Classroom management discussion: Situation:
When asking students to join others for group discussions or in class tasks, often students will group themselves with buddies or form clickes. The same people are often left out. These "left out" students are often not the white caucasion English speaking students in the class. Students like to choose their own groups because they want to work with someone who they know they can work with to get the quality of assignment that they desire. Having students left out is a bothersome issue. How do you handle dividing students into groups in a fair way? Solution:
Have a direct discussion with students at the beginning of the course about inclusion - leave no one behind. Be direct, discuss how students with English as an additional language or have different than Canadian education could use the support.
For in-class tasks, put students into groups. Mix them up often so everyone gets to work with everyone at some point. Mixing with others will become expected as general policy. Point out that part of learning is hearing other people's opinions and ideas for different perspectives and if you are always sitting with the same people, you are missing the opportunity to hear diverse ideas from a variety of people. Relate to real life:
explain that you can choose your friends but you cannot always choose the people you work with
explain that you don't have to be friends with everyone, but you do need to be able to get along and work together
Some ideas:
sit students in alphabetical order
later in course when you know students better - group some extroverts and introverts together
use a variety of methods of chosing groups - draw from a hat, alphabetical order mixed in several ways, let students know so that they see what you are doing and not being purposefully selective but fair
toward the end of the course, once mixing has become more expected, students can then choose own groups
Inquiry Based Learning Presentations 1. Jeff - Green Screen and Directing Question - What is the essense of the green screen? Why is it green? What does it actually do? I was wondering how you incorporated the "star wars" piece that was going too fast. Comment - Making the presentation personal - about your son - made it interesting. Improvment made along the way was made clear with the "pictures" you used that tracked the process. Good luck with learning more.
2. Amanda - Knitting Question - Do you have an idea of who you want to knit for? What is it that keeps you going at it? Comment - Perhaps you would consider making something for a doll or a child? It may not take long to get something concrete made that way. You are brave to try this on your own without having some real person to help you along. You appeared relaxed when presenting. It helps to make the listerners relaxed.
3. Dan - Meditation Question - - before research to continue learning? dis ease? Are you able to clear your mind? Comment - Slow down a bit so I can absorb what you are saying please. Both with your power points and how quickly you speak.
4.Laurie -LEARN TOOL and Amimoto Question - What did you think of being a student on LEARN? How did you learn Animoto? Comment - Even though I have heard "Animoto" used in class I didn't know what the animoto was all about. Thanks for showing me what it was. It was fun to watch. It was a good review of what was discussed. That might be a good way to end a class (review) or start a new one to remind students what was covered in the previous class (get students' brains working on the subject and ready to move ahead).
5. Doris - Violin (me)
6. Mitch - Guitar - how to read notes/tabs Question - Where did you learn about what you know so far about playing guitar? When and how much time do you spend playing guitar?
How long have you been playing guitar? What made you like some videos over others? Does your son share with you things he learns in his lessons? Comments - It helped me to understand a little bit about how a tab worked when you pointed out the order of letters on the screen. I had no idea how to read from the first letter on.
7.Randy - Learning to draw and colour in adobe illustrator Question - Do you take students on the side - outside of work? You have quite a gift. Do you think you would ever like the adobe illustrator as much as your own creative work? Comment: Your work is beautiful - it made me want to learn how to draw/paint and use the tools. You appeared to go through a reflective process in this assignment. The tools, tutorials and the power points showing the work you did with the rooster clearly demonstrated your learning. The rooster was great but I like your work more.....
8. Jennifer - project cannoli Question: Were you somewhat satisfied with your effort? Comment: Good outline of your process of learning. You combined cookbooks, web and personal contact with pictures that made it personal. Good humour (where shells come to die) hahaha. I enjoyed how each step was visually outlined - I need to remember that for classes. I didn't realize I didn't know what cannoli was. I thought it was a pasta.
9. Maggie F/Andrea/Jason - Cooking seafood and chicken Question: Did you share your goodies with the other people around? Comment: The Park Cafe is a lovely place. How lucky to have the opportunity to use the kitchen! It was great to see the "real" pictures of the process - added interest.
10. Maggie L - Question: How much sanding did you have to do to prepare the cupboards for staining? What kind of wood were the cupboards made of? Did you enjoy the work at all? Comments: I agree. The second staining technique/color looked better. Nice change. The stain added some good texture to your kitchen..
11. Ken - I am quite curious about what pictures you used in your presentation. You seemed to have caused a stir in class.....
12. Rick - social media Question: What will you do to manage the page if it becomes really popular? What is the name of the program that creates your first page? I have seen them before but am not sure how to do it. Comment: First page was eye catching/interesting. I have to admire people who are willing to take on the task of managing something like a social media page. It looks like a great tool for getting the word out but might take a bit of time to actually manage it and keep it updated. Good on you! I didn't realize there was so many different kinds of social media! Thanks for including the violin sound bite. Perhaps I should have used something like that in my presentation...Your presentation was informative.
13. Tony - log cabin Question: would it be hard to get the right type of tree/log in Manitoba to actually build a log cabin? I suppose there must have been some type of log cabins built by the early settlers? Comment: The pictures you used in your presentation helped to show what the steps involved in building were. They were clear and to me rather beautiful. I hope you get a chance to try this out.
14. Tom - will you post your presentation?
15. Alan -audio visual - how hard could it be. Question: What are you hoping to accomplish in the end? What are your goals? Comment: I agree with your comment that the more we know, the more we realize we don't know
16. Danh -modifying a paint ball gun Question: What did your sister say when you gifted her son with the gun? (should I cover my ears?) Comments: Good use of humour in your presentation ("I love my uncle", to irritate my sister...). Methodical presentation; you shared what you did step by step. You know more about guns than I ever hope to know
Sugata Mitra - child driven education This video was very interesting; talk about self motivation! Children responded to the provocations provided to them and worked through the challenges of their tasks and learning. Groups of children learned to use computers on their own.
if children have interest, then you have education; they learn
children demonstrated that they are able to achieve education on their own
when working together to solve a problem they retain their knowledge - and continue to want to learn more
students given the freedom to choose their own groups, to exchange groups if they felt the need, and/or to look over other students’ shoulders, use their ideas and claim them as their own worked together to accomplish learning
“Education is a self organized system, where learning is an emergent phenomenon” If we have students entering the ECE program because they are interested in working with children and becoming trained, then is that enough motivation for learning? How could the principles of provocations (some point of direction) and emergent learning be used in our program? We teach our students to use the emergent process in planning curriculum for children. Should we be adopting more of this method in our teachings?
This webquest was directed at the teacher to help him/her incorporate dance throughout their K-3 curriculum. It wasn’t geared to teaching dance but using it in many ways as a tool/method in teaching.
What I do like about Webquests is how methodical they are. A well written webquest is self contained, clear and easy to follow. It allows for independent learning.
This particular webquest was organized but had too much information in each part - it in itself was teaching rather than having the “student” go on a quest and find the information. This was not my idea of a webquest.
add comments on your wiki page for each presentation
did the presenter indicate appropriate student-centrered approaches for the course(s) or do you have suggestions for more appropriate approaches?
What improvement do you see for the learning approaches presented?
RANDY
Discussion board on web/software "blackboard"
this will also help the quieter student to share
Journals / blogs
everyone gets feedback sooner / when on practicum this will work to also keep students in contact with the instructor
Adobe illustrator - Flipping the classroom - tutorials on Lynda.com
good to id a resource that will be effective in helping students learn on their own
I do like the idea that this involves less lecture and more hands-on activity for the students
Figure drawing
Scaffolding
using the skeleton was a great idea - what great perspective taking and learning for students / this is making me wonder how I could apply this concept to something I teach
do you find that there are some students who would prefer to just hear some lecture or does this method work to a good degree for everyone?
DANH
cooperative learning - small groups solving problem / do research
good idea to get students to do research - I would like to try more problem solving in my classess
work stations
these are so hands-on for the students - I think students would really appreciate the working part and if they find the problem, they will remember what they did
problem based learning and inquiry learning
providing opportunities for students to work together promotes employability skills - we rarely work alone
DAN
code book / specifications
what is the student centered strategy? problem solving/case studies?
Webquest
slow down please / I am not having enough time to really see what you have done / where are the directions?
are these worksheets? I really like the idea of using a webquest - it provides students with the chance to work independently and to be responsible for their own learning
LAURIE
journals or blogs
discovery learning - I really like the idea of asking students to reflect on how the chronic condition would feel like - it is so important to be able to empathize - good idea to do the journal
role play
good thinking and reflection needed to work out the "wrong" and "correct" way to approach situations
I think I can apply the wrong/correct strategy in some of my guiding behaviour classes - thanks for the idea
simulation
demonstrate and explain why - good reflection for students! you are getting students to work on a higher level
you have some good ideas to get students very involved and reflecting on their practice
MITCH equipment operation
Popplet
what student centered approach is this?
Webquest
would you have certain websites that you would have students visit to direct the desired learning?
I am wondering if the webquest would be more effective if the learning outcomes were more focused and narrow in scope
Technology
having the manufacturers provide operating videos is a great benefit
what a good idea to video students doing work - I wonder about the legalities of recording students when other people are around
JENNIFER
color theory - flip the classroom
good idea to have the students view the video before and let their questions lead the class
simulation
having a real person to work on without using a "real" hair changing product makes the whole process more real
inquiry learning
when students are evaluating each other are they open with each other? Do they evaluate each other throughout the program?
thanks for using the prezee - I will have to try it out!
KEN
flipping the classroom
deere controls video is a good way for students to prepare for the class - students will be ready to take the information in the next day
would it be a good idea for students to come to class with questions/feedback about the video?
cooperative learning
pairs help each other - I like the idea of having the just pairs; students can be comfortable with another person
problem based learning
machine with problems provided for a real-life scenario / being as real as possible gives students a good hands-on, realistic experience
ALAN truck transport training
Cooperative learning
learing outcomes are clear as to what the students need to do - to what degree to they have to accomplish the task?
Probelm based learing
you have very clear statements of what the students need to do
Scaffolding
best way to learn is modeling
ANDREA
retail management - flipped classroom
good way to get students to learn a variety of retail strategies /they learn from each other
do you find that students actually do a fair job presenting their learning? do students actually learn from each other what you were hoping they would?
industrial relations - case studies
articles/ great for students to be able to focus on what they are interested in - provides choice for students - very empowering
management principles- discovery learning
real life situation to promote motivation in student's work environmental - good reflection opportunities
excitement comes through - thankyou
JEFF
case study
flipped classroom - 3 types
you are right, your strategies would break up the class and have students involved in their own learning - good benefits
you have identified some good ways to engage students - I agree with Randy's comment that choosing social (or environmental) issues for students to work on is also getting them to learn real lifeawareness. Thanks for doing that.
MAGGIE F - accounting
flipped classroom
would the students work through the tutorial in class or before class?
students to own research to find answers -good way to get students to figure out where to go and get the information - useful for ever
great to have info available in a variety of languages
discovery learning
to use real life companies and financial statements makes the whole course more relative to the students...it would give them a taste of what they are doing and going to do and why they are doing what they are doing
graphic organizers
doing the popplet organizers right at the beginning does sound like a valuable graphic for students to go back to later - good idea
MAGGIE
role play
would you have each student do each scenario or would you have a different scenario for each student?
jeopardy game
this would be fun - we were already chuckling in class - what approach is this?
technology
interactive computer game could be a novel way of learning - different than what people are used to but you may be dealing with kinesthetic learners so this may be really a good way for them to learn
AMANDA
scaffolding
could you give drivers hints when it looks like they are missing something? Would this help them move up a step and remember what to do?
role playing
do you have students actually do the defense manoeuver?
flipping the classroom
having a video to demonstrate procedure allows students to review as many times as they need - good idea
JASON
webquest - menu creation - variety ethnicity
I am glad you did a webquest - it is alot of work to set it up right, but I think a good learning tool
were all these methods used in one lesson? how long will this whole assignment take?
RICK
flipping the classroom
students watch video and text questions/comments - you discussed that this frees time to help students with assignments! I like that idea. I am going to remember that concept. I often find that I would like more time to work on assignments and practical skills with students.
webquest
scaffolding
TONY
webquest
google doc allows the students to have access to each other's work - I need to learn how to set a google doc page to use in class - it could be very usable
flip the class/lab
have you thought of video taping yourself installing the 200 amp service and making the video available on your google doc page? This would give you credibility and display your expertise
TOM
popplett - graphic organizer
Creative thinking! This might get students more engaged. Have you thought of doing the feedback a little earlier than the very end when students just want to leave?
flip the classroom
Will you give them some guidelines to follow in creating the checklist? ah yes, with some freedom to investigate. Good plan.
Do you think some students would say "I am here to have you teach me?" Eva says this is a webquest.
cooperative learning
I think there are benefits to working individually and then gathering as a group to compare
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Classroom management discussion:
Situation:
When asking students to join others for group discussions or in class tasks, often students will group themselves with buddies or form clickes. The same people are often left out. These "left out" students are often not the white caucasion English speaking students in the class. Students like to choose their own groups because they want to work with someone who they know they can work with to get the quality of assignment that they desire. Having students left out is a bothersome issue. How do you handle dividing students into groups in a fair way?
Solution:
Have a direct discussion with students at the beginning of the course about inclusion - leave no one behind. Be direct, discuss how students with English as an additional language or have different than Canadian education could use the support.
For in-class tasks, put students into groups. Mix them up often so everyone gets to work with everyone at some point. Mixing with others will become expected as general policy. Point out that part of learning is hearing other people's opinions and ideas for different perspectives and if you are always sitting with the same people, you are missing the opportunity to hear diverse ideas from a variety of people.
Relate to real life:
- explain that you can choose your friends but you cannot always choose the people you work with
- explain that you don't have to be friends with everyone, but you do need to be able to get along and work together
Some ideas:Inquiry Based Learning Presentations
1. Jeff - Green Screen and Directing
Question - What is the essense of the green screen? Why is it green? What does it actually do? I was wondering how you incorporated the "star wars" piece that was going too fast.
Comment - Making the presentation personal - about your son - made it interesting. Improvment made along the way was made clear with the "pictures" you used that tracked the process. Good luck with learning more.
2. Amanda - Knitting
Question - Do you have an idea of who you want to knit for? What is it that keeps you going at it?
Comment - Perhaps you would consider making something for a doll or a child? It may not take long to get something concrete made that way. You are brave to try this on your own without having some real person to help you along. You appeared relaxed when presenting. It helps to make the listerners relaxed.
3. Dan - Meditation
Question - - before research to continue learning? dis ease? Are you able to clear your mind?
Comment - Slow down a bit so I can absorb what you are saying please. Both with your power points and how quickly you speak.
4.Laurie - LEARN TOOL and Amimoto
Question - What did you think of being a student on LEARN? How did you learn Animoto?
Comment - Even though I have heard "Animoto" used in class I didn't know what the animoto was all about. Thanks for showing me what it was. It was fun to watch. It was a good review of what was discussed. That might be a good way to end a class (review) or start a new one to remind students what was covered in the previous class (get students' brains working on the subject and ready to move ahead).
5. Doris - Violin (me)
6. Mitch - Guitar - how to read notes/tabs
Question - Where did you learn about what you know so far about playing guitar? When and how much time do you spend playing guitar?
How long have you been playing guitar? What made you like some videos over others? Does your son share with you things he learns in his lessons?
Comments - It helped me to understand a little bit about how a tab worked when you pointed out the order of letters on the screen. I had no idea how to read from the first letter on.
7.Randy - Learning to draw and colour in adobe illustrator
Question - Do you take students on the side - outside of work? You have quite a gift. Do you think you would ever like the adobe illustrator as much as your own creative work?
Comment: Your work is beautiful - it made me want to learn how to draw/paint and use the tools. You appeared to go through a reflective process in this assignment. The tools, tutorials and the power points showing the work you did with the rooster clearly demonstrated your learning. The rooster was great but I like your work more.....
8. Jennifer - project cannoli
Question: Were you somewhat satisfied with your effort?
Comment: Good outline of your process of learning. You combined cookbooks, web and personal contact with pictures that made it personal. Good humour (where shells come to die) hahaha. I enjoyed how each step was visually outlined - I need to remember that for classes. I didn't realize I didn't know what cannoli was. I thought it was a pasta.
9. Maggie F/Andrea/Jason - Cooking seafood and chicken
Question: Did you share your goodies with the other people around?
Comment: The Park Cafe is a lovely place. How lucky to have the opportunity to use the kitchen! It was great to see the "real" pictures of the process - added interest.
10. Maggie L -
Question: How much sanding did you have to do to prepare the cupboards for staining? What kind of wood were the cupboards made of? Did you enjoy the work at all?
Comments: I agree. The second staining technique/color looked better. Nice change. The stain added some good texture to your kitchen..
11. Ken - I am quite curious about what pictures you used in your presentation. You seemed to have caused a stir in class.....
12. Rick - social media
Question: What will you do to manage the page if it becomes really popular? What is the name of the program that creates your first page? I have seen them before but am not sure how to do it.
Comment: First page was eye catching/interesting. I have to admire people who are willing to take on the task of managing something like a social media page. It looks like a great tool for getting the word out but might take a bit of time to actually manage it and keep it updated. Good on you! I didn't realize there was so many different kinds of social media! Thanks for including the violin sound bite. Perhaps I should have used something like that in my presentation...Your presentation was informative.
13. Tony - log cabin
Question: would it be hard to get the right type of tree/log in Manitoba to actually build a log cabin? I suppose there must have been some type of log cabins built by the early settlers?
Comment: The pictures you used in your presentation helped to show what the steps involved in building were. They were clear and to me rather beautiful. I hope you get a chance to try this out.
14. Tom - will you post your presentation?
15. Alan -audio visual - how hard could it be.
Question: What are you hoping to accomplish in the end? What are your goals?
Comment: I agree with your comment that the more we know, the more we realize we don't know
16. Danh - modifying a paint ball gun
Question: What did your sister say when you gifted her son with the gun? (should I cover my ears?)
Comments: Good use of humour in your presentation ("I love my uncle", to irritate my sister...). Methodical presentation; you shared what you did step by step. You know more about guns than I ever hope to know
Sugata Mitra - child driven education
This video was very interesting; talk about self motivation! Children responded to the provocations provided to them and worked through the challenges of their tasks and learning. Groups of children learned to use computers on their own.
- if children have interest, then you have education; they learn
- children demonstrated that they are able to achieve education on their own
- when working together to solve a problem they retain their knowledge - and continue to want to learn more
- students given the freedom to choose their own groups, to exchange groups if they felt the need, and/or to look over other students’ shoulders, use their ideas and claim them as their own worked together to accomplish learning
“Education is a self organized system, where learning is an emergent phenomenon”If we have students entering the ECE program because they are interested in working with children and becoming trained, then is that enough motivation for learning? How could the principles of provocations (some point of direction) and emergent learning be used in our program?
We teach our students to use the emergent process in planning curriculum for children. Should we be adopting more of this method in our teachings?
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Dance in early childhood education
This webquest was directed at the teacher to help him/her incorporate dance throughout their K-3 curriculum. It wasn’t geared to teaching dance but using it in many ways as a tool/method in teaching.
What I do like about Webquests is how methodical they are. A well written webquest is self contained, clear and easy to follow. It allows for independent learning.
This particular webquest was organized but had too much information in each part - it in itself was teaching rather than having the “student” go on a quest and find the information. This was not my idea of a webquest.
STUDENT CENTERED APPROACHES - PRESENTATIONS:
add comments on your wiki page for each presentation
did the presenter indicate appropriate student-centrered approaches for the course(s) or do you have suggestions for more appropriate approaches?
What improvement do you see for the learning approaches presented?
RANDY
Discussion board on web/software "blackboard"
- this will also help the quieter student to share
Journals / blogs- everyone gets feedback sooner / when on practicum this will work to also keep students in contact with the instructor
Adobe illustrator - Flipping the classroom - tutorials on Lynda.com- good to id a resource that will be effective in helping students learn on their own
- I do like the idea that this involves less lecture and more hands-on activity for the students
Figure drawingScaffolding
DANH
cooperative learning - small groups solving problem / do research
- good idea to get students to do research - I would like to try more problem solving in my classess
work stations- these are so hands-on for the students - I think students would really appreciate the working part and if they find the problem, they will remember what they did
problem based learning and inquiry learningDAN
code book / specifications
- what is the student centered strategy? problem solving/case studies?
WebquestLAURIE
journals or blogs
- discovery learning - I really like the idea of asking students to reflect on how the chronic condition would feel like - it is so important to be able to empathize - good idea to do the journal
role play- good thinking and reflection needed to work out the "wrong" and "correct" way to approach situations
- I think I can apply the wrong/correct strategy in some of my guiding behaviour classes - thanks for the idea
simulationMITCH equipment operation
Popplet
- what student centered approach is this?
Webquest- would you have certain websites that you would have students visit to direct the desired learning?
- I am wondering if the webquest would be more effective if the learning outcomes were more focused and narrow in scope
TechnologyJENNIFER
color theory - flip the classroom
- good idea to have the students view the video before and let their questions lead the class
simulation- having a real person to work on without using a "real" hair changing product makes the whole process more real
inquiry learningKEN
flipping the classroom
- deere controls video is a good way for students to prepare for the class - students will be ready to take the information in the next day
- would it be a good idea for students to come to class with questions/feedback about the video?
cooperative learning- pairs help each other - I like the idea of having the just pairs; students can be comfortable with another person
problem based learningALAN truck transport training
Cooperative learning
- learing outcomes are clear as to what the students need to do - to what degree to they have to accomplish the task?
Probelm based learing- you have very clear statements of what the students need to do
ScaffoldingANDREA
retail management - flipped classroom
- good way to get students to learn a variety of retail strategies /they learn from each other
- do you find that students actually do a fair job presenting their learning? do students actually learn from each other what you were hoping they would?
industrial relations - case studies- articles/ great for students to be able to focus on what they are interested in - provides choice for students - very empowering
management principles- discovery learningJEFF
case study
flipped classroom - 3 types
- you are right, your strategies would break up the class and have students involved in their own learning - good benefits
- you have identified some good ways to engage students - I agree with Randy's comment that choosing social (or environmental) issues for students to work on is also getting them to learn real lifeawareness. Thanks for doing that.
MAGGIE F - accountingflipped classroom
discovery learning
graphic organizers
MAGGIE
role play
- would you have each student do each scenario or would you have a different scenario for each student?
jeopardy game- this would be fun - we were already chuckling in class - what approach is this?
technologyAMANDA
scaffolding
- could you give drivers hints when it looks like they are missing something? Would this help them move up a step and remember what to do?
role playing- do you have students actually do the defense manoeuver?
flipping the classroomJASON
webquest - menu creation - variety ethnicity
- I am glad you did a webquest - it is alot of work to set it up right, but I think a good learning tool
coperative learning, discovery learning, learning centres, scaffoldingRICK
flipping the classroom
- students watch video and text questions/comments - you discussed that this frees time to help students with assignments! I like that idea. I am going to remember that concept. I often find that I would like more time to work on assignments and practical skills with students.
webquestscaffolding
TONY
webquest
- google doc allows the students to have access to each other's work - I need to learn how to set a google doc page to use in class - it could be very usable
flip the class/labTOM
popplett - graphic organizer
- Creative thinking! This might get students more engaged. Have you thought of doing the feedback a little earlier than the very end when students just want to leave?
flip the classroom- Will you give them some guidelines to follow in creating the checklist? ah yes, with some freedom to investigate. Good plan.
- Do you think some students would say "I am here to have you teach me?" Eva says this is a webquest.
cooperative learning