Recording Snapshots of Learning by Sara Schneeberg

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Recording Snapshots of Learning

Published on Nov 19, 2015

Recording Snapshots of Learning with iPads by Sara Schneeberg

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

Recording Snapshots of Learning

with iPads

My Challenge

expose you to some iPad new tools
get your students reflecting regularly in under 10 minutes
get kids excited about reflecting (dun, dun, duuuun)
base all thinking in best practice
get you experimenting & collaborating

experience

Rich Learning = Rich Reflection

Why reflect anyway?
Once students have learned something worthwhile, why not just stop there? As teachers, we moan about reflecting but do it constantly without noticing. For me, the most valuable reflections are spontaneous but it is only when I am given time (forced) to think about a rich experience that I really arrive at new and deeper understanding.

What kinds of experiences have you noticed that lead to rich reflection?

simulation
provocative stimulus (P4C)
new discovery
novel concepts/strategies
assessment tasks?

Examples:
Market vlog post with a simple summary task question leader: What economics did you see in the Year 2 Market?

Simulation Response- open choice reflection

Market Visit

Market Visit reflection after economics unit: http://blogs.nist.ac.th/23amishas/2015/03/09/y2-market-economics-reflection...

Simulation
Response

Simple questions with image: http://blogs.nist.ac.th/23termt/?s=simulation&submit=Search
(Notice the room for improvement in this reflection? What a journey this has been!)

Process

How do you most enjoy reflecting?

How?
How can we push learning deeper?
Best Practice:
1. Connections: Reading response connections (Stephanie Harvey)
2. Juicy Questions: P4C question response (question matrix from Jason Buckley at philosophyman.com)
3. Roles: (6-Traits RAFT, Perspective Concept (PYP) and ***Step Inside*** (Visible Thinking Routine)
4. Summarize (EAL academic language with Gini Rojas, Visible Thinking Routines for getting to the Heart of Thinking, Cognitive Coaching Reflection Questions)

How can we give students time to reflect while expecting them to enjoy it?
variety- make your own short list of go to options that fit multiple learning experiences.

Would an end goal be for students to choose their own method of reflecting that best suits the activity?

Examples:
Variety is Key: Too much of a good thing is very possible.
Match the reflection process to the experience
Quick and Simple is fine

grow

HOW CAN LEARNING CONTINUE?

What:
What tools can help capture learning?
PicCollage
Piktochart
Skitch
Camera (for photo or video)
iMovie
YouTube Editor
Book Creator
Google Apps (Docs, Forms, Sheets, Slides, etc.)
Blogsy (for WordPress blogs)
Haiku Deck
Kidspiration (or Inspiration for advanced learners)
Popplet (mindmaps)
Fotobabble (iPhone App that can be used on iPad too)
Explain Everything
Educreations
Sketchbook Express
Adobe Draw
Paper 53
Sock Puppets
Shadow Puppet Edu
Paper (the old fashioned stuff!)

How can we share learning with others to elicit feedback and encourage growth?
Audiences:
Classmates
Parents
Teachers
YouTube
Blog
Websites
Twitter
World!

Why share and get feedback anyway?
Austin's butterfly link (image credit from same video):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqh1MRWZjms

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Inspiration and Sources:
6 Traits
Making the PYP Happen
Cognitive Coaching
Visible Thinking
P4C
The Philosophy Man

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Challenge

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Grow Your Own Learning

Choose recent rich content of your own or get something quickly from Newsela.com
Process it in a way that makes sense for the experience
Use your iPad or laptop to capture your process and growth- and share!
(If you want to see examples or know more about anything on the info graphic, just ask!)

Examples of many of these can be found on my class blog:
http://blogs.nist.ac.th/5ss/
Click on the Student Blogs page to browse examples here:
http://blogs.nist.ac.th/5ss/student-blogs/

Photo by andyarthur

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