Reflection on learning and practice

Key things I have taken from my study with Mindlab:

What:
Flipped Lessons
 - When I started out with Mindlab I had a very small amount of understanding of what flipped lessons were.

Now what:
Through this course I have greatly increased my knowledge of flipped lessons and have begun to use these in my class. The students enjoy using flipped lessons, they love the rewind-ability, and being able to go at their own pace.

So what:
Flipping lessons has enabled students who struggle with learning to replay lesson material. I am now using at least 1 flipped lesson for each maths group each week.

What:
Collaborative learning
Teaching in a 1:1 GAFE environment, it is very easy for my students to work collaboratively on their learning.

Now what:
Through my own learning journey whilst at Mindlab, I have seen the power of collaboration in my own learning and assignments and have seen the difference this can make for me as the learner. I found it much easier to synthesize  my learning, and apply this learning in assessment tasks where I worked collaboratively with others.

So what:
As a result of my own experiences I am now providing more opportunities for my students to work collaboratively, both within my class and across classes within our school. Next term I hope to begin some cross cluster collaboration with other classes in the Ako Hiko Cluster.

What:
Kan ban boards - a part of the agile learning manifesto.

Now what:
I have introduced KanBan boards as away for my students to track goal setting, we used these with parents at the beginning of the year to identify goals, and try students progress

So what:
This has enabled students to track their goals in an easily visible way, it also gives parents, and management the opportunity to check in on how students are going with their goals.
I would like to expand on this idea later in the year and see how it can be used for other tasks for students who are self managing, and to assist those who aren't.