Tag: IB PYP

Digital Coach, Good Practice, PYP Exhibition, Uncategorized

Collaborating Online – The PYP Exhibition

nicrehman

Following on from my post Using Tech to Enhance and Engage – The PYP Exhibition, I thought it would be useful to share how we collaborated online throughout the Exhibition process.

At the beginning of the inquiry I built a Google Site with a page for each of the Exhibition student groups: Dance, Painting, Film & Photography, Storytelling & Drama and Music. This site was used as a central hub for students, teachers and mentors to store and access Google Drive resources, to ask questions, share ideas, and reflect.

exhibition 1

A key feature of this site was the use of Padlet as an online communication tool. This resource acts like a virtual notice board, where members of the Padlet can post sticky notes and make comments to share ideas. With this engaging and easy to use tool, users can make notes, add pictures, videos and links and comment on each other’s notes (if desired). Within each group’s page on the Google site, I embedded their Padlet for ease of accessibility. Each Padlet was set to private so that only invited users could see the board and student posts were moderated by teachers; ensuring students and teachers had a safe space to collaborate.  Below are some screenshots of our Padlets with student and teacher names removed.

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Digital Coach, Good Practice, PYP Exhibition, Uncategorized

Using Tech to Enhance and Engage – The PYP Exhibition

nicrehman

This week our school has just celebrated the learning and achievements of our Year 6 students during their PYP Exhibition. Exploring how people express themselves, the students conducted an in-depth inquiry over six weeks into a Central Idea they helped to create based on their interests and passions.

CENTRAL IDEA

The Arts are a creative language that we use to express ourselves and to inspire others to change the way they think and act.

Facilitated by their teacher and mentor, each student developed their own line of inquiry to investigate. After weeks of asking questions, conducting research, collaborating with peers and exploring different concepts, the students presented their learning to their parents, teachers and other students across the school.

Throughout the Exhibition, students, teachers and mentors used a Google Site (with the added sparkle of Padlet) to communicate and organise resources. See my post Collaborating Online – The PYP Exhibition.

Being able to join Year 6 on their inquiry journey as a Digital Coach was an absolute joy! It was wonderful to see the creative ideas from students and mentors for using technology in their Exhibition. When students wanted ideas for presentation inspiration, we worked together to find ways for technology to engage and captivate their audience. Below are some examples of how we used tech in different ways across the Exhibition groups. Click on the circles to view images and captions.

 

Using Chrome Music Lab, visitors created melodies that played in the Silent Disco.
Using Chrome Music Lab, visitors created melodies that played in the Silent Disco.
Another student demonstrated how different coloured filters can be used in photography to elicit different emotions.
Another student demonstrated how different coloured filters can be used in photography to elicit different emotions.
Student made photography filters.
Student made photography filters.
After viewing artwork, visitors shared their feelings through a word cloud poll.
After viewing artwork, visitors shared their feelings through a word cloud poll.
Using Prezi, this student shared his research about different Jazz, Blues and Gospel musicians.
Using Prezi, this student shared his research about different Jazz, Blues and Gospel musicians.
One student created a stop motion to demonstrate his understanding of how people express themselves through Science Fiction films.
One student created a stop motion to demonstrate his understanding of how people express themselves through Science Fiction films.
A student used the Puppet Palls app to create a video of traditional and modern day interpretations of Shakespeare plays.
A student used the Puppet Palls app to create a video of traditional and modern day interpretations of Shakespeare plays.
Visitors were encouraged to share their impression of London by submitting their response to an online poll.
Visitors were encouraged to share their impression of London by submitting their response to an online poll.
Word cloud of London Photography poll.
Word cloud of London Photography poll.

 

Google Certified Innovator, Uncategorized

Action in the PYP

nicrehman

As a London 2017 Google Certified Innovator I wanted to find a way to encourage students to collaborate and take Action in the IB PYP inquiry cycle.  PYP Action – Making Connections is a site which encourages students to:

SHARE the Action they want to take

EXPLORE the Action others are taking

CONNECT to take Action

Over the past 12 months I have collected data, created prototypes and trialled this site in my own school. Whilst we are in the early stages of implementation, already we can see a boost in student initiated Action.

Nic Rehman Action Site

Good Practice, Google Certified Innovator

Google Innovator Application

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With the next Google for Education Innovator academy to be held in London April 2017, I thought it was about time that I apply for this exciting opportunity. The chance to have a year of support to develop an innovative idea for education is one not to be missed.

I’m sure that there will be lots of worthy applications and I look forward to seeing other educator’s ideas. Good luck to all the applicants!

Here is my Vision Deck and video below.