The last two weeks we have been doing an iExplore around deaf culture, the Treaty of Waitangi and Chinese New Year. The learners have been in three groups and we've run a rotation through the three topics. The first two groups were really engaged in my topic (Chinese New Year) and most of the learners shared some really great thoughts from what they had learnt. Today's group were the most engaged of all the groups. I was a little concerned about how I was going to reach the deaf learners but they seemed to be really interested in the topic and were excited about finding out about the dragons and the mythical monster who terrorised a village.
I realised after the first group that I needed to get the learners to record something about their learning of Chinese New Year customs and traditions so I got the second and third groups to create their own slides on my slideshow and write something that stuck with them. I absolutely loved what some of them created, a couple linked videos that they'd found and pictures of different things and enjoyed getting up and sharing their slides with the group.
After the second group I went in and left feedback on each slide. This time around I kept it brief and positive and thanked them for sharing, I felt that at this point of the year I want to create a positive feeling around feedback so didn't give any feed forward this time.
Going forward I need to remember to get evidence of learning every time we do something. I also need to work on making my planning more thorough and link the correct things to it. I need to think about what sort of feedback and feed forward I want to give on this sort of activity where it's a shared document, in terms of privacy do I want to be critical in public or keep it positive.
Attach the slideshow when it's finished.
