Learning diary - Donato Martano by Donato Martano https://padlet.com/donato_martano/vjfcvlrav7pz like god on his first day at work en-us 2016-10-27 14:22:59 UTC 2023-12-25 21:14:58 UTC hello@padlet.com 261016 First post. Just checking how it works. That's supposed to be my learning diary. donato_martano https://padlet.com/donato_martano/vjfcvlrav7pz/wish/133634221 2016-10-27 14:26:18 UTC https://padlet.com/donato_martano/vjfcvlrav7pz/wish/133634221 Not going to bother you with the story of my life. I'm a teacher of English Language in secondary school, that's enough. donato_martano https://padlet.com/donato_martano/vjfcvlrav7pz/wish/133637529 2016-10-27 14:33:42 UTC https://padlet.com/donato_martano/vjfcvlrav7pz/wish/133637529 Collaborative learning involves positive interdependence, mutual responsibilty and social skills for the achievement of a common goal at the end of a clarly devised task or learning activity, in which the teacher acts as a facilitator rather that a transmitter of knowledge donato_martano https://padlet.com/donato_martano/vjfcvlrav7pz/wish/134009832 2016-10-28 21:43:12 UTC https://padlet.com/donato_martano/vjfcvlrav7pz/wish/134009832 Circle time is a great way to receive feedback on class activities from the students, and to help them develop awareness, metacognition and autonomy. Going to implement circle time as often as I can in my class donato_martano https://padlet.com/donato_martano/vjfcvlrav7pz/wish/134010895 2016-10-28 22:04:04 UTC https://padlet.com/donato_martano/vjfcvlrav7pz/wish/134010895 In collaborative learning activities control, participation and behaviour management are crucial issues, often extremely hard to handle. My opinion is that personal and collective behaviour is built through years of good practices, until it is no longer a constriction but rather a normal habit donato_martano https://padlet.com/donato_martano/vjfcvlrav7pz/wish/134011538 2016-10-28 22:19:16 UTC https://padlet.com/donato_martano/vjfcvlrav7pz/wish/134011538 Relatively low level of collaboration: each student must choose a motto/quote/sentence in English that significantly describes his/her personality. Then, in turn, each student delivers the motto as a performance before the audience, following a given outline and trying to avoid hesitations. The only collaboration required is communicative, the audience listens attentively and the speakers try to establish a communication with the audience. Level: beginnerHigher level of collaboration: students in small groups, each of which represents a tech company ready to launch a revolutionary device on the market. Each group must choose the company's name, make up a brief history of the company, the nature and commercial name of their product (anything is admitted, better if non-existing or futuristic) and a brief advertising campaign to launch the product, using images, slogans, music or whatever they like. Groups show their projects to the class with a ppt presentation. Suitable for any level, the sample was made by a group of pre-intermediate. donato_martano https://padlet.com/donato_martano/vjfcvlrav7pz/wish/134034668 2016-10-29 12:41:47 UTC https://padlet.com/donato_martano/vjfcvlrav7pz/wish/134034668 Collaborative learning KWs: shared resonsibility - positive interdependance - common goal - negotiation - conflict resolution - making decisions - leadership - agreement on what must be done - distribution of tasks - listening to the ideas of others - integration of ideas into a coherent whole donato_martano https://padlet.com/donato_martano/vjfcvlrav7pz/wish/134498572 All of these skills can be trained as they do not belong to to sphere of personality alone

4 collaboration questions:
1) Are they working together?
2) Do they have shared responsibility?
3) Do they make substantive decisions (Content, Process, Product)?
4) Is their work intedependent?

Scenarios:
7 phases: dream (brainstorm) - explore (gather info) - map (structure) - make - ask - re-make - show (present)]]> 2016-11-01 14:49:05 UTC https://padlet.com/donato_martano/vjfcvlrav7pz/wish/134498572 Donato Martano, Italy -                                                       Activity 1 - I would mark it 2 (students work together and listen to each other, but do not have shared responsibility (except in a wider sense for the success of the whole activity), though they give each other feedback; nonetheless, they take substantive decisions  (as for the content of their motto) individually, and the interdependence relates to the different roles of the speakers and the audience. How should I consider this using a rubric?                                                                         Activity 2: I would mark it 5, since the groups work together, have shared responsibility, make substantive decisions and their work is interdependent. donato_martano https://padlet.com/donato_martano/vjfcvlrav7pz/wish/134520025 2016-11-01 15:36:04 UTC https://padlet.com/donato_martano/vjfcvlrav7pz/wish/134520025 Module three - Started! donato_martano https://padlet.com/donato_martano/vjfcvlrav7pz/wish/136413948 Assessment should encourage students, not make them competitive; Feedback must be brief, clear, timely; self and peer assesment must use the same language of the group and are kind of delicate; formative, self and summative assessment; focus,commitment, motivation, engagement, ability to achieve goals.
What to assess and how:
learning outcomes (individual and collective); teamwork and group goals; methodological process; product;
simple assessment tools; checklists; rubrics; infographics, mind maps, portfolios;
using rubrics as scoring tools: descriptors - decide the level of knowledge - criteria - levels (generally four) - checklists: accurate, efficient, well targeted, easy to use, practical; define purpose; 
Factual, conceptual, procedural, metacognitive; self assessment and peer assessment together;  differentiating the evaluation of individual participation; ability to negotiate, persuade, integrate other people's opinions and idea, originality, respect of unusual ideas or points of view;
discrete assessment (individual participation in group work); ask and give feedback; fairness in self and peer assessment]]> 2016-11-09 14:55:22 UTC https://padlet.com/donato_martano/vjfcvlrav7pz/wish/136413948 Module 4 - notes donato_martano https://padlet.com/donato_martano/vjfcvlrav7pz/wish/138435512 Lesson plan done. Hope it matches the requirements. As for the content of the 4th module, I guess it could be suitable for a collaboration among teachers of different subjects (Education to Citizenship, Law, History).]]> 2016-11-17 15:24:08 UTC https://padlet.com/donato_martano/vjfcvlrav7pz/wish/138435512