.
ReplyDeleteI am controlling the majority of the learning in my classroom by making the decision of what is going to be taught and the choosing of the material to be presented. But I believe that by calling on students and having them do problems on the board during warm-ups or guided practice, students take some of the responsibility. I also think that by using some strategies like Rally Coach for classwork, students take the responsibility of helping their partners learn.
ReplyDeleteToday, I definitely learned how there can be a shift of control in our classroom by seeing the various forms and ways that technology is being incorporated in different classrooms.
Mr. Colacion said...I really enjoyed and was very proud to see our teachers sharing valuable media that promotes writing, communication, critical thinking and rubric assessments that help us make the CCSS shifts in ALL subjects areas.The locos of control is shifting to our kids as when they play sports and we will be their COACH to guide them in their learning.Todays three workshops provides us with more valuable tools in our instructional tool box. Thank you!
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ReplyDeleteThanks everyone for trying to post on this YOKA blog. I know there are sometimes glitches in the technology. Thanks for your patience...maybe next time we could get 18 posts without a hitch!
DeleteI have set up a weekly schedule for my girls. Thus, every day we meet they expect some kind of activity and learning to happen. My girls are so sweet that I am enjoying them very much. We have established that if they need any assistance they can always come to me. They have some of them. They also know I am like a hawk over their progress report and will be rewarded if they are doing great in all classes. The ones struggling they know I will advocate for them to make up work and they have to take initiative to improve, or else Mrs. Gamez will hunt them down to do work.
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