Staff Meeting: elearning

Staff Meeting: eLearning

Danielle's PLJ on ULearn

Staff Meeting: Modern Learning Practices - 24/11/2015

This was a really interactive/collaborative staff meeting run by colleagues who shared their particular skills/knowledge. I've had experience with Kahoot, Active Inspire, and Google Doc voice typing, however i still learnt from my colleagues perspectives and experiences. 
Gigapixel was completely new to me, and I see potential for its use in the classroom when teaching in a range of curriculum areas, particularly in Science.
Coding is an incredibly valuable skill to develop as a teacher and a learner. When you understand/develop knowledge of coding the world of digital technology is limitless. I plan on using the Hour of Code with my class during Room 13 time.
Gaming and Cinematic Narrative both have their place in teaching and learning. I can see myself using the cinematic Narrative in the classroom over Gaming.

PD: Golf and Ki-O-Rahi

This was a really great opportunity to learn from an expert Gold player/coach. Shaun  establish a strong rapport with the students right from the beginning and had great resources to keep them engaged. Room 29 definitely showed improvement in their skills and knowledge by the end of the lesson!

Ki - o rahi is such a fast-paced and fun interactive game where all skill levels can engage. The goal is to hit the target in the middle (1-2 defensive players are in there), whilst the rest are moving about the outer circle 

So what?
A great game to build te reo Maaori and tikanga Maaori

Staff Meeting: POI 2015

Staff Meeting: POI 2015

(Only available for those at Berkley)

Making sure that we cover the whole NZ curriculum.

PD: Google Cardboard

Teaching with Google Cardboard

A great opportunity to keep on top of the current technological trends. Having the teacher questions on the side with information is very helpful.

Google Cardboard

Google Cardboard in Action

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Today, we were able to explore with Google Cardboard. A fun and easy way to explore the world.

Setting up some exhibitions

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Staff Meeting - PYP - 15/11/2015

Code Cracker challenge, Number, Backwards written words, and more... a great way to kick off a staff meeting. I thrive on these types of challenges!!!

 As a team we went ahead and wrote/drew the Berkley Normal Middle School motto, values, PYP/IB, and what they mean to us through symbolism. Rangahau team members, Karen (team leader/tutor teacher), Matt Cameron, Trinity Ahie (team members), and I collaborated on the above design.
I have learnt a lot about IB/PYP form Matt, who has previous experience teaching at IB schools in Europe. I valued his input and direction as we went through this task.
Karen and Trinity both contributed their wealth of IB experience primarily from a Berkley point of view.

PD: Turbo Touch

P.E. Turbo Touch and Dance

We learnt a new game today for P.E. It is very fast-pace, easy to learn, and very fun. Kyla (P;E) shared the youtube clip for me to show and discuss with Room 29 before we went out and tried for ourselves.

The staff had a dance practice also to learn more dances for the formal. Very good to refresh and learn.

Staff Meeting: U Learn

Staff Meeting: ULearn

Learning from those who went to ULearn.

Slides from the session:

Google Cardboard



Could be useful for a virtual tour of the school

Math activity

Clue activity

Main message:

Question Generating:

Templates and questions to help generate curiosity.
Start with 50 questions.

First Impressions:

First 10 minutes is the most important.

Blogging:

Purpose, audience, tone, staying motivated.

Matt's PLJ: http://pljmatthewcameron.blogspot.co.nz/
See/Think/Wonder


Google Maps:

Plot measurements. Example: helpful for cross country route.
Night and day.