Wednesday 23 August 2017

Self Evaluation and Rewindable Learning


Yesterday I wrote a blog post about seizing an opportunity to film a learning conversation in action. Today I began by asking these learners to think about yesterday's reciprocal reading lesson. We talked about what they liked, what went well and what they might do differently next time; and then I shared the  footage I captured. I asked my learners to look closely at their own contributions. Initially their were a few giggles but as the footage progressed I listened to the conversation that was taking place. This was rich and authentic. Afterwards I sat down to have a debrief with them. One student chose to write his observations down so was quite detailed in his responses, one was eager to share that he noticed he was really good at working collaboratively, and the others were keen to tell me that they had all been active participants. 

I asked each person what they would do differently next time to make the most of the learning talk. Click here to read Daniel's blog post about his group's collaborative evaluation of their learning.


Today I repeated the process with another group. Our screen was in use and I wanted to harness the power of capturing today's footage as this group were keen to watch themselves, so I simply replayed their movie on my phone. Click here to read Jeremiah's blog post about his group's collaborative evaluation of their learning.

This is not a tool I would use all the time as the power of the novelty would wear off. However it is definitely a tool I will use to help my learner's see what their learning looks like when I need them to notice and evaluate their own learning.

7 comments:

  1. Enjoyed seeing this activity, can really see it working with my little ones for rewindable learning.

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  2. Hi Robyn Enjoyed talking to you about talking. That just shows it works. It is such a valuable thing to promote.

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  3. Well done Robyn, the presentation of your information is great and easy to follow. Student voice is clear throughout, and showcases they have really made a shift. Ka Pai

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  4. Kia ora Robyn - so great to hear you talk about your inquiry. I enjoyed hearing about how you deliberately plan opportunities for the dialogic discussion to take place. I also liked how you shared about risk taking; trying and tweaking your practice. Very inspiring. Fa'afetai lava

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  5. I love this Robyn. I need to come and see you to talk about literacy strategies!!!
    Karen

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  6. Kia ora Robyn, great to chat about your inquiry. Love the scaffolding idea.

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  7. Talofa Robyn,

    I really liked the way you have encouraged your students to evaluate their learning through rich, collaborative learning conversations. Very confident learners who really like to talk about their learning with their peers.

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