Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Interwrite reflection

Our PD session on using Interwrite went really well. It was a great idea to start with a challenge where teachers had to tick off when they had successfully completed each challenge.
We then moved into three groups. Each group had a different focus and learning outcomes. The group that I worked with learnt how to save an interwrite file, take a capture of a photo from the Internet, and duplicate a photo.
I use interwrite alot in maths, whole class and group work, where chn share their thinking. We use both the modelling book and the teaching station (interwite) to model thinking. This ensures more than child is sharing their thinking and I can keep track with where chn are at in the learning process.
This work can then get printed off for modelling books or learning logs or the classroom wall.

My next steps:

  • I really would like to get chn in class to create their own Interwrite activities for other chn to work on. 
  • the youtube clips I found were really useful so I might see if I can find some more 

2 comments:

  1. Hi marcelle. Yes I agree it was great to have a recap of interwrite. It is such a great resource that I often forget to utilise. Maybe we could make a list of things that you can do on Interwrite (google doc for other staff input) and target some of our sessions on these interwrite skills.

    I to would like to get my kids to make their own interwrites. Maybe we could work on this and share together.

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  2. Hi Marcelle
    I have started to ask children to set up maths activities for me. Yesterday Brandon made me a set of numbers to twenty and changed the colour for each number. Kids then practised numbers in order to 20. He was so proud of himself that he made the activity!
    RJS

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