tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18595273720117209342024-02-19T23:26:26.163+11:00The Star ClassBec Hadfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15805564887516365257noreply@blogger.comBlogger69125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1859527372011720934.post-55506614558862852782024-01-31T19:58:00.000+11:002024-01-31T19:58:27.285+11:002024 Classroom Set-up (Part 2)<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Oh... WOW. First day of 2024 is done and dusted. This is a quick photo dump of my classroom as it looked at the end of Day 1.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It's looking pretty bare, but I wanted to post the authentic "how it actually looks" photos so I can remember.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_mdx7KvcxAZYkZ1MvWCeLOFMr6VcQV6_dlBOxe-hxwbanlsMqdqK4uN-yPVo386fC0YFMojHAmpkizOnCuEOchU2wzR7UHwFWIUomkipzPMTK_panXeLu9zPCCZLRHsgv_9yzDiLQGCHkcnsIwZyx2n8iOk-HPOSjErSr5t3-ePfja3SpUmxFUvnETGwR/s4032/1000010198-01.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_mdx7KvcxAZYkZ1MvWCeLOFMr6VcQV6_dlBOxe-hxwbanlsMqdqK4uN-yPVo386fC0YFMojHAmpkizOnCuEOchU2wzR7UHwFWIUomkipzPMTK_panXeLu9zPCCZLRHsgv_9yzDiLQGCHkcnsIwZyx2n8iOk-HPOSjErSr5t3-ePfja3SpUmxFUvnETGwR/s320/1000010198-01.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Classroom Screen</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtkWU79LGnkx-ho5mdeXSRe531haAGQyiO3Ke0cB3uux_5EsMjBdOEhgQ9qGP8BTw9aIQugZpIXcS2gHU3oEIwEfrjx_AOJtlVP1JEpgQyfNwTVg0RCm7E1x4P3JS6qHYn2_uqt-NotTVJQYYtk3vpKU06Il5LRzcOrWHeMQTO2wGJHvFl9apkZuvboPSp/s4032/1000010199-01.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtkWU79LGnkx-ho5mdeXSRe531haAGQyiO3Ke0cB3uux_5EsMjBdOEhgQ9qGP8BTw9aIQugZpIXcS2gHU3oEIwEfrjx_AOJtlVP1JEpgQyfNwTVg0RCm7E1x4P3JS6qHYn2_uqt-NotTVJQYYtk3vpKU06Il5LRzcOrWHeMQTO2wGJHvFl9apkZuvboPSp/s320/1000010199-01.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Front of class, with whiteboard</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsgOzdzDRc2-BKKA2kuTYyVi3d-RaCKMrjbhW9KlfnyDD43Uk_9c9ZnG-VOcUeJlJ3K1cNSUtaPtdDPBNNujhNGwB7e8wAhTSsRJ-tdKm_rvzCy0wKIb4AFNB3F9udWtplOcxNCAKVI_UJHEWvTWtMRSifGZkD367KhB8gNoUb5LL_0ZlMUx-wHN_zBE6W/s4032/1000010200-01.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsgOzdzDRc2-BKKA2kuTYyVi3d-RaCKMrjbhW9KlfnyDD43Uk_9c9ZnG-VOcUeJlJ3K1cNSUtaPtdDPBNNujhNGwB7e8wAhTSsRJ-tdKm_rvzCy0wKIb4AFNB3F9udWtplOcxNCAKVI_UJHEWvTWtMRSifGZkD367KhB8gNoUb5LL_0ZlMUx-wHN_zBE6W/s320/1000010200-01.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Student desks</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuOYQVjRwGwbej_RB5aJG5YrxEdn_mc6OJDlpDt-Z2gRrk2qvnVJ5RSrqVXDHcCYAO9ZeRbO3PO9MszEGg4ltAoI0r1P1aIBlUTQvcqMgih7ULOrP1dcA3AURt0LTBeWCaM37C02lqltIgmmbnroirBB-CotqAcRSaUIyAgWBzMuYllmgrFskPJX1isAWr/s4032/1000010201-01.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuOYQVjRwGwbej_RB5aJG5YrxEdn_mc6OJDlpDt-Z2gRrk2qvnVJ5RSrqVXDHcCYAO9ZeRbO3PO9MszEGg4ltAoI0r1P1aIBlUTQvcqMgih7ULOrP1dcA3AURt0LTBeWCaM37C02lqltIgmmbnroirBB-CotqAcRSaUIyAgWBzMuYllmgrFskPJX1isAWr/s320/1000010201-01.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">More student desks</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4DdChLxxT1X6xsW3d2VAOgaf6GaGCEtDC94AvZfr5HP6O2hyTPu9xnLPSWRA22JWW6GsM-TRZLZu1XEihJWQ549oVHFfVbprl5gMz6gh6tO2a-wsfsfH4unoQzMaui5kIS129XL2WcpbpFP8EgOJqC0MjSwmcGXSPZE7rCwR-4Wb9OVajMskVNVR4q71h/s4032/1000010202-01.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4DdChLxxT1X6xsW3d2VAOgaf6GaGCEtDC94AvZfr5HP6O2hyTPu9xnLPSWRA22JWW6GsM-TRZLZu1XEihJWQ549oVHFfVbprl5gMz6gh6tO2a-wsfsfH4unoQzMaui5kIS129XL2WcpbpFP8EgOJqC0MjSwmcGXSPZE7rCwR-4Wb9OVajMskVNVR4q71h/s320/1000010202-01.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Door to corridor</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTOf8dFIl-BJvSOkqc6YJtWyFZK0dzMcYts-ro0r7kIfO1kyNdKjhU4PXrbkCUVchBurLWl134J27nBFo8Um_v2DzzGovoOo3S1xLedKfYcBhp1-dOU5_YfJ6ja96ygfknbDwcev9PpuJq_zX0-82LEuBfTo-chIfuK_pDii8jh15yijv9j38aNrM72MCY/s4032/1000010203-01.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTOf8dFIl-BJvSOkqc6YJtWyFZK0dzMcYts-ro0r7kIfO1kyNdKjhU4PXrbkCUVchBurLWl134J27nBFo8Um_v2DzzGovoOo3S1xLedKfYcBhp1-dOU5_YfJ6ja96ygfknbDwcev9PpuJq_zX0-82LEuBfTo-chIfuK_pDii8jh15yijv9j38aNrM72MCY/s320/1000010203-01.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My desk space</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I try to co-create the classroom space with my class, so displays and student work will be put up once we have a few things to display.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Which I guess means there will be a "2024 Classroom Set-up (Part 3)"!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Thanks for dropping in,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Bec</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p>Bec Hadfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15805564887516365257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1859527372011720934.post-567194741249898072024-01-03T10:05:00.001+11:002024-01-03T10:05:13.209+11:002024 Classroom Set-up (Part 1)<p> Another year, another classroom!</p><h3 style="text-align: left;">2023 Classroom</h3><div>Here comes the photo dump:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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There's a lot going on! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">One of my main reasons for blogging was because I used to peruse other education blogs to see what was going on in their classrooms, to see how they were set up for learning and how other people made their space a fun, safe and happy place to be. As I spent many hours staring at other people's classrooms (and even more so now on Instagram), I thought I should document what my classroom looks like (for future Bec, mostly). This space was the same room I was in when I taught Year 3 back in 2018. I used the space differently last year, but it was still a happy and organised place.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This year, I have moved to another classroom that I haven't taught in before. The storage options are significantly less abundant than my 2023 space, and so I have had so do a major cull of resources. It was probably time, as I have been teaching since 2005 and still have some of my original teaching resources from then!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><h3 style="clear: both; text-align: left;">2024 Classroom</h3><h4 style="clear: both; text-align: left;">BEFORE PHOTOS</h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Here's the room I have just moved into:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinhjN4_79_SnaDPKui5yzypzI6OY7sqiMSgvDRD_GV-DBA45iB0Ael0KteLbZxHElX3K-rQ2SxpAYO1AS83ByjTaB_ihEf9WtADfRZVTreiyknp5uwz7ae59jqjfPCRW-cIFf7PQMzi2Qlu_lbg3sQR8VUAcQWi_syDBNaIn2Wa3mU-m_n_Qd0jyXtLQrG/s4032/PXL_20231218_021923664.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinhjN4_79_SnaDPKui5yzypzI6OY7sqiMSgvDRD_GV-DBA45iB0Ael0KteLbZxHElX3K-rQ2SxpAYO1AS83ByjTaB_ihEf9WtADfRZVTreiyknp5uwz7ae59jqjfPCRW-cIFf7PQMzi2Qlu_lbg3sQR8VUAcQWi_syDBNaIn2Wa3mU-m_n_Qd0jyXtLQrG/s320/PXL_20231218_021923664.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: left;">Blergh! That's not even ALL my teaching resources as some are hidden temporarily in the cupboards. It took me quite some time to rearrange, sort, cull and rethink my "stuff". </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><h4 style="clear: both; text-align: left;">DURING PHOTOS</h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">These are my "in progress" photos, as I am clearly not set up for 2024...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQjyZO8R5FnNZI5ZUQm9gahW8lIrh8VAl8oEHtJTRPBqYyN9FNiF5kbmjQ0HiWJOwoI7hwnWbbvqxGHU1nxo85Vv9QC0PW7jxzNTbIn2bf2nEvyHvTdU8DmI4xjVyfKzX8LB4jJcMF2558c6iWZ4Tt1uZlwWCUpiqTCBC52Jj9EHpU9W3Lg6TiaEDWV0PD/s4032/PXL_20231220_025235314.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQjyZO8R5FnNZI5ZUQm9gahW8lIrh8VAl8oEHtJTRPBqYyN9FNiF5kbmjQ0HiWJOwoI7hwnWbbvqxGHU1nxo85Vv9QC0PW7jxzNTbIn2bf2nEvyHvTdU8DmI4xjVyfKzX8LB4jJcMF2558c6iWZ4Tt1uZlwWCUpiqTCBC52Jj9EHpU9W3Lg6TiaEDWV0PD/s320/PXL_20231220_025235314.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: left;">There is still a lot of work to be done, including editing the "after" photos so they look nicer than the "quick and dirty as I am leaving the room" photos, as well as a tour to explain what the different zones in the room are set up for.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Along with a smaller classroom, this year I am fortunate to have a smaller group of students (the smallest class I've ever taught! My next smallest at 18 students was in 2008.). That will take a hot minute to wrap my head around, but I'm sure my class-list won't stay at 17 students for the whole year.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><h4 style="clear: both; text-align: left;">2024 Pinterest Inspiration Board</h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUOWQFBlU0kG66LvhU-NcW2Us5nYAa0j4Pz2f6-3KadqfF2sm3KW099XBbuJ8Rwz3kHo8Dv5X33SDKz6kJjUleXfc7uRdNUlIUoyZViG4gcJRNGtN2fa1wlBzotQajmirwcvcf9fPGuJ_RMqUWw8WUm_6npQTCkESpd6hyphenhyphenIg65y_Y62k5HevtZIKb5CkyE/s1866/2024Pinterest.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="829" data-original-width="1866" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUOWQFBlU0kG66LvhU-NcW2Us5nYAa0j4Pz2f6-3KadqfF2sm3KW099XBbuJ8Rwz3kHo8Dv5X33SDKz6kJjUleXfc7uRdNUlIUoyZViG4gcJRNGtN2fa1wlBzotQajmirwcvcf9fPGuJ_RMqUWw8WUm_6npQTCkESpd6hyphenhyphenIg65y_Y62k5HevtZIKb5CkyE/w640-h284/2024Pinterest.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div>As with 2023, I am doing a "Pete Cromer-inspired" classroom. If you are not aware, <a href="https://www.petecromer.com/" target="_blank">Pete Cromer</a> is an Australian artist who creates amazing collage portraits of animals. He has done collaborations with <a href="https://www.petecromer.com/product-category/products/kitchen-and-table/" target="_blank">Maxwell & Williams</a>, <a href="https://www.erstwilder.com/collections/erstwilder-x-pete-cromer" target="_blank">Erstwilder</a>, <a href="https://theteachingtools.com/collections/pete-cromer" target="_blank">The Teaching Tools</a> and <a href="https://giftedandtalentedteacher.com/collections/x-pete-cromer" target="_blank">The Gifted & Talented Teacher</a> (not sponsored, I just love their stuff!!)</div><div><br /></div><div>I used some of The Gifted & Talented Teacher resources in my 2023 classroom, and will again this year. </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiaIcWvycSnDvWbsTTsCU3Y5PRMoBdGwtDXOSs6qfv1H5_4V2ob3YrBi13JgazCd49fQA0xQgaAjfCsNxdmkIDVH6g3xhikG5WIBtakYDFt9EZqgqrkIgKUn44brpeaBvWAkxbDY5WbvzVPXBDPRNqJSboIN6_9llg36h1CwgAS_2J20_2RFuXvP1VulkUv" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="891" data-original-width="1645" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiaIcWvycSnDvWbsTTsCU3Y5PRMoBdGwtDXOSs6qfv1H5_4V2ob3YrBi13JgazCd49fQA0xQgaAjfCsNxdmkIDVH6g3xhikG5WIBtakYDFt9EZqgqrkIgKUn44brpeaBvWAkxbDY5WbvzVPXBDPRNqJSboIN6_9llg36h1CwgAS_2J20_2RFuXvP1VulkUv=w640-h346" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /></div>I have used some Maxwell & Williams tea-towels that were on sale to create some cushions for my reading area.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEPw6VTcHkQ0r1R2zr3gHT-xmEdSdNePFTRK6oolQNtBVUuMlZ5K1bBOrovnhdNKAQv9mUn_6ovmvIBaWl_uxYXzEQR7eGq1IE-G35umvQEQUEiG_6pQT8d6WvAdw_KEH8rgufY9hcqP2sc5D72_zO-mAtAStCBhnOVBNfFMa4ek8mnftF9d8YOHuj-nOR/s3342/1000009694-01.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2868" data-original-width="3342" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEPw6VTcHkQ0r1R2zr3gHT-xmEdSdNePFTRK6oolQNtBVUuMlZ5K1bBOrovnhdNKAQv9mUn_6ovmvIBaWl_uxYXzEQR7eGq1IE-G35umvQEQUEiG_6pQT8d6WvAdw_KEH8rgufY9hcqP2sc5D72_zO-mAtAStCBhnOVBNfFMa4ek8mnftF9d8YOHuj-nOR/s320/1000009694-01.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZoPzhLBIZrW7pDpL-PaUbsDi22U6bVfnP7GZ0WnaStQMiLdmXDm18elU4iaKTj6qX-kJaov3zE3LHJAmHQCmxifnQbp6EJzvGZ9WWxxA5eafp4Wd-ZtD0syTZUhJYaOZKOxKmMzC26ijpNhGCVV87dgWzGO5nWX8oB31ozhMS0mTFQ2ihCSigaBSe3Rh7/s3158/1000009693-01.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3158" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZoPzhLBIZrW7pDpL-PaUbsDi22U6bVfnP7GZ0WnaStQMiLdmXDm18elU4iaKTj6qX-kJaov3zE3LHJAmHQCmxifnQbp6EJzvGZ9WWxxA5eafp4Wd-ZtD0syTZUhJYaOZKOxKmMzC26ijpNhGCVV87dgWzGO5nWX8oB31ozhMS0mTFQ2ihCSigaBSe3Rh7/s320/1000009693-01.jpeg" width="306" /></a></div><div><br /></div>But that's all I can do for now. So I am going to chillax, build some LEGO, watch some Netflix and generally enjoy my break. Stay tuned for Part 2 - the one where I actually set up my classroom!<div><br /></div><div>Thanks for dropping in,</div><div>Bec<br /><div><br /><div><br /></div></div></div>Bec Hadfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15805564887516365257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1859527372011720934.post-17300618638900873982023-12-31T12:53:00.000+11:002023-12-31T12:53:21.079+11:00#oneword Goals<p>Since 2018, I have been using a #oneword goal for my intention for the year. Funnily enough, it quickly turned into a "how many appropriate words can I come up with that begin with B" challenge!</p><h4 style="text-align: left;">2018: BELIEVE</h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4btfs8PNBftFdp672iYwpNpptsN5HrtF19ihXxzYYqNSfFrFVDGVBvT9mcUFkFlTcdDAs8VjN9PY5aaivmP6w9ZvZPTVdBPfHan30wIhM9VcdaOPbLrdGLBfLR6tATDE_7Nrvn_dGwyUmU3B5CNLdTl1KqXxffodnkdefoeQuNrWbMd21rud26o5tWJ8p/s1080/%23oneword2018.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4btfs8PNBftFdp672iYwpNpptsN5HrtF19ihXxzYYqNSfFrFVDGVBvT9mcUFkFlTcdDAs8VjN9PY5aaivmP6w9ZvZPTVdBPfHan30wIhM9VcdaOPbLrdGLBfLR6tATDE_7Nrvn_dGwyUmU3B5CNLdTl1KqXxffodnkdefoeQuNrWbMd21rud26o5tWJ8p/s320/%23oneword2018.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This year's goal was to believe in myself, and in my Year 3 students.</div><h4 style="clear: both; text-align: left;">2019: BREATHE</h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEa4fy3p_d6UI85XvtIXcorxs5N34PukgNAP6jkjf4ksgrrg77vVHTXHnckX6pO2oVpbScdWNNQCTfbe_1C_tYa3aLozQz4ATGNsOFeGLW9z_ccAWmwHeVpXOU8sfBt3TAk8m6EdvmWOGv88iqAkQN2XGo_XpO9ES1pdlxkTzE9zZhliVSN8ZXJrD967SN/s1080/%23oneword2019.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1072" data-original-width="1080" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEa4fy3p_d6UI85XvtIXcorxs5N34PukgNAP6jkjf4ksgrrg77vVHTXHnckX6pO2oVpbScdWNNQCTfbe_1C_tYa3aLozQz4ATGNsOFeGLW9z_ccAWmwHeVpXOU8sfBt3TAk8m6EdvmWOGv88iqAkQN2XGo_XpO9ES1pdlxkTzE9zZhliVSN8ZXJrD967SN/s320/%23oneword2019.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As someone with anxiety, I need reminders to stop and be in the moment, to take a breath and 'calm the farm'. I am lucky to have amazing friends and colleagues who help me with this. This was my very first year teaching Year 6 (I'd previously never taught anything higher than Year 4) and so I needed a lot of reminders to "breathe"!</div><h4 style="clear: both; text-align: left;">2020: BALANCE</h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4gWlTiThWdzyqH_XJvR2Epte3x0ON-ILP2tVq8F-PyTFKBvr7zSiNu6p9khwhF5aOZGiz8uO86V5JYJJMYZnUxvlzuI8i0fidH8pY1sz5jG8o3KCopxpXchI2fVGTywh3M55aZYNnuOqQtQMaRmbefftd4FYj8yZu5__cnGcBkPStTmEjFxk8PRHi-07J/s1080/%23oneword2020.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1063" data-original-width="1080" height="315" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4gWlTiThWdzyqH_XJvR2Epte3x0ON-ILP2tVq8F-PyTFKBvr7zSiNu6p9khwhF5aOZGiz8uO86V5JYJJMYZnUxvlzuI8i0fidH8pY1sz5jG8o3KCopxpXchI2fVGTywh3M55aZYNnuOqQtQMaRmbefftd4FYj8yZu5__cnGcBkPStTmEjFxk8PRHi-07J/s320/%23oneword2020.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This year's goal helped me to focus on enjoying my job and my home life. Interestingly, this was the first year of remote learning due to Covid-19, so it was quite a challenge to "balance" work/home life when work was at home!</div><h4 style="clear: both; text-align: left;">2021: BUILD</h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-QAkY-6O7vCNuLp9HbPbAxbCuWYCr-P_OiEytxZW9JA5ZGZ2EukxZi23cs6rHU4eOTXoAyse5I1T3zN4gM6RDWT-1XBIpIDJSlrQRRSFHkyjD7X0PHP586wga99YxssBB4MBUCJDg8iaARp8sZM6jyzg58dAEYKCvo3_W2RitzVV38coili8q8DkW_f94/s1080/%23oneword2021%20(1).png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-QAkY-6O7vCNuLp9HbPbAxbCuWYCr-P_OiEytxZW9JA5ZGZ2EukxZi23cs6rHU4eOTXoAyse5I1T3zN4gM6RDWT-1XBIpIDJSlrQRRSFHkyjD7X0PHP586wga99YxssBB4MBUCJDg8iaARp8sZM6jyzg58dAEYKCvo3_W2RitzVV38coili8q8DkW_f94/s320/%23oneword2021%20(1).png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My 2021 goal was to build on the solid foundation that my teaching partner, @rockinwithmrst helped me to build in the past two years of teaching Year 6. (I also wanted to build more LEGO!) This was the second year we ended up in remote learning, and I absolutely used this goal to build on all the successes of our first remote learning in 2020!</div><h4 style="clear: both; text-align: left;">2022: BLOOM</h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNzJGFgGEa0QJSxSATwJvcV5nY2ogSSCxhyphenhyphenmK7S3V3Bwh7mQPGitrj2lFvPNdumMAdi6h9BNpIt4NouW52yWvTnuO1lLgPk6Vc8nw53JTIkdTaPKax-1O4CnOsZUjpcUPwD7G93uURFHnZLZw8AnPTWB-qO6qQq1SsF6TXoO_m1sqgz0VA36sYA4yaU3dh/s1080/%23oneword2022%20(1).png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNzJGFgGEa0QJSxSATwJvcV5nY2ogSSCxhyphenhyphenmK7S3V3Bwh7mQPGitrj2lFvPNdumMAdi6h9BNpIt4NouW52yWvTnuO1lLgPk6Vc8nw53JTIkdTaPKax-1O4CnOsZUjpcUPwD7G93uURFHnZLZw8AnPTWB-qO6qQq1SsF6TXoO_m1sqgz0VA36sYA4yaU3dh/s320/%23oneword2022%20(1).png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In the theme of #oneword goals starting with "B", for this year I am going to work on BLOOM. The flowers in this picture were from the lovely @rockinwithmrst who gave them to me on my birthday. It was my fourth and final year of Year 6 (for now?) and I feel confident that I helped my students to bloom and grow into the best learners they could be. </div><h4 style="clear: both; text-align: left;">2023: BRAVE</h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-l3ydwxaImBT_-1HLdZ-umJD9yygIO3UDNVqK4Ri1xyj9ivJ828UJYoszJOSMmqOeauIDHUjxYw6IEYSDiErUfkGyfDN7IA5bYTUltklO4Mvqf98kysUOZfc_BpAQ9WroBgNp_QInxIYK6ZvmWB3KQW8gEbo_hHOFeTszWtvtWgZyfMDCYcgMtGPqh3po/s320/Golden%20Glitter%20Purple%20Watercolor%20Thank%20you%20Instagram%20post.png" width="320" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My word for last year - BRAVE - helped me to do things outside my comfort zone. In 2023, I moved from being on Year 6 for four years to Year 3 (back where I was in 2018). Not only was I relearning Year 3 curriculum, I was also mentoring two amazing new educators in their second year of teaching. 2023 also saw my school become a part of the Google Reference School program - I needed to be very brave to put my hand up for this journey!</div><h4 style="clear: both; text-align: left;">...and for 2024, I have chosen BOOST.</h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj2h5DpMmFCjy1JiJzI6MVhM-rkzcteB978a0NDOyskm1uZtqm_e0CgQo-QYxxt_n77GNjaoMW2321-RCLjXO31DrC8CIaUcKbsFUu84G-rH_Ikt7bLUj7JiGi3-Uj3WcKVPHvE8gk0tzXdxHpNOMbySe43xVfWYrsz-ofRtiOV5x6MknT0b28ADoWV8ue/s1080/%23oneword2024%20(1).png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj2h5DpMmFCjy1JiJzI6MVhM-rkzcteB978a0NDOyskm1uZtqm_e0CgQo-QYxxt_n77GNjaoMW2321-RCLjXO31DrC8CIaUcKbsFUu84G-rH_Ikt7bLUj7JiGi3-Uj3WcKVPHvE8gk0tzXdxHpNOMbySe43xVfWYrsz-ofRtiOV5x6MknT0b28ADoWV8ue/s320/%23oneword2024%20(1).png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">For each of my #oneword goals, I tried to select something that would help me move from where I was to a new place of growth. In 2024, my goal is to not only boost myself to gain greater heights in my own teaching and learning, but also to boost my students and colleagues. When we work together towards a common goal, we all get better!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We'll see if I can come up with a suitable "B" word for 2025, but for now, BOOST is it!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I hope you all have a great end to 2023 and dive into a 2024 filled with possibilities and opportunities. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Thanks for dropping in,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Bec</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p>Bec Hadfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15805564887516365257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1859527372011720934.post-86750778689374771812020-06-23T16:16:00.000+10:002020-06-23T16:16:28.596+10:00The Covid-19 Online Learning Saga and Certifications Galore!<p style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><font face="inherit">As teachers and schools all over the world did in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, we went into lock-down and converted to online learning in Week 8, Term 1. Year 6 were in the last group of students to return to face to face teaching in Week 6, Term 2. This gave us 8 weeks of online learning to learn, plan, implement, troubleshoot and reflect on. </font></p><p style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><font face="inherit">My teaching partner (and Year 6 teacher </font>extraordinaire)<font face="inherit"> and I have been reflecting on our online learning saga as part of our Action Research at school, and it got me thinking about my tech journey and how I've learnt and taught using technology.</font></p><p style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><font face="inherit">I started learning to use ICT as soon as I qualified as a teacher. In 2011, as a beginning teacher, I was sent on a professional learning workshop to develop my skills using the new Smartboards in our school. This IWB Masterclass gave me my first taste of using technology in the classroom, and I was hooked!</font></p><p style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><font face="inherit">In 2015, I discovered the Google Educator certifications, and dove right into studying for my Level 1 exam. Two years later, having increased my skills, I went for my Level 2 Google Educator certification.</font></p><p style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span></span></p><a name='more'></a><font face="inherit"><br /></font><p></p><h1 style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><font color="#3367d6" face="inherit" size="6">Tech Tips Tuesday</font></h1><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwTDyXnAsYpuPNY9byoaKizBc01do8RyD619psBD8aarb8peCK2Wk9Jps7VvyK2zI44ddh93Kdrwvn4pZg6Yw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><p style="text-align: justify;">After completing my Google Educator Level 2 certification the first time, Tech Tips Tuesday (#TTT) was an ongoing weekly feature on my school's dashboard, along with the Google Drop-in Sessions that I was hosting. Both #TTT and the Drop-in Sessions were my way of sharing my new learning with a range of staff at my school.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In 2019, I applied to be a presenter at the Canberra EdTechTeam Summit. My presentation wasn't as successful as I hoped, but I did experiment with Google Sites to create a <a href="https://sites.google.com/ed.act.edu.au/bechadfield/home" target="_blank">presenter portfolio</a> that I was pretty proud of.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">After my Summit presentation, I lost a lot of my confidence, and so #TTT and my regular Drop-in sessions slowly disappeared. The video above is a quick flick through of all the #TTT posts I collated to add to my presenter site.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9UN3Nzdq-vkjcHHGmIUfJjxemvtDU54eKTQfKHUzQhrCEXI35H6RoP5vppgY3xYAz48Zy1tgUvhytyGPBcv3e5OJwXgfH_1qHqG4xypYBs5Lg2OhU4U_06o2Ysv8dvN32axjy3vHfqMCO/s1190/BHSummitSite.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="807" data-original-width="1190" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9UN3Nzdq-vkjcHHGmIUfJjxemvtDU54eKTQfKHUzQhrCEXI35H6RoP5vppgY3xYAz48Zy1tgUvhytyGPBcv3e5OJwXgfH_1qHqG4xypYBs5Lg2OhU4U_06o2Ysv8dvN32axjy3vHfqMCO/w625-h424/BHSummitSite.png" width="625" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Screenshot from my Presenter Homepage<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br />At this point in time, I was also a co-leader for GEG Canberra (a role I have since stepped down from).<div>Having said that, the Canberra GEG is a great Twitter account to follow for more Googly goodness. Check them out <a href="https://twitter.com/geg_canberra" target="_blank">HERE</a>.</div><span><!--more--></span><div><br /><h1 style="text-align: center;"><font color="#3367d6" face="inherit" size="6">Online Learning in 2020</font></h1><p style="text-align: justify;">When Covid-19 hit, we had to quickly switch up the teaching and learning at our school, as many other teachers and staff had to. As someone who had been using technology and ICT in my classroom regularly since 2015 when I passed my Google Educator Level 1 certification, I was well placed to support my students with their learning online. I had been upskilling the staff at my school as best as I could with #TTT, leading professional learning, supporting with Drop-in sessions and collaborating with a colleague who runs ICT at our school. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">We implemented a range of strategies to support all our staff when we went into lock-down. There were (socially distant) face to face professional learning sessions before everyone started working from home. Then we moved to online professional learning using Google Meet.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Sometimes, staff weren't able to make these sessions, so we recorded them. I was able to use my Google Sites knowledge to create an Online Learning PL Hub where all the links and videos were hosted to support all of our staff, how they needed it, when they needed it.</p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirOOzoeaMdYJoXqf251fL0v03i-01ViZZX0lhQseWQfAU823kHWM6rnBpBF9PgmAjvR1l4XU4gtX6PJ8CD_KVnJVfuQon9y8jwbu0LhFyCF7VKnPYXOKr8gAlDzsFcECDfuBhJJjnRYIhG/s1752/KPSOLPLHub.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="830" data-original-width="1752" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirOOzoeaMdYJoXqf251fL0v03i-01ViZZX0lhQseWQfAU823kHWM6rnBpBF9PgmAjvR1l4XU4gtX6PJ8CD_KVnJVfuQon9y8jwbu0LhFyCF7VKnPYXOKr8gAlDzsFcECDfuBhJJjnRYIhG/w625-h298/KPSOLPLHub.png" width="625" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">I'm happy with how the Site turned out, with features like the <i>Beginner</i>, <i>Intermediate</i>, <i>Advanced</i>, <i>Junior</i> and <i>Senior</i> buttons that I created to work well with the design assets that have been created for my school. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">All of these resources supported the staff to navigate online learning, and know that they were supported. My ICT colleague and I hosted twice weekly Google Meets to troubleshoot issues for staff remotely.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">As a result of this support and significant encouragement from my colleague, we are now seeing more staff take on a leadership role in ICT within our school community, but also within the ACT Directorate. Two staff members were selected to attend an exclusive boot camp to prepare them for the Google Educator Level 2 certification.</div><span><!--more--></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><h1 style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><font color="#3367d6" face="inherit" size="6">Google Educator Certifications</font></h1><p style="text-align: justify;"><font face="inherit">Having just re-certified for my Google Educator Level 1, and in the process of studying for my Level 2 re-certification, I've been doing some reflection on my own tech skills, but also my preferred method for sharing those skills.</font></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><font face="inherit">I'm not a confident presenter. I can share with my school's staff, as I am quite familiar with all those people, and know that they support me when I mess up! But I find it difficult to share with an audience that don't know me. This is why I created the Google Sites. If I can help just one person with a hint or tip that makes their lives a bit easier then I've done a good job! It's likely I'll never know if I have helped someone, but throwing the support out into the ether and hoping it will help someone is the best I can manage at the moment.</font></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><font face="inherit">There are many amazing educators who support and help teachers to learn, study and pass their Google Educator certification exams, like <a href="https://shakeuplearning.com/google-certification-resources" target="_blank">Kasey Bell </a>of Shake Up Learning and local GEGs who will support with boot camps and study groups.</font></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><font face="inherit">I personally just use the <a href="https://edu.google.com/teacher-center/training/?modal_active=none" target="_blank">Google for Education Teacher Centre</a> to learn and study for my exams. I have notebooks full of my scribbling and notes from the Teacher Centre!</font></p><p style="text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifF2MnvuIODE4zoZ56SXSDCk7u6HiUkAx8F3UpwaVxptwdwuArf4SC9enKZxREE7zaeuhLZC2tRJaiKXwHqafVXn1i70GdfcJm5lMAA4J_C-GdpYxLQQ_54qDKf7_Y9DTgcvuJzzlEnH91/s3618/IMG_20200623_142040-01.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2734" data-original-width="3618" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifF2MnvuIODE4zoZ56SXSDCk7u6HiUkAx8F3UpwaVxptwdwuArf4SC9enKZxREE7zaeuhLZC2tRJaiKXwHqafVXn1i70GdfcJm5lMAA4J_C-GdpYxLQQ_54qDKf7_Y9DTgcvuJzzlEnH91/w625-h474/IMG_20200623_142040-01.jpeg" width="625" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Notes from Level 1 studying<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnOtCTGCT13j2REyKnpVO8-ln_nR-w4pqEVv1gq_6wHo6k2xPqOv5UdET9Ts8KhHSs8HoIhYBijrOUjrIjTdxGF7hxXXS6vuZ_gKjE588NqserRVJmL9RuzUy2efMBCqDRGkSAucQKUmSJ/s3200/IMG_20200623_142113-01.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3200" data-original-width="2735" height="625" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnOtCTGCT13j2REyKnpVO8-ln_nR-w4pqEVv1gq_6wHo6k2xPqOv5UdET9Ts8KhHSs8HoIhYBijrOUjrIjTdxGF7hxXXS6vuZ_gKjE588NqserRVJmL9RuzUy2efMBCqDRGkSAucQKUmSJ/w536-h625/IMG_20200623_142113-01.jpeg" width="536" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Notes from Level 2 studying</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p><div style="text-align: justify;">My exam is coming up in July. I still have a lot of studying to do, even though I have already passed this certification in 2017, there's more to learn now with two new modules and additions to each of the old modules. My two colleagues who are also studying (via boot camp) are also looking at certifying in July, so there'll hopefully be three Level 2 certified Google Educators at our school next term!</div></div><span><!--more--></span><div><br /><p></p><h1 style="text-align: center;"><font color="#3367d6">Certifications Galore!</font></h1></div><p style="text-align: left;">We have been hunting down all the certifications we can discover for ourselves and others to get on board with (doesn't everyone want a shiny new badge?!).</p><p style="text-align: left;">Here are some that we have shared with our staff to try out:</p><h2 style="text-align: left;"><font size="6">Screencastify</font></h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRngXbs_TlAtL8yy_sRcXFHnQgy9qKILukIocz_OuERCKPxlSvgnla9bB9UcQc_qdQDXA3xUTQNCEgQokclhlds9SspsDOuk0LWREYBgRuG-C0bknviZoOLMLfWgFyNfs05BEXYCOrkyPT/s200/master-the-screencast-badge.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="163" data-original-width="200" height="130" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRngXbs_TlAtL8yy_sRcXFHnQgy9qKILukIocz_OuERCKPxlSvgnla9bB9UcQc_qdQDXA3xUTQNCEgQokclhlds9SspsDOuk0LWREYBgRuG-C0bknviZoOLMLfWgFyNfs05BEXYCOrkyPT/w160-h130/master-the-screencast-badge.png" width="160" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;">Master the Screencast in a free 1 hour course to help familiarise you with the basic features of the Screencastify extension and show you popular ways to create and share videos with your colleagues and students. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.screencastify.com/course/master-the-screencast" target="_blank">Click here</a> to check it out!</p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxEyKBu0VVmQ6faK0Wb7ZHv_RkhQraMjl5wmsH2ljM6Gp5AyodGhKQv3oLoaUWs9Qoo45lux6TEQyVMELHzsJR1zZRrGgQN5YTcb1Fw4w0GUzF3rMZclHP-n-oDEwi_zc4lPZNF72JG3W1/s291/Screencastify_Certified_Genius_Badge.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="291" data-original-width="291" height="186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxEyKBu0VVmQ6faK0Wb7ZHv_RkhQraMjl5wmsH2ljM6Gp5AyodGhKQv3oLoaUWs9Qoo45lux6TEQyVMELHzsJR1zZRrGgQN5YTcb1Fw4w0GUzF3rMZclHP-n-oDEwi_zc4lPZNF72JG3W1/w186-h186/Screencastify_Certified_Genius_Badge.png" width="186" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;">Once you have mastered Screencastify, you can do the 45 minute Genuis course, presented by Alice Keeler. This course shows you ways to integrate your G Suite for Education knowledge with Screencastify in interesting and innovative ways.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.screencastify.com/course/genius?utm_source=app&utm_medium=notification&utm_campaign=genius_launch_07_15_19" target="_blank">Click here </a>to check it out!</p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;"><font size="6">Flipgrid</font></h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0-8uPh7DCa_9vpwZDzip22_dphFRRO7kS4cjukfxLb5U6N-0_vjThIy4V9Db5FWkOS7X2E5RliXZBV0IkUXkjVqSnHTuL5VlIIbA1MH_zvA3CZdON2TtTCbsj5Va_OsusjuyEDRrnNmHN/s960/FCE_Level1_social.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="960" height="115" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0-8uPh7DCa_9vpwZDzip22_dphFRRO7kS4cjukfxLb5U6N-0_vjThIy4V9Db5FWkOS7X2E5RliXZBV0IkUXkjVqSnHTuL5VlIIbA1MH_zvA3CZdON2TtTCbsj5Va_OsusjuyEDRrnNmHN/w205-h115/FCE_Level1_social.png" width="205" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blog.flipgrid.com/news/certified" target="_blank">Flipgrid Certified Educator</a> involves:</div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li style="text-align: justify;">Complete your Flipgrid Educator Profile</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Complete the Engage and Amplify course on the Microsoft Educator Center. </li><li style="text-align: justify;">Use Flipgrid with your students or colleagues and receive at least 3 video Responses. </li></ul><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHPi34dRIv4jHafhu_mvohCM8TUN7ho3c2Q-FFEP-eVi0S30t-qo2WYP_o0OFT_4ZZQVi3UcD2dauSmtrGmKrj42zzy_zcSaV-LRiSoKOc23wjkJFhTUgTW7oEDSRHhFfOcsWXwM4mvOWj/s960/FCE_Level2_social_960.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="960" height="115" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHPi34dRIv4jHafhu_mvohCM8TUN7ho3c2Q-FFEP-eVi0S30t-qo2WYP_o0OFT_4ZZQVi3UcD2dauSmtrGmKrj42zzy_zcSaV-LRiSoKOc23wjkJFhTUgTW7oEDSRHhFfOcsWXwM4mvOWj/w205-h115/FCE_Level2_social_960.png" width="205" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blog.flipgrid.com/news/divedeeper" target="_blank">Flipgrid Certified Expert</a> involves:</div></div><div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li style="text-align: justify;">Earn your Level 1 Flipgrid Certified Educator Badge</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Add five enriching, resource-infused Topics to the Disco Library. </li><li style="text-align: justify;">Creating a MixTape and adding at least 3 videos from across your Grids. </li><li style="text-align: justify;">Share your voice by posting a video</li></ul><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxtOHsnhMwYJsG7WARridHOxO3F9b-It-Oq388fvMbCqqsrvjhRYqxZnhjVnXbjf5NaGEm2jCrWXe85ioYMvuOjNso-2YgLPMTMXAs0KxFGnUHnpxnujwqxqqjjwWOTCHlOelQ_ZfR8N62/s960/FCE_Level3_social_960.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="960" height="115" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxtOHsnhMwYJsG7WARridHOxO3F9b-It-Oq388fvMbCqqsrvjhRYqxZnhjVnXbjf5NaGEm2jCrWXe85ioYMvuOjNso-2YgLPMTMXAs0KxFGnUHnpxnujwqxqqjjwWOTCHlOelQ_ZfR8N62/w205-h115/FCE_Level3_social_960.png" width="205" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blog.flipgrid.com/news/guides" target="_blank">Flipgrid Certified #GridGuide</a> involves:</div></div></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;">1. Use Flipgrid with your learning community for at least six months. </div><div style="text-align: justify;">2. Earn your Flipgrid Certified Educator Level 1 + Level 2 badge.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">3. Post at least ten Topics in the Disco Library. Be sure to include Topic resources and detailed integration notes! </div><div style="text-align: justify;">4. Share your voice as a #GridGuide by posting two videos in the Level 3: Flipgrid Certified #GridGuide Topic on our Certified Grid. </div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I haven't yet got my Certified Educator badge just yet, so I haven't had a chance to try the other levels. These steps and notes are all from the Flipgrid blog. 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Bronze<div>Learn how to:<br /><div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Effortlessly navigate the Kahoot! platform</li><li>Search and discover existing high-quality kahoots from our library of millions</li><li>Duplicate and customize an existing kahoot to fit your needs</li><li>Launch and host a kahoot game in your class</li></ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ4oaVmIQluKgiFM1xFurT4oxXJpk2KQ1CvAEVkvKAeMKQ44wj9huch0I_WhlFfiFrlp66Wi_6lT07s1TmEJ6qUVaLtsJcnHD07K0I6a8v6SQKifdZ4-fCg63S8oJnTGLobnzpGetYnPDb/s1251/Kahoot-Certified-Silver-course-certification.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="418" data-original-width="1251" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ4oaVmIQluKgiFM1xFurT4oxXJpk2KQ1CvAEVkvKAeMKQ44wj9huch0I_WhlFfiFrlp66Wi_6lT07s1TmEJ6qUVaLtsJcnHD07K0I6a8v6SQKifdZ4-fCg63S8oJnTGLobnzpGetYnPDb/s320/Kahoot-Certified-Silver-course-certification.png" width="320" /></a></div><div>Kahoot! Silver<div>Learn how to:<div><ul><li>Create a high-quality kahoot game from scratch</li><li> Add multimedia to enhance your kahoot</li><li> Understand game options to tailor your Kahoot! experience and host like a pro</li><li> Access and analyze Kahoot! reports and data</li></ul></div></div></div></div><div><br /></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX2C1RAiCYNhN8C4O70wU7OCLRUBburuxbldG6GJcCOEaZCzjLI3PIs_5rEVkcLGs13cC8tPQgE9YokGMi7xPQUzIMG65eKKsPIrkiVxZFohAiTpumaVP4KKKvvG1kSiKMtpwxg1RS6tjC/s1251/Kahoot-Certified-Gold-course-certification.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="418" data-original-width="1251" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX2C1RAiCYNhN8C4O70wU7OCLRUBburuxbldG6GJcCOEaZCzjLI3PIs_5rEVkcLGs13cC8tPQgE9YokGMi7xPQUzIMG65eKKsPIrkiVxZFohAiTpumaVP4KKKvvG1kSiKMtpwxg1RS6tjC/s320/Kahoot-Certified-Gold-course-certification.png" width="320" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Kahoot! Gold<div>Learn how to:<div><ul><li>Use Kahoot! for formative assessment</li><li>Master the Kahoot! app, from the creator tool to homework challenges</li><li>Understand how to use Kahoot! for revision</li><li>Have a clear understanding of some of the deeper use cases for Kahoot!</li></ul><div>Check out all the certifications from Kahoot! <a href="https://kahoot.com/certified/" target="_blank">HERE</a>.</div></div></div><span><!--more--></span><div>It turns out that no matter how much you have learnt, it always seems like you haven't learnt enough! I am constantly looking for new things to learn, or new ways to use old resources. I guess once you've caught the technology bug, it's hard to stop!</div><div><br /></div><div>Thanks for dropping in,</div><div>Bec</div><div><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Bec Hadfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15805564887516365257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1859527372011720934.post-38764554519095410842020-03-16T21:19:00.000+11:002020-03-16T21:19:21.517+11:00Happy Pi Day 2020!<h3>
Come to the nerd side. We have Pi!</h3>
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Last Friday, Year 6 explored the goodness that is Pi Day! This year, Pi Day fell on a Saturday, so we had to preemptively celebrate one of the nerdiest days of the year. The <a href="https://www.piday.org/million/" target="_blank">Pi Day website</a> has some resources that are helpful for your own Pi Day celebrations for 2021.</div>
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I love how Visual Art and Mathematics go together so well, and this artwork is one that's quick and easy. It's called "Pi in the Skyline", and we challenge the students to create an interesting sky as a backdrop for our Pi skyline. This year's students did a great job!</div>
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First, using grid paper, students create a representation of the digits of Pi. We managed to fit these digits on our grid paper: 3.14159265358979323846264338. Once you've mapped them out, use a black marker or Sharpie to fill in the 'skyline'. When you're done, create your sky. We used coloured pencils this year. My teaching partner's class used chalk pastels. They all look fantastic!</div>
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I'll admit, this post has taken me a while to write. It's been an interesting Summer, here in Australia. This bushfire season has been the worst in recent memory, and has affected so many people, animals and damaged homes, habitats and lives. In Canberra, where I live, we were affected by bushfire smoke, and at one point had the worst air quality in the world, as well as being directly affected by fires that were threatening homes and National Parks throughout the ACT.</div>
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As this was quite topical when we came back to school, we watched the <a href="https://www.abc.net.au/btn/classroom/20200204-ep1-btn/11911010" target="_blank">BTN Bushfire Special</a> in the first week of school, then responded to the news articles we saw in our Writer's Notebooks. Some students wrote about their feelings, thinking about all the animals that were killed or lost their homes in the fires. Some wrote about the courage of the firefighters and SES volunteers who struggled to save as many lives and homes as they could. Others found words inadequate, choosing to use illustrations and drawings to share their thoughts. These are unedited drafts of the students' thinking and feelings.<br />
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We then read the picture book "<a href="http://www.jackiefrench.com/fire">Fire</a>" by Jackie French and Bruce Whatley. This gorgeous book has the most incredible figurative language, using simile, metaphor and personification to bring the power and destructiveness of fire to life. The illustrations effectively convey the importance of mate ship and camaraderie in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds. This is not a picture book for young children. I love that this is a book that older students can read and have thoughtful conversations and discover deep meaning.<br />
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Once we'd read Jackie French's words, we discussed what figurative language features were and how they can help to create dynamic and rich visual images in the minds of our readers. Using our Writer's Notebooks to brainstorm, we drafted a few ideas of interesting similes, metaphors and personification. </div>
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The next step was to choose our best piece of figurative language, and publish it. We used Lucidpress to create a design with a background, and typed our chosen figurative language. These were then printed to be displayed.</div>
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But... when displayed, I noticed that we needed to think about our graphic design skills. Some text placement was ineffective, with pixellated backgrounds and hard to read colour combinations. These "published" pieces were analysed by students, they gave each other generalised feedback, looked at their own work for things they did well and things to do better, and then they had another try at improving their published work using this feedback as our guide. The green labels noted things they did well, whereas the yellow labels were items they wanted to improve upon. Most students were quite balanced in the feedback they gave themselves, with an equal or almost equal amount of green and yellow labels.</div>
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So the whole process, from watching the Bushfire Special, to completing our final published writing took four weeks. There was a lot of learning involved, including note taking and responding to a news report, understanding effective use of figurative language, analysing picture book text and images, using online publishing resources, and giving and taking on feedback to improve our learning. </div>
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Funny that we got so many learning opportunities out of a "let's watch the BTN Bushfire Special as it's relevant to a lot of our students now" moment!<br />
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One of my new students asked me the other day, "Do you wear different key thingies every day?"</div>
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The key thingy she was referring to was my lanyard, and she was the first one to notice. She then followed up with, "How many do you have?"</div>
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Wish Upon A Star Lanyard: <a href="https://www.misstteachables.com/" target="_blank">https://www.misstteachables.com/</a><br />
Mixed beads: <a href="https://browneandblue.com.au/" target="_blank">https://browneandblue.com.au/</a></td></tr>
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It looks like she has a new website for her shop, hopefully it'll be open once she's had a break. I bought my lanyards from her Etsy shop, and they do sell out quickly. It's worth keeping an eye on her Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/lauraelizabethjewellery/" target="_blank">@lauraelizabethjewellery</a> to see when she has a restock. She also occasionally does custom orders if you have something specific in mind. </div>
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These lanyards are incredible, and sell out within minutes. I'm lucky to have the five I've got, and I managed to buy my mum two for her birthday. You. Have. To. Be. QUICK!</div>
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The best way to get a Lillipop lanyard is to follow her on Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/lillipopbeads/?hl=en" target="_blank">@lillipopbeads</a> and subscribe to her mailing list. She sends out a discount code to subscribers, as well as an email to let you know when the shop is live. Check out her videos on Instagram. Watching her make beads is so soothing, it's quite hypnotising!</div>
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Another Instagram account I've followed: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/miss.t.teachables/?hl=en" target="_blank">@miss.t.teachables</a>. I resisted buying a lanyard, as I realised I had sooooo many already. But then I saw the Wish Upon A Star lanyard and had to have one! I love the star shaped keyring, and the light coloured beads glow in the dark. This is definitely one of my favourites.</div>
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This one I didn't actually buy, but was in the Teacher Collective's <a href="https://theteachercollective.com.au/collections/gift-boxes/products/january-collection" target="_blank">January</a> box. I like that it's more subtle than my other lanyards, and classy enough for those times when I have to be more serious at work.</div>
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These two lanyards I bought as "Clearance" lanyards, and I got them both as they were a bit more subtle than all my other lanyards. These ones I wear on days when I'm feeling less whimsical. </div>
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That's all from me, so far. </div>
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Thanks for dropping in,</div>
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Bec Hadfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15805564887516365257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1859527372011720934.post-7965477453870416732020-03-01T16:59:00.001+11:002020-03-01T16:59:31.447+11:00It's been a long time coming...<div style="text-align: justify;">
...and here it is. My first blog post since December 2018. </div>
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Why no 2019 posts?</h3>
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Last year marked the first time I'd taught anything higher than Year 4. I moved from a comfortable Year 3 classroom, knowing the curriculum and confident that I was doing the best I could, to a year level that has previously scared me senseless!</div>
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Year 6 at my school offers many opportunities for leadership for both students and teachers. There's many extracurricular activities and the curriculum is pretty hectic (compared to other year levels I've taught).</div>
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As an introvert, with some anxiety issues, this created a situation where I felt, for most of 2019, that I was barely keeping my head above water. High (some might say unrealistic) expectations of myself may have contributed to that, but the jury is still deliberating...</div>
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My Instagram feed for last year shows so many photos of the incredible things we did in Year 6, and there were times when I could sit back and celebrate the successes (though most of the times I sat back, I fell asleep).</div>
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Without these two, I would have fallen down, and probably never got back up again! Kel and Shappy kept me going, calmed my panic attacks, helped me teach lessons, mentored, guided, celebrated and mostly, laughed with me throughout the year.</div>
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Although I've said before that posting here is mainly for myself, I feel like I need to give a reason or explanation for my absence. I just didn't have the energy or time to post here. </div>
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A New Beginning in 2020</h3>
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2020 marks my second year in Year 6. I already feel significantly more comfortable in my role as a Year 6 teacher, only 4 weeks into the school year. Building relationships and expectations with a new group of students is always tiring at the start, but I feel that taking the time in the beginning will help later on. We've created art, started using figurative language, explored prime, composite, triangular and square numbers, and begun our student leadership journey. </div>
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I'm already feeling this will be a great new year. Stay tuned for more posts.</div>
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Bec Hadfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15805564887516365257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1859527372011720934.post-23616390859648295852018-12-22T13:07:00.002+11:002018-12-30T09:05:25.367+11:00Reader's Workshop Celebrations and Book Recommendations<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;">I'm moving from Year 3 to Year 6 in 2019. A colleague of mine is moving from Year 1 to my Year 3 classroom, and as she's been moving her teaching resources to her new room, she's been asking me about books that my Year 3 students have really enjoyed this year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And that got me thinking: "Did I write that blog post about Reader's Workshop yet?"</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The answer was: "No." Whoops! I intended to write this at the end of Term 2, after we'd created our book cubbies, but it must have slipped my mind.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">During Reader's Workshop, I start with a mini-lesson on a particular reading strategy I think needs covering (as a result of reflection time and individual student conferencing, as well as what's planned for the term). To model the reading strategy, I use picture books. Picture books are perfect, as they are short and many have interesting or complex language structures or visuals to unpack as part of a mini-lesson.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Some of our favourite books this year were:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We used this book to help us build our <b>schema</b> about friends and friendship at the beginning of the year. Using this reading strategy also helped us to build our classroom culture.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This book helped us to <b>infer</b> - using the text clues (words and pictures) and our schema (what we already know) to find out the extra meaning. It's such a simple book, with so many layered nuances, that my less confident readers loved it, but my confident readers returned to it again and again to 'find' more meaning.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This one helped us build <b>schema</b> and understand difference, and helped us to begin to unpack stereotypes. Also, it's rhyming and funny! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This one I used for a few lessons: we built <b>schema</b> about friendship and bullying, we made text to self and text to world <b>connections</b>, and we practised <b>questioning</b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This book was an absolute favourite of one of my students! She read and reread this book so many times I lost count. It was another beautiful one to build <b>schema</b> about friendship, and text to self <b>connections</b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">As a read aloud, Matilda was one of our clear favourites! My class loved this, and The Witches. I think the longevity of these books is the theme of children triumphing over wicked adults in zany and ingenious ways.</span></div>
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In second semester, we worked on reading non-fiction books, and what my teaching partner called 'faction' books - stories that have facts threaded throughout. We used <b>summarising</b> and research skills with these types of books, then created our own version of a 'faction' text.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">At the end of Term 2, we designed, made, appraised, redesigned/remade some Book Cubbies to read in. This was an interesting experience for some of them, who were getting frustrated with their team members, and frustrated with the equipment (the pegs kept flying off!) but eventually, we all had a successful book cubby to sit or lie inside and spend some quality time reading. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">There's a few ideas on some books to read, and some ways to incorporate and celebrate the joy of reading with Year 3! A huge thanks to Alison who prompted my memory - this post is a result of our chat! Thank you.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">For a very long time, I avoided Twitter. I just didn't see the point of it - to me, it was just another social media in a long list of social medium.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Then I went to <a href="https://thestarclass.blogspot.com/2017/04/teach-tech-play-2017-recap.html" target="_blank">Teach Tech Play</a> in 2017 with Matt Miller as keynote speaker. And I finally understood how it could be used. Matt is such a prolific Twitter user and he showed me how I could avoid the #FOMO on all the amazing sessions I couldn't attend just by following the presenter and the session's hashtags.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I exclusively use it for education. I follow fellow educators, particularly people who support others and share their wealth of knowledge (especially in ICT, Google and Digital Technologies) freely with teachers from all over the world. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Teaching is a hard enough gig without the support of others, and I love that there are so many people on Twitter who share. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">If you're an Aussie teacher, you might also be struggling with the Australian Curriculum and especially, the Digital Technologies Curriculum. This is where #beersandbytes has been my hero! @wotsa and @tjfalusi host regular chats at Casey Jones Pub where like minded educators can connect and discuss the Digital Technologies Curriculum, all things ICT and Google, robotics, coding and STEM. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I got the most fantastic book recommendation from one of the #beersandbyes sessions, "How to Code a Sandcastle". </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It's a super sweet picture book about a little girl called Pearl and her robot friend, Pascal. With Pascal's help, Pearl successfully designs a code to create a sandcastle, with some troubleshooting along the way. It makes coding so accessible to primary school aged students, and I can't wait to try it out with my Year 3 class. There's also "How to Code a Rollercoaster" being released, so I'm keen to get that one when it's available.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">#beersandbytes has been a fantastic opportunity for me to expand my PLN and ask stupid questions of some very understanding educators who have been delving deep into the ICT Capabilities and the Digital Technologies Curriculum. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This week, we read an <a href="https://digitaltecheducation.weebly.com/bits--bytes-blog/whats-the-difference-between-ict-capabilities-digital-technologies-learning-area" target="_blank">article</a> from the <a href="https://digitaltecheducation.weebly.com/" target="_blank">Bits and Bytes blog</a> which helped me to understand the difference between ICT Capabilities and the Digital Technologies Curriculum. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Recently, I've taken on the challenge of stepping up my game when it comes to sharing my Googly knowledge. I run Google Drop-in sessions twice a term, and support my colleagues at school with the newest updates to Google through my Tech Tips Tuesday segment. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I put my name down to become a GEG co-leader this year, and have been working with my fellow leaders to plan the direction for #GEGCanberra. It's quite a learning curve for me, but I'm excited to see where it'll take me. Currently, I am a Google Certified Teacher (Level 2) and I'm looking into the process of becoming a Google Certified Trainer (although this will really push me out of my comfort zone).</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Let's look at the layout of the newly updated Google Classroom. Some people hate it, others love it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I, for one, see so many more opportunities for me to streamline my class' Google and Chromebook experience using this!</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Take a closer look <a href="https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/1w9DMvxr5AfOw4f0JemvR1O1dMPqURYpD9_WqHJg5-BM/preview" target="_blank">HERE</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large; text-align: justify;">1. HEADER: I love my customised tie dye header! Check out this post <a href="https://alicekeeler.com/2018/03/01/tie-dye-google-classroom-header/" target="_blank">here</a>, at A</span><span style="font-size: large; text-align: justify;">lice Keeler's site to download her template and follow the directions to create your own masterpiece!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">2. ?/WHAT'S NEW: If you are using the old Google Classroom (for anyone who set up earlier this year), you can click on the ? at the bottom right hand side to toggle the new 'Classwork' feature on.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">3. LINKS: I teach Year 3 students, so anything that streamlines the process of getting a whole class of 8 and 9 year olds to a specific website is fantastic. My class is accustomed to heading straight to Classroom as soon as they log in to their Chromebooks.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">4. BITMOJI: My class also find my Bitmoji hilarious - I've printed a few out and place them around my classroom. So it was a no-brainer to make sure my Bitmoji was on my Google Classroom as well! Check out Bitmoji <a href="https://www.bitmoji.com/" target="_blank">here</a> to create your own.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">5. DIFFERENTIATE: Another fantastic feature of Google Classroom is that you can post announcements and assignments to the whole class, or to individual students. This can take you in whole new directions for group work and differentiation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">6. STREAM: For those of you who have used the older version of Classroom, the Stream is still the students' go-to hub for all materials and assignments. They just click on the link and it'll take them to the Classwork page.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">7. TOPICS: In the older version of Classroom, I would diligently use 'Topics' to organise my posts... but it wasn't exactly what I wanted it to be. I didn't know what I wanted it to be... I just knew it didn't feel right. Along comes the update and BOOM! I love being organised (I've colour coded just about everything I can in my classroom) and have a reputation at school for being very particular about my things. This organisation using Topics just about blew my mind when I first saw it. It's a game-changer!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">8. ORGANISATION: To further excite my organisation loving brain, you can re-organise the way the Classwork page is set up by clicking on the 3 dot menu and moving a particular topic up or down. This way, you can put the most frequently used topics up the top, where students can easily find them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">9. MATERIALS: Being able to add materials is also fantastic. I've been experimenting (fortunately, my class are very used to being guinea pigs when it comes to Chromebooks and anything Googly) and have tried out a few ways to share Docs with my class. The Google Classroom Help page for Materials describes this as: </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #3c4043; font-family: "roboto" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">"As a Classroom teacher, you can post resource materials, such as a syllabus, classroom rules, or topic-related reading, to the Classwork page. </span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large; text-align: justify;">At the moment, the things I have placed up on Classroom as a Material is a Google Slide that I wanted everyone to edit and use. I'm sure this isn't the best use for this feature, but as I said, I'm experimenting.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">10. GOOGLE CALENDAR: Of course, Classroom wouldn't be complete without integration. The older version of Classroom had Calendar integration, but it could be challenging at times to find exactly where it was. Here, it's all in one, easy to find place with all the other classwork. I haven't had the need to use Calendar (or due dates) with my Year 3 students so far, but can see that Year 5 or Year 6 students who are working in more of a 'flipped classroom' model would benefit from it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">11. GOOGLE DRIVE: Which leads me to something I did have cause to use, only this week. I showed my class of Year 3 students how to find the Drive folder associated with our Classroom, as we were planning our sharing for Learning Expo. I showed them how to Star a document so that it could be easily found in their Starred folder during Learning Expo to share with their families. Again, having everything right there in one place is fantastic for our younger learners.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">For further reading on Google Classroom in particular (or generally anything Googly) I recommend these educator sites:</span><br />
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<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Alice Keeler's Teacher Tech: <a href="https://alicekeeler.com/">https://alicekeeler.com/</a></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Alice has a whole section of her site dedicated to Google Classroom. Have a look through all the resources, ideas and templates she generously shares on her site.</span><ul>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Matt Miller's Ditch That Textbook: <a href="http://ditchthattextbook.com/">http://ditchthattextbook.com/</a></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Matt also has a podcast of the same name, which shares bit-sized morsels of Googly goodness!</span><ul>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Kasey Bell's Shake Up Learning: <a href="https://shakeuplearning.com/">https://shakeuplearning.com/</a></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Kasey has a Masterclass about Google Classroom if you want some self-paced, guided Professional Development with an expert.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I hope you enjoy using the new version of Google Classroom as much as I do!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Thanks for dropping in,</span><br />
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Bec Hadfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15805564887516365257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1859527372011720934.post-78386325256557933662018-07-01T14:25:00.000+10:002018-07-01T14:25:07.571+10:00Goodbye Term 2!<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;">It has just occurred to me (as I posted about Seesaw) that I haven't written a post all Term 2! Looking back over my Term 2 calendar, I realise why! I've had NAPLAN, two public holidays, an assembly to host, reports to write, school photos, Seesaw training, multiple ICAS competitions, Athletics Carnival, Robots in Space, a Chromebook trolley audit and an awards assembly! Next week, I have parent interviews!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My June looked like this:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sadly, not a lot of green there. I'll work on it for Term 3.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My Chromebook trolley audit took a lot longer than I expected, but finally, all the Senior School Chromebooks are accounted for and relabelled with colour coded labels for each set. It soothes my organisation-loving brain to see these pictures!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I supported my amazing colleague, Caren, who guided a group of Year 5 students through the trial implementation of a new program, Robots in Space, supported by PwC. On Thursday, we went to the presentation evening and showcased our winning team against 11 other schools who participated in the trial.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Caren was pleasantly surprised when our team was named as third place winners! I'm so proud of her and how she supported our Year 5 students. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So, I now have 5 more days of this term, and then have a break to recuperate and plan for an epic Term 3 (Book Fair, Book Week with book character parade, STEM showcase evening, Grandfriends' Day, Learning Expo and more!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Recently, my school has been trialling the use of Seesaw for student digital portfolios. I was a complete Seesaw noob, and had no idea what to do to use it effectively. First term was a bit of a write off - like I said, I had no idea!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Term 2 was getting better, thanks to a colleague who shared a Seesaw planning Google Doc that helped me keep on track and document my Seesaw posts. I decided at this point that I would bite the bullet and do the online training to become a Seesaw Ambassador.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I successfully completed all the training modules, became a Seesaw Ambassador and finally felt like I knew what I was doing! I love it! As an ambassador, I was upgraded to the paid version, which is fantastic. I particularly like the "Skills" tab, where I can assign skills to each Seesaw post and give a rating out of 4 stars for that piece of work.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I've also become excited about using "Activities", and getting my Year 3 students to share more of their own learning themselves. As it's the last week of Term 2, I have put together a simple Google Drawing that my students can then annotate using the 'drawing' or 'label' functions to write their Term 2 reflections (something I would have put into their hard-copy portfolios in the past).</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Welcome back to another term! In Canberra, it's Week 1 of Term 2 and we're off to a great start so far!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I was wondering if anyone at school was actually reading/accessing the Tech Tips I was putting up on the SAS Dashboard each week. Feeling a little disheartened, I spoke to my techie colleague, and he suggested I put a bit/ly links up instead of direct links. This way I can track how many people access the link and use that to determine how effective the Tech Tips Tuesday spot on the SAS Dashboard is.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This week's tip comes to you from my favourite techie educator, Matt Miller, and his <a href="http://ditchthattextbook.com/googlegenius/" target="_blank">Ditch That Textbook</a> website.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I've used the "Choose Your Own Adventure" Slides activity with Year 3 students before, and they found it challenging, but fun. </span></div>
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Check out the HUGE list of Googly activities on Ditch That Textbook's website: <a href="https://bit.ly/2w1QCnp" style="color: #0088cc; outline: 0px !important; text-decoration-line: none;">https://bit.ly/2w1QCnp</a></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In 2017, I was in a fairly unique position of having a Literacy and Numeracy Mentor/Coach in my class as a support for most of the first term. In the time she was in my room, she demonstrated and guided me in implementing the Reader's Workshop model as based on Debbie Miller's book, <i><a href="https://www.stenhouse.com/content/reading-meaning-second-edition" target="_blank">Reading with Meaning</a></i>. Allison W has been an absolute gem when it comes to sharing her expertise, passion and amazing collection of quality children's literature, especially gorgeous picture books. In order to continue our journey together, I rearranged my timetable to suit when Allison was available and I was able to keep working with her for the entire year. It was invaluable to me to be able to do this, and watch an expert in action!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This year, I have had to do it alone, as Allison W is back on class, teaching Year 1. I have taken on her passion and enthusiasm, and made it my own. My class this year are different, and I am introducing them to different books at different times, but I am loving how they are beginning to use more metalanguage when talking about how they are learning to read, and how they are critically evaluating books to see if they are a 'good fit' for them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">As part of last year's Reader's Workshop, Allison W and I hosted a Book Tasting to celebrate our students' reading and give them a chance to try different types of books. It was a hit! So, with some modifications, I decided to do it again.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This year I have support from another amazing teacher, Alison M. (We have three Alisons at our school!) She was such a good sport when I said I was going to host a Book Tasting, and helped out so much with setting up, toasting fruit bread, cutting and serving carrot sticks and generally ensuring that everything ran smoothly. I couldn't have done it without her!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Once the students walked into the classroom, which had looked 'normal' before lunch, and smelt the toasting fruit bread, they were #superexcited! All the effort that Alison M and I had put in was worth it. To start off, I went through the process of rotating around the tables, what snacks they would find there and how to fill in their menu.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Each student started at their usual desk, had some time to browse and read the collection of books at that particular table. They had a moment to fill in their favourite book from that table in their menu, then as a group, they rotated to the next table. Once all five tables had been sampled, our Book Tasting was complete!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We all had an absolute blast! It was so much fun, trying new books, eating snacks, sharing our thoughts and enjoying a break from 'regular learning'. The most lovely thing was seeing them continue to read through the pack-up bell (it goes 10 minutes before home time) and then continue reading AFTER the home bell! They didn't want to leave! </span></div>
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<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Wordless picture books</b>, like <i>Chalk</i>, <i>Fossil</i>, <i>Footpath Flowers</i>, <i>Journey</i> and <i>Full Moon Soup</i>.</span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Non-fiction books</b>, on a variety of topics I knew my students would enjoy: space, spiders, animals, LEGO and world records.</span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Movie and TV book adaptions</b>. I used these to hook some of my lower readers in, as I know a lot of them love super heroes and watch a lot of TV.</span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Choose Your Own Adventure and puzzle books</b>. I loved these as a child, and I'm seeing a resurgence of this style of books coming out now.</span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Comics and Graphic novels</b>. I used visuals a lot to hook my students in this time, as it was their first Book Tasting, but also because they are in Year 3.</span></li>
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<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Collect <b>all</b> your resources before the event. This helped me be organised and prevented me from forgetting anything.</span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Choose books that will get your class excited (there are suggestions in the Book Tasting resource above).</span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Enlist help! Even if it's only for set-up and pack-up. </span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Invite your school leaders. I invited my executive teacher to the event and she was impressed by how well my students engaged with the books, and how they were able to articulate their reading strategies and reasons for their favourite selections.</span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Take photos! Or get a helper to take photos. It all goes by so quickly, and the photos are great to share with parents on apps like Seesaw.</span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Call in favours - I asked Allison W if I could borrow her wordless picture books and another colleague for their extensive collection of new and old Choose Your Own Adventure books.</span></li>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thanks for dropping in and reading such a long post. It was such an exciting experience, and I wanted to share it with you!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">P.S. Allison and Alison, if you are reading this: THANK YOU both. I could never do the crazy 'extra' stuff for my class without your guidance, expertise, enthusiasm and support. Thank you!</span></div>
Bec Hadfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15805564887516365257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1859527372011720934.post-14669747030731875642018-04-10T19:14:00.001+10:002018-12-22T13:16:07.307+11:00Tech Tips Tuesday #1.10 - Google Teacher Tribe<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span id="docs-internal-guid-a0836683-d9d8-1930-58eb-efb479fa7e0d" style="font-size: large;">So ends a term of Tech Tips Tuesday - I've had my moments where I've forgotten to post them, and forgotten to blog, but I've got there in the end!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This week's tip is something I've been extolling the virtues of since I discovered it (April 2017). I can't recommend this podcast enough. I listen to the podcast on Tuesday mornings as I drive into school, so it's perfect for my Tech Tips Tuesday!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have already <a href="http://thestarclass.blogspot.com.au/2018/03/podcasts-podcasts-podcasts_17.html" target="_blank">blogged about podcasts</a>, and this one is one of my top picks for Edu-Tech podcasts!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">If you haven't already subscribed, do! It's an easy listen, and the show notes are comprehensive if, like me, you listen in the car and can't remember all the links or things featured in the show.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thanks for dropping in,</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "sniglet"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Matt Miller and Kasey Bell share fantastic Googly ideas for use right away in the classroom.</span></div>
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<a href="http://googleteachertribe.com/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "sniglet"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">http://googleteachertribe.com/</span></a></div>
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Bec Hadfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15805564887516365257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1859527372011720934.post-10856577650146726822018-04-04T17:42:00.000+10:002018-12-22T13:16:31.892+11:00Tech Tips Tuesday #1.9 - Pear Deck for Slides<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span id="docs-internal-guid-a0836683-d9d7-a23f-51e8-aac7f1d2849b" style="font-size: large;">Whoa! This one slipped past me like a long weekend celebrating ninja!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Tech Tip for this week is a throwback to what we fondly refer to as "O Week", the week before the students start school in ACT schools.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In O Week. my colleague in ICT and I presented two workshops: Google for Beginners and Experts. I took the beginners group and quickly raced them through 45 minutes of Googly goodness, using Pear Deck as an experimental interactive presentation. There were some glitches, but these were worked out. I liked using Pear Deck to make my Slides more interactive, and tried it out with my own class.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It's a "freemuim" service, meaning there's some basic free functionality that you can make do with, but there's a lot more with the paid subscription.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Give it a try and see what you think!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thanks for dropping in,</span></div>
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Bec Hadfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15805564887516365257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1859527372011720934.post-70429150577424509062018-03-27T21:24:00.001+11:002018-12-22T13:16:51.432+11:00Tech Tips Tuesday #1.8 - Padlet<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span id="docs-internal-guid-a0836683-d9d6-13be-9fc9-013dc31f5a27" style="font-size: large;">Have you tried Padlet? </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'm still working on this one... and I'm not 100% sure about it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sure, there's an app and a browser based version, and these are synced so you have the information at your fingertips, but I'm not sure how this is different to Google Keep.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This may be due to the fact I've only tried it myself, and not introduced it to my students yet. I wonder if the collaborative nature of Padlet is where its strengths lie.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'll keep working on it, and see how I go. There's a Google Drop-in Session tomorrow, so I'll set up a Padlet for the people who drop in to collect and share ICT resources.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thanks for dropping in,</span></div>
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Bec Hadfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15805564887516365257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1859527372011720934.post-87372586635082353552018-03-21T07:04:00.002+11:002018-12-22T13:17:32.137+11:00Tech Tips Tuesday #1.7 - Kahoot!<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span id="docs-internal-guid-a0836683-d9d5-9238-625f-50d48e361158" style="font-size: large;">Have you used Kahoot!?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I really love how excited and engaged my class get when they are playing Kahoot! quizzes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">They also love trying to beat their ghosts. I do a mini-explanation after the questions, especially when a lot of students get a particular question wrong, then they play the quiz again. Their "ghost" is their first try (but it takes some students a while to realise this!).</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://kahoot.com/" target="_blank">Kahoot</a> is free to sign up, and there are quizzes from people all over the world that you can use, or you can create your own.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My next Kahoot quiz is going to be focusing on adjectives and adverbs as an attempt at doing some <a href="https://www.retrievalpractice.org/" target="_blank">Retrieval Practice</a> (which is probably worth a look at - brain science for the win!).</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thanks for dropping in,</span></div>
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Bec Hadfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15805564887516365257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1859527372011720934.post-11279663908018316532018-03-17T15:12:00.000+11:002018-12-22T13:12:55.834+11:00Podcasts, Podcasts, PODCASTS!<div style="text-align: center;">
All opinions are my own, and I have not been asked or paid to review any of these podcasts. </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Just like Benny, the Classic LEGO Spaceman, from The LEGO Movie (2014) I am #superexcited at the moment. Not about spaceships (although they are pretty cool), but about podcasts.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">If you know me in real life, you will probably have heard me say, "Have I told you about this podcast I'm listening to?"</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This was the first educational podcast I dipped my toes into. It came about during the <a href="http://thestarclass.blogspot.com.au/2017/04/teach-tech-play-2017-recap.html" target="_blank">Teach Tech Play 2017</a> conference, where Matt Miller was a keynote speaker and a presenter at quite a few workshops. From that point, I was hooked! Matt and Kasey are hilarious, and I love that their ideas and tricks are designed to be used in the classroom right away. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Find Kasey Bell here:</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-size: large;">website: <a href="https://shakeuplearning.com/">https://shakeuplearning.com/</a></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: large;">follow <a href="https://www.instagram.com/shakeuplearning/" target="_blank">shakeuplearning</a> on Instagram</span></li>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Find Matt Miller here:</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #272727; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">l</span></span>ike <a href="http://www.facebook.com/ditchthattextbook">Ditch That Textbook</a> on Facebook</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">follow <a href="http://twitter.com/jmattmiller">@jmattmiller</a> on Twitter</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">check out the <a href="http://twitter.com/hashtag/ditchbook">#DitchBook</a> community on Twitter</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">follow <a href="http://ditchthattextbook.com/2014/10/30/the-passion-that-drives-me-as-a-teacher/www.pinterest.com/ditchthattxt/">Ditch That Textbook</a> on Pinterest</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">follow <a href="https://plus.google.com/+MattMiller16/">+MattMiller16</a> on Google+!</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">follow <a href="https://www.instagram.com/ditchthattextbook/" target="_blank">ditchthattextbook</a> on Instagram</span></li>
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Ditch That Textbook</span></h3>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Which leads me to: Ditch That Textbook Podcast! Also by Matt Miller, these are super short (about 5 minutes each) podcasts of ideas and thoughts that are delivered daily. I have been listening to this one on <a href="https://anchor.fm/" target="_blank">Anchor</a>, an app that allows you to create easy podcasts straight from your mobile device. This podcast was launched earlier this year (February) so it's quite easy to catch up.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">To connect with Matt, see the links above.</span></div>
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The Cult of Pedagogy</span></h3>
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<span style="font-size: large;">After listening to The Google Teacher Tribe for a while, I heard about Jennifer Gonzalez's podcast, The Cult of Pedagogy. Jennifer's podcast covers a wide range of topics, including technology tools, brain science, behaviour management and so much more. I love the variety, and Jennifer's wealth of experience, as well as the knowledge her guests bring to the podcast.</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: large;">follow <a href="https://twitter.com/cultofpedagogy" target="_blank">@cultofpedagogy</a> on Twitter</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">follow <a href="https://www.pinterest.com.au/cultofpedagogy/" target="_blank">Cult of Pedagogy</a> on Pinterest</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">follow <a href="https://plus.google.com/+Cultofpedagogy" target="_blank">Cult of Pedagogy</a> on Google+!</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">subscribe to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxEKnVOYnzM70yH7kDrU7bQ" target="_blank">Cult of Pedagogy</a> on YouTube</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">follow <a href="https://www.instagram.com/cultofpedagogy/" target="_blank">cultofpedagogy</a> on Instagram</span></li>
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Well PlayED</span></h3>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This podcast was one I discovered after <a href="http://thestarclass.blogspot.com.au/2018/03/google-for-beginners-and-experts.html" target="_blank">Ditch Summit 2017</a>. (Thank you, Matt!) I really enjoyed Michael's enthusiasm and passion for gamification and creating memorable learning experiences for his students. Michael is the author of <a href="https://explorelikeapirate.com/product/signed-personized-copy/" target="_blank">Explore Like a Pirate</a>.</span></div>
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<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">follow <a href="https://twitter.com/mrmatera" target="_blank">@mrmatera</a> on Twitter</span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">subscribe to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCD6Twy3-HRnKa07H6xG3Ylw" target="_blank">mrmatera</a> on YouTube</span></li>
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<span style="font-size: large;">These podcasts I'll be brief about, as they have nothing to do with teaching, education or pedagogy explicitly. I just like listening to them!</span></div>
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Atlanta Monster</span></h3>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This one is fascinating - an unsolved mystery. Children went missing in Atlanta in the 1980s and the man who was incarcerated for their murders may not be the person who killed them. </span></div>
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Serial</span></h3>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I listened to both seasons of Serial and enjoyed them immensely. I also downloaded the 7 episode podcast <a href="https://stownpodcast.org/" target="_blank">S-Town</a>, which affected me so deeply I cried in the ending. The reason I loved them all so much was the way Sarah Koenig and Brian Reed connected to their subject matter - real people, doing real things for real reasons - and how they helped the listener to connect as well.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Oh my goodness! If you love TED Talks, but can't keep up with the plethora of available videos, try this! This has got to be my most favourite podcast to listen to at the moment. Again, another recommendation from the wonderful Matt Miller, and I am obsessed! I love how they curate talks on specific topics, then interview the speakers in a 'behind the scenes' style. You get snippets of the original TED Talk, as well as the person behind the talk.</span></div>
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Pop Culture Happy Hour</span></h3>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Also created by NPR, Pop Culture Happy Hour is a podcast I've only listened to a handful of episodes. A great premise, condensing pop culture into manageable chunks that allow you do decide if it's worth watching a particular tv show or movie. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Technically not a podcast, hence the brackets. I subscribed to Audible back in 2015, and listen to novels mostly. I've racked up 23 days, 13 hours and 21 minutes of listening to books from authors such as Stephen King, Joe Hill, Ernest Cline, Andy Weir, Matthew Reilly, Terry Brooks, Michael Crichton and Neil Gaiman. I have discovered that I can consume more novels through listening to some, and reading others myself. Plus, there's something nice about being read to, even as an adult. </span></div>
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Professional Learning while Commuting</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: large;">On my way to school, I used to listen to the radio. Then I moved on to listening to CDs (yep, I still have CDs) and then on to music streamed from my phone. I listened to my Audible books, then discovered the convenience of listening to educational podcasts on my way to school. It was great - if I heard something I liked, I would walk into school and try it out with my class, or look into it further to find out more. I have shared so many tech tips from The Google Teacher Tribe with my colleagues. There's something practical about using my time commuting (which I have to do) in the pursuit of gaining more knowledge and understanding about my profession.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I want to say a HUGE thanks to all the educators out there who share their knowledge, experience and expertise so freely. It's through this sharing that we all get better. Thank you!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">...and if you have reached the end of this very -long- blogpost on podcasts, thank you, too.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">(Wow! I completely forgot that I had written an entire blogpost and not posted it - mainly because I didn't want to post it before the session was presented. Here it is, in its unedited glory!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I was asked to co-present a quick hour "Google for Beginners and Experts" session for my school's staff in our PL Week this year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In my usual nerdy fashion, I started planning my part of the presentation at the end of 2017, whilst watching <a href="http://ditchsummit.com/" target="_blank">Ditch Summit</a> videos. I was so inspired and #superexcited by all the ideas from these videos that I wanted to incorporate some into my presentation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">All of the Ditch Summit videos for 2017 have been archived now, but I would highly recommend the 2018 Ditch Summit (if Matt decides to do one!) as the 2017 summit has been invaluable to me as an educator, but also as a peer coach for my colleagues.</span></div>
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How to Make Learning a Game</span></h3>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Michael Matera has inspired me to gamify my class using some of the strategies he shared in his video. I loved the idea of putting 'easter eggs' into Google Slides for students to find as an extension or enrichment task. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Michael has a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCD6Twy3-HRnKa07H6xG3Ylw" target="_blank">YouTube channel</a> (and a lot more subscribers now, after Ditch Summit!) and he shares lots of ideas on how to incorporate gamification into the classroom.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Eric Curts' video reminded me of the ways I can use Slides more effectively, and to create 'collabera-dependent" learning tasks, where students all work in the same file, using feedback from each other and myself to improve their own learning. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I really loved the <a href="https://www.peardeck.com/googleslides/" target="_blank">Pear Deck Add-on for Slides</a>. Eric also shared ideas on Sheets, Drawings and Maps/Tour Builder.</span></div>
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EduProtocols: What They Are and How They Can Impact Learning</span></h3>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Jon Corippo introduced me to the idea of Edu-protocols to save time and avoid the constant 'reinventing the wheel' cycle we all go through. It was interesting to see him using 'what not to do' (<a href="https://ed.ted.com/on/vox3XepQ" target="_blank">Don McMillan's Life After Death By Powerpoint Ted Talk</a>) in order to highlight common errors when creating presentations that all students (and some teachers) make when they are starting out.</span></div>
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The Science of Happiness for Teachers and Students</span></h3>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I loved watching Kim Strobel's video! There was so much to take away from it that I can't possibly share it all. She reminded me to see the positive in each day, and to write a gratitude journal to rewire my brain. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">As someone who is championing the use of technology in my school, Tanya Avrith & Holly Clark's video gave me more to think about when sharing ideas with my colleagues. I am fascinated by HyperDocs and Book Creator, and can't wait to try them with my class.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">There was so much in Matt Miller's video that I didn't know! I will be sharing the Chromebook touch pad gestures with my kiddos, as well as quick commands for Docs, Drawings and Slides. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The best tip I saw was the half screen browser window. Previously, I used the <a href="https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/alice-keeler-open-side-by/oohcehjlgohbhbljoepeoedbgcpcefod?hl=en" target="_blank">Open Side By Side</a> extension by Alice Keeler. With the new Chromebooks, you can drag the browser window to the top left or right hand corner of the screen to resize it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I know that I am totally behind the times with Twitter. I joined in September 2015, but never tweeted. After watching the Ditch Summit videos, I realised that I was missing out on an amazing resource - hundreds (possibly thousands) of educators; sharing their ideas, tips, tricks, blog posts and connecting with other educators from around the world. I still haven't tweeted. But I am so inspired by the educators I follow!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This presentation is scheduled to go for an hour. The plan is to do 10-15 minutes together as a whole group to cover some ICT administration and updates to our internal system, then break into two groups, with staff nominating whether they want to go to the 'Beginners' session or the 'Experts' session.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I've opted to take the beginners session, with the aim of supporting the self-nominated beginners to feel comfortable to try a few things themselves. My colleague, Ryan, will be taking the experts, as he has more experience with some of the more complex parts of G Suite for Education, Apps and Extensions.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We'll start with Drive, and work through some helpful hints on Team Drives for collaborating with their teaching team, but also for organising student work in their own classrooms.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I LOVE Slides. I made the mistake early on, of asking my students to create their own individual Docs in a shared folder. When I needed to print their work (or give them feedback), I had to open each individual file... it took forever!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Then I realised that if they all had their own slide in a Slides presentation (I resized the page size to print on A4 paper before sharing it with them), I only had to open one file! It totally streamlined the process of giving feedback and printing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This week's tip comes to you from 2017. Last year, I had the opportunity to team-teach and work alongside two teachers to support their use of technology in the classroom. Our lovely Year 6 teacher, Kelly, took on the challenge of working with me to create Google Tour Builders with her class based on the journeys of immigrants to Australia. Not only did she work with me to learn how to use Google Tour Builder, she also went on to teach another Year 6 class these skills in order to share her new skills. I love it when I can help people learn something new, and then they use these skills to pass it on!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">If you have never used Tour Builder, it's a Google Earth experiment (I used it in Beta form) that you can map a journey using Google Earth. Not only can you drop markers on the map, you can also add text, images and videos to create a more immersive journey. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is a Tour Builder I created for my Year 4 students back in 2015, used again in 2016 and then as a demonstration for the Year 6 students last year to show them what you could do with the tool. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Last year, I had a "Wizards" theme - and a focus on Harry Potter. I loved my Harry Potter themed classroom, but felt I needed a change this year. Enter my other passion: LEGO!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This <a href="https://thestarclass.blogspot.com.au/2017/12/2018-classroom-set-up.html" target="_blank">first post</a> tells a bit more about some of the resources I collected and bought for my LEGO theme.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View of the front corner of my class, including the door to the corridor and my floor space with Smartboard and whiteboard. We also have a Chromebook trolley tucked in behind the door (we share these with the other Year 3 classes). </td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">As you can see, there's still plenty to do. There's lots of wall space to fill with displays and student work, and there's more "LEGOfication" to be done! </span></div>
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Bec Hadfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15805564887516365257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1859527372011720934.post-34984130372954651852018-03-07T07:06:00.000+11:002018-12-22T13:19:52.710+11:00Tech Tips Tuesday #1.5 - Explore<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A<span style="font-size: large;"> quick one for today - I'm not feeling well and of course, I'm running late!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This tool is a really great way to support students in their research. The screenshot above is from one of my Year 3 students' homework project on "Australia Day". He used the Explore tool in Google Docs to support his learning on celebrations.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In Docs, find Explore in the Tools menu; in Sheets, Explore is a green button on the bottom right hand side of the screen and in Slides, Explore can be found in both the Tools menu, and as a button with the Explore icon on the bottom right hand side of the screen.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Happy Exploring!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thanks for dropping in,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Bec.</span></div>
<br />Bec Hadfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15805564887516365257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1859527372011720934.post-19344412530638293142018-02-27T18:35:00.001+11:002018-12-22T13:20:16.539+11:00Tech Tips Tuesday #1.4 - FlipGrid<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">It's Week 4 in ACT schools this week, and how time has flown!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here's Tech Tip #1.4: Flipgrid.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I first heard about Flipgrid on the 2017 Ditch Conference, watched a few videos from educators and sent a few replies in text format - I was too scared to create my own video.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">But then I expected my students to have a go...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">..and so I needed to create my own video. It was challenging for me, but I did it as a model for some of my more anxious and reserved students - if I can do it, so can you! What was great was seeing them watch their own videos and giggle at how they sounded. Listening to my recorded voice all over the class as my students watched my video. Showing them how to respectfully respond to their peers videos. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It's fantastic for student engagement, and I know that I can use it across many learning areas - it's so versatile!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thanks for dropping in,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">P.S. Speaking of 'dropping in', my first Google Drop-in Session for 2018 will be held tomorrow - I've got lollies on the standby to bribe people to pop in! :)</span></div>
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