Effective Practice - What am I doing in class?

My Tool in Action

Over the last few weeks I have implemented my maths tool into the classroom. One of the purposes of the tool is that it allows students to work independently on their maths - the learning is essentially flipped. 

In order to implement this tool - firstly students timetabled it into their week, in this specific block of time, the only worked on their Maths Knowledge. 

I then introduced the students to the tool on the site and how they would use it in their independent Maths Knowledge Sessions. 

Link to the page on my Hub Site

Students were given choice in the task they could work on for the week. The Maths Knowledge Goals directly align with our schools digital progressions and HERO goals. Our Year 7/8 students have access to their HERO goals, so could pick a task based off what they need to work on. 

For example, this student has achieved the goal "read any fraction", but is still working on "read decimals to 3 decimal places". Therefore, this is one of the Maths Knowledge Goals they could work on for the week. This information is all accessible to the students. 

Once students had identified and selected a Maths Knowledge Goal they needed to work on, they then completed the questions in the back of their maths book. Once finished they took a photo of their maths work and a screenshot of the questions they worked on and uploaded this to their student blogs. 

For example:

 

While this is not my intended final outcome of my project, this provides a good starting point for trailing my project in the classroom. 

Effective Teaching as a result of my tool:

• Students are learning skills that relate directly to their identified individual learning goals. 
• These tasks are able to be completed independently - they are able to work on their knowledge and bring this to their strategy workshops. 
• If gaps have been identified in their learning, students can be directed to this tool - very specific to their needs and is ubiquitous.
• Students are taking agency over their learning and have choice in the task. 

I'm looking forward to making further changes to my tool and see how I can adapt it further based off the feedback I receive from the students. I am also looking forward to the next step in the project - where I create the specific site for my digital tool.