Learning alongside is powerful and builds collective efficacy that nutures relationships, trust and risk-taking. On April 9th, 2013, the @AncasterSrPS Grade 8 teaching staff and I spent time learning together with @bloggucation and @mrjarbenne. The day’s theme focussed on sharing their wonderings and questions about our Grade 8 students transitioning to highschool. The how was what was different because the day was designed to allow self-directed learning and choice. We were learning through collaboration with tech tools that foster openness, transparency and choice in how to contribute. The powerful learning was embedded in the staff choice and experiencing different ways of how one can express their thinking and ask questions.
Staff were learning as individuals because one size does not fit all. The key: leveraging the affordances of technology is the best way to go whenever possible because it allows one to express their thoughts in connected ways via text, image, video, audio creating optimal learning conditions focussed on choice. Read More Staff Learning & Capturing Voice