A short 🧵 on #TaskDesign using this weeks #Science lesson ☺️

1/4 This week we were building our understanding of circuits & their components.

We investigated voltage & its impact on a circuit. The #retrieval task linked back to previous lesson & unit. 2/4 Then experimented with adding cells to circuits to see how it affect components like the bulb 💡& buzzer 🔊

We tested first using @PhETsims simulator, this helped us gain a clearer understanding & visualise the electrons moving.

Then we applied this to physical components.

Task design reading list in a short 🧵 thread 👍

I have been asked this a few times, most recently by @Baggiepr & I will have undoubtedly missed something. I can imagine that @MorgsEd will have further reading to add, however, these are my recommended reads regarding #TaskDesign 1/10 First up it’s the incredible @olicav. Focussed purely on my understanding of Dual Coding Theory & for building in icons to enhance meaning within concepts.

I have used the theory simplistically but I genuinely believe the rewards are plenty.

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Inspired by @ICTEvangelist’s #DigitalCitizenshipWeek post I thought i’d share the tasks I put together that complement the @SWGfL_Official resources.

A thread🧵of previous tweets, the #ProjectEvolve resources linked & the tasks.

#DigCit #EdTech #EduTwitter #Teacher In #Year6, we started our #DigitalCitizenship journey!

We discussed addressing online bullying, learned who to reach out to, & when.

#ProjectEvolve resources👇



My adapted task👇



#Edutwitter #Education #Computing projectevolve.co.uk/toolkit/resour…
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A thread 🧵 on books for #primary #computing it’s incredibly important to have books for everything.

I’ve been meaning to share this for a while.

Are you a computing lead, bookmark, recommend & buy ☺️

It’s important to note, a lot of these books are American in origin. We’ll start with the heavy weights!

Hello Ruby @hellorubyworld is an absolutely incredible series of books written by @lindaliukas



It has been published in over 20+ languages & has a really nice selection of resources on the website. helloruby.com/books

So this week I have been trialling @YouHueApp in my class & honestly this is one of the best apps I’ve used on a while.

Here’s a thread 🧵 in a nutshell it’s a way to check in on the emotions of my class.

#edutwitter #education #UKEdChat #EdTech #teachertwitter So the quick context, like many schools we use the language of @ZonesOfReg & the idea of checking in at points during the day.

So our head @DominicJ_Martin suggested in KS2 we:

➡️Check in
👍Check up
⬅️Check out

I’m not a fan of display emotions & putting them on display…

A disciplinary tale in 4 lessons, a thread 🧵

I previously shared some of the things we @DominicJ_Martin and I were doing around disciplinary knowledge and planning to incorporate this.

It’s still a moving thing but I thought I’d what we had done recently in Y5 #Geography The unit is on energy, natural resources & renewables, & I like to start my ‘new’ learning off with some BIG #retrieval

Some general ideas to tease out previous Geography learning. I think it orients and contextualises where we’re going next.

Another thread 🧵 on graphic organisers & thinking models!

1/8 The more I work with various GOs & thinking models by putting ideas from @MrGoodwin23 & @olicav into practice, the more apparent it becomes that more of us need to do this… 2/8 as a staff team we’ve been trialling different task design models and adapting these where we can.

Staff have been incredibly open & resilient with these. They know they might not always work as intended but aren’t put off & the keep going.

A thread 🧵 on disciplinary knowledge 🧠

1/ We’ve being focussing on getting the children to work in a disciplinary way in subjects, like #History, #Geography etc.

After discussion with @DominicJ_Martin & our geography lead. We replanned our geography unit.. #TaskDesign 2/7 First lesson (taught last week) was looking at Europe & locating countries & cities.

There was general success. Instead of just identifying our geography lead advised giving a focus:

Landlocked, coastal, northern etc.

This was more disciplinary & a progression from KS1

A 🧵 “The importance of thinking models”

1/6

A blank whiteboard or page can be overwhelming & halt pace or discussion.

Inspired by #SOLOtaxonomy @UnityResSch @baronbedford use of hexagons to link & form connections. I gave children a model to extend their thinking in #History 2/6 I encouraged children to remember & connect as much as they can from their Ancient Egypt topic.

With some icons as prompts the discussion started.

In my head this was a great opportunity to rehearse with a partner before building a concept map of their own later.