I thought I’d share how we set up for PYP Exhibition via online learning! This is how the Year 6 team at NIST (@NISTSchool, @Y6NIST) started out their online PYPx. It's not THE way, it's simply ONE way. We’re adjusting and adapting as we go and I’m sure others will share more too. This is focused on the first week or two only. Firstly some thoughts:
Reflection on their own Elementary Journey:
Transdisciplinary Theme:
Go slowly, and give them the opportunity to connect with each other where possible - Flipgrid is great for this. Balance new input with opportunities to connect - it’s almost like you’re stacking, unstacking, and then re-stacking over and over - but once those initial pieces are in place, the rest will be more worthwhile. Central Ideas We decided to offer the student 5 central ideas from the previous year, and see which hooked them. They went through a process of ranking, assessing and finally deciding the one they thought might fit best for them. This was a specific response to the online environment. #onlinelearning Lines of Inquiry This is where we were at the end of week 2, and I personally, am really pleased with what I can hear my students articulating. We decided that our guidelines to listen for were:
Questioning such as:
Moving forwards We wanted to prioritise inquiry, and student agency. So we spent time compiling an inquiry resource for all of our Year 6’s to use - almost like an inquiry dictionary. We chose an inquiry focused overview from this pdf book by Kath Murdoch and Jeni Wilson. And from there we compiled scaffold ideas that would work for each section. We’re hoping to use this as sort of a touchstone for supporting our students as they go on their inquiry journey. The key concepts graphic seen below is from Chris Gadbury. Don’t forget to model being a great digital citizen and credit everything! MY PERSONAL REFLECTION so far:
When I Zoom with my kids I’m hearing them talk about thinking and about big ideas so that for me is a WIN so far. Twitter: @bourgeois1
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