DFI 5 Making learning visible and sites

DFI 5  Making learning visible  & Collaborate sites.

The pedagogy of making learning visible is one that I have been striving for across our school, it gives clarity, transparency on many levels and is an enabler of success.

In the classroom from a learning perspective, "guess what the teacher is thinking or wanting " needs
to go and make way for  a very clear visual scaffolded approach to learning that considers the learner and their style of learning more.

Making  the default  always to be visible allows parents and whanau to access their child learning and become more involved.  In our present situation  with online learning, a parent emailed me with the comment how excited she was to be able to see what her child needed to learn and explore and her child's response to it.

When students see the, what, how and why, learning gains more purpose and gives them more control over setting their own goals and targets  and success criteria.
With students too making any part of the learn create share visible, to an audience there is an increased response, which inspires a learner to continue.
Hatte's top influencer of learning was feedback,  the way we are structure the feedback with positive thoughtful helpful  further enhances this.
 Visibility for the teacher comes with the use of Hapara again a tool that allows for instant feedback, and is invaluable to ensure students are at the  right place at the right time!


I really enjoyed searching  through the multimodle sites, which engages the learner in so many ways.
The hook has always  resonated with me, finding that for your learner I believe is the key to a great learning relationship.

The new learning of creating our own sites, was exciting, and a learning curve, but the unlimited possibilities to engage learning is unlimited.
This is perfect timing for the world we are presently in.
I created an ANZAC site  which I shared with our Year 8 teacher, to give to her students and give me feedback!