Learning Communities

Learning Communities

​Collaboration Groups

​1. Luxin, Lorn, Bella, Dimple

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​2. William, Quinn, Dejan, Senan, Alison

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​3. Myko, Lisa, Harvey, David A

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​4. Irina, Steven, Jose, Miao, George

​Learning Objectives

​If I have done my job, by the end of this session I will be able to

• Understand and explain how Principal and Practice #3 fits within our school

• ​Be able to use at least 2 learning community strategies in my classroom

• ​Know where I can find more resources to support building a stronger collaborative learning community in my classroom

• ​Have a clear vision for how the school will be using learning communities in the future

​Principal and Practice #3

​…We believe that Learning Communities best enable students and teachers to creatively and holistically explore different fields of knowledge, fostering individual and collaborative learning skills that are critical for the 21st century.

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•…我们相信，“学习共同体”最能促使师生创造性地、全面地探索不同的知识领域，让学生掌握21世纪至关重要的个人和协作学习技能。

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​YCYW Definition of Learning Community

​...Students and teachers coming together for shared learning, discovery, and the generation of knowledge. All participants.....are active learners with shared interests and jointly take responsibility for achieving their learning goals.

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​-YCYW Learning Communitities Guiding Statement

​Why use Learning Communities?

​Timed Pair Share

​1.                 The teacher gives a discussion topic.

老师给出讨论主题

2.                 Get into a pair assigned by the teacher.

老师安排两人一组

3.                 Rock, paper, scissor. Winner goes first.

石头剪刀布，赢的人先

4.                 Person 1 answers the question on their card for 30 seconds.

第一名同学用30秒回答卡片上的问题

5.                 Person 2 answers the question on their card for 30 seconds.

Open Ended

What intrigues you most about learning communities in the upper secondary classroom?

Open Ended

What are you worried or concerned about?

Resources can be found

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Teams - Staff Working Group, Learning Communities Channel

​Includes: Kagan Collaborative Learning book

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​Starting in February we will start asking staff to respond weekly to questions about LC

Email

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Weekly we have been sending LC strategies via email, and then additionally posting them in teams

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PD Platform

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There is a 4-6 week training session on the Learning Platform.

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In addition there will be a Shanghai (East China Network) training starting in February what will allow for collaborative training on assessment in Learning Communities

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Multiple Choice

I can find resources for Learning Communities on

• Teams Staff Working Group

• PD Portal

• Weekly Email

• All the Above

​Jigsaw Method

​Jigsaw

 

1. Each student gets a number.

每个学生有一个号码

2. Go to the number group.

进入相应号码的组

​Jigsaw Method

​3. Each group gets a different topic.

每组有不同的主题

4.  The number groups learn about the topic together (poster).

每组一起通过海报学习与主题相关的内容

5.  Come back to the original group.

回到原先所在的组

6.  Tell your group about what you learned.

告诉组内的人你学到了什么

In your Groups

Create a poster depicting your: You may not use words

1. ​You can use pictures, numbers, symbols etc... to explain your sturcture, but may not use words.

2. ​On the back, brainstorm ways you can use this structure in your subject(s)

3. ​Once your poster is complete hang it on the wall

4. ​Each group will rotate, observe, and discuss the poster and guess what your structure was.

5. ​Groups will then present their topics to the group to check for understanding

​Read your assigned structure

Move to Department groups

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Share with your department the structure you learned about, and how you can suggest using it in your subjects.

Plenary

Timed Pair/Group-Share

​Jigsaw Method

​Carousel Feedback

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​Today we have briefly covered

Quiz Quiz Trade

​​Fan-n-Pick

​Find Someone Who

​Rally Coach

All teachers need to incorporate 2 learning community strategies into their lessons during the month of Febuary

1. Lesson plan

2. ​QfLT

   1. ​What did you try

   2. ​Why

   3. ​What was the result (use your data to support your reflection)

   4. ​Observation (encouraged)

Documentation

Poll

I feel comfortable with at least 2 strategies and will apply them in my classroom

• Yes

• No

• I am still unclear about how to use collaborative learning