Simon Cossey Professional Blog

  Somehow the staff room survived without any major damage!!  The wether was very stormy - so we couldn't get outside. Not to worry, we improvised and used the staffroom as our netball court! Hilarious.   Where am I at? I don't know much about netball. I would put myself at 3 out of 10 before we started. Only because I like sport and know some ball skills.  What did I learn?   - coaching by questioning (making the students do the thinking rather than the coach 'telling')... hmmm sounds a lot like dialectic teaching!  - the different adaptations of netball for different ages - kids play sport for fun, teamwork, fair play, learning new skills, (winning is 81 on the list when kids were surveyed)  Reflection   - When I watch kids play games, they often don't keep score. but they will spit fire if someone doesn't 'play fair' according their view of fair. Perhaps fair play really is more important than winning for lots of kids.  Action Steps  - take the time t

  Smart Media with Fiona Grant   A recorded toolkit from Oct 19.  My brain is buzzing with the concepts and there are so many ideas to explore in the slides   Focus on Year 1-3.  Learn - students start by learning 'what is media'. This can happen through discussing images of people engaging in different types of media (using technology and tech free), sorting these images and noticing what is happening within these images. In doing this, students are 'tuning in' to the media that is around them.  - Super tip - select images the kids connect to (e.g. murals from around town and DLOs from other kids' blogs).  Students learn that people make images.  Students discuss fake and real images. As you view and evaluate images - you are constantly eliciting questions from students, helping them to think for themselves, encouraging their curiosity.  Create   Students can create their own 'fake' images by using sites such as explain everything  cut out tool and remove.