Managing the Learning Environment

Last year our teachers in 1:1 classes experimented with a variety of ways of managing the learning environment in the digital world. Over the course of the year their thinking began to converge as
• Teachers shared their practice at Netbook Teachers' meetings 
• The PD facilitators, who moved from class to class, began to collate their observations and to share these  
• The recently published research evaluation report included observations and teacher reflections around this.

So this year many of the Manaiakalani Schools felt confident that they had an approach that, while still a work-in-progress,  worked for them.  It created a personalised learning environment for the students, it helped teaching and planning 'make sense', it was transparent to whanau and school management - and was creative, collaborative and fun!


I asked a number of teachers across our schools to create a creen recording video sharing one aspect of how the learning environment was managed in their classes last term.


This post provides links to four primary school classes.  Take the time to explore the links and watch the videos as these teachers talk you through their students use of their Google Site and Google Apps. 


Chris Marks, Pt England School - Year 5/6
Writing movie here, class Google Site here


Sarah Gleeson, St Pius X School - Year 5
Reading movie here, class Google Site here


Helen King, Pt England School - Year 5
Maths (number Strategy) movie here, class Google Site here


Joy Paton, Panmure Bridge School - Year 5/6
Art movie here, class Google Site here


Examples from Tamaki College coming soon…..