Series 1 (2017)
1. Self & Peer Assessment (Jamie Clark) Further ways to become a smarter assessor. In this initial session, Jamie offers hints and tips on how we can boost the impact of peer and self-assessment through effective scaffolding and structuring resulting in quality outcomes and learning for all!
2. Feedback (James Ramsey) Providing short, snappy and regular feedback to students is crucial in helping them to achieve success. In this forum, James will explain how Humanities teachers are using a variety of formative assessment to respond to students needs. Come along and takeaway formative strategies that will help to inform your teaching. A number of the ideas are inspired by the great Dylan Wiliam!
3. Lesson Design & Structure (Marc Caporn) Designing and creating engaging lessons is one of the most important parts of our role as teachers. Marc’s forum willshow how to effectively structure your lessons so that your students are constantly on-task, working collaboratively and making progress! Onceyou’ve trialled this approach, your lesson preparation will never be the same again! Come along and see.
4. Lasting Learning (Daisy Coma) Daisy Coma will use research from the websitehttp://www.lastinglearning.com/ and Robert and Elizabeth Bjork to unpack how students best learn and what we can do in our lesson planning to increase learning and performance. You will discuss whether forgetting is beneficial, if learning should be desirably difficult, and how this fits in with the Cognitive Load Theory, optimal spacing intervals and the benefits of interleaving. You’ll have lots to remember!
5. Tools 4 Formative Feedback (Daniel Budd) In previous 15 Minute Forums we have discussed utilising alternative methods of feedback and assessment. In this session, Daniel Budd will introduce Explain Everything as a tool which can be used for giving oral feedback in various subject areas. Daniel will provide powerful examples from English, PE and Mathematics.
6. Ice-breakers (Scott Brechany) Grabbing students’ attention from the ‘get-go’ is one way to liven up your lesson and engage your class. In this Forum, Scott will share how he consolidates previous learning whilst livening up his class and having a bit of fun. Scott will share some activities used to “break the ice”.Come along and collect some templates and simple resources that can be tailored to any learning area. These ideas are guaranteed to have the kids switched on and moving from the start of the lesson.
7. Changing the Game (James Howard) Coaching, teaching and parenting young people is an art, not a science. This 15MF ‘Changing the Game’ will challenge you to re- evaluate your philosophy in relation to these crucial roles we perform and suggest some easy to implement strategies to take away. It is as relevant to teachers as it is to leaders as it is to aspiring coaches who are serious about forming a more genuine connection with students and colleagues.
8. Learning Objectives (James Dove) In this session, James will explain ways of writing purposeful and achievable lesson objectives and how this builds into the College Learning Philosophy. Learn how to create focused success criteria which easily guide and direct student progress!
9. Providing Choice (Filipa Carvalho) Academically able students can become complacent and may even become underachievers when not adequately challenged. Providing students with choice motivates academically able students.During Filipa’s forum, learn two simple strategies that can be used to differentiate and compact the curriculum for subjects or topics that involve mastery of skill as well as those subjects that are content based where pre- tests simply don't work.
10. Infographics! (Melissa Baines) Infographics can be used in the classroom to deliver key information and to formatively assess student understanding. They provide an engaging and easy way to identify key words and information and to assist students with their summarising skills. In this session, Mel will show many existing apps and websites that provide templates for students to visually present their understanding of a concept/topic!