#dojochatEU Archive
The European branch of ClassDojo's official educational chat that covers a variety of subjects, focusing mainly on improving classroom community.
Wednesday March 16, 2016
3:30 PM EDT
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It's time for w/ our very own ! Let's talk about making learning fun!
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Jeevan Chagger, 19, Health Mentor , Birmingham UK, Glad to be involved in for the 3rd consecutive week!
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Amie, Regional Manager & Health Mentor
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Yikes!! Looks like we're going early this week :)
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Laura Deputy Headteacher West Sussex
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fun doesn't have a start time
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Hi Jeevan! Thanks for joining - even if an hour early :D :D :D
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Hi Amie! Thanks for joining :)
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Hi Laura! Thanks for joining tonight! :)
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No worries, I love being back and involved in sharing best practice :)
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Hello, ! I'm a curriculum and technology teacher from Ohio. :)
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Hi mentors, hi everyone! It would be fantastic whether uploading more than one photo in the same post were possible.
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Thought it was earlier than usual
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a1: students are engaged, smiling, internally driven, and taking away information in a meaningful way.
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It is! Our mistake -- had daylight savings this weekend in the US! Woops :P
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A1: Fun learning is when pupils are positively engaged through active means of learning with use of various resources
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A1 it is going to look like chaos in the classroom because students are engaged
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Hello everyone! It would be fantastic if we could upload more than one photo in the same post in Class Story.
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A1 - Lessons are engaging, relevant, enable creativity, encourage curiosity, where kids can explore and play!!
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And that is beautiful thing that we like to call loud learning! ๐ฃ
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A1: Learners/students are engaged, focused and energized as they are learning in a way that excites and motivates them
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Yes it sure would!!! Working on it :) Hopefully soon
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A1 When the children don't realise they are learning! Inspiring and allowing creativity
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Great point on the creativity! It's basically essential to let students open their minds a bit!
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Well this looks like fun!!
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A1 it is sung tools that come from what excites students and not always what the school says to use https://t.co/2He4TV4tLD
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It's FUN to be stealthy sometimes, right?! ๐
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A2 play is the basis of how we learn. When you learn the most in life you were playing
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I'm a little jealous of your class!
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A2: Gives pupils the opportunity to express themselves in a different light. Learning isn't all textbooks but more exploring
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A1 students are engaged and clearly want to discover more on what they are dipping
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A1: making it enjoyable and different to the norm, whilst children still learn. Teaching to the needs and likes of children
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a2: What do you remember about elementary school?
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a2 fun brings all students interest up some level which is better than none
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A2: STS learn easily when they play and fun .
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A2: life is about enjoyment! How can children develop into holistic adults when they are disengaged and bored at school
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This is beautiful! It's really about digging deeper and discovering the WHY as well!
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Hi Erdem!! Thanks for joining :)
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Hi Chris!!! Thanks for joining :)
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A2 Education should not something regarded as boring and to be avoided but something enjoyable
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We all learn from play from the very beginning of our life. If we make learning fun it sticks!
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A2 We need to remember they are children! Play = what they do best and if we can create a fun environment they will learn better
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A2: Play and fun in the classroom let children explore and find themselves and where their talents lie!
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When students are excited to go to class it helps you connect with them on a deeper level!
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And also to develop non academic skills such as fine gross motor skills, communication, teamwork etc
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look at a pot of theories of learning, most deal with play at some point
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I'm relatively fresh out of college and can't even think of an assignment on the top of my head!
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Fun & play are memorable. Simple as that. Ask me about my favourite lesson as a pupil and I'll tell you the fun ones
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Joining in Velia love admin.
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yep traditional homework is useless
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A2: best feeling ever when you hear the kids playing games on the yard related to your lesson!
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A3: Active learning! are all amazing ways of getting children engaged through fun activity
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Oh no! I'd probably want to forget one of those! ๐ณ
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A2 - Without fun/play it's really difficult to push boundaries! Curiosity/motivation/excitement are all elevated when it's fun
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A3: Let learners plan an ideal activity for future lessons in plenaries. Learning is then tailored to their needs based on them
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A3 Listening to the interests! Using your own enthusiasm and going off on a tangent, sometimes ;)
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A2Mr Kay, rewarding that your Ss are so engaged!
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take risks. Tap into the interests of the children. Don't take yourself too seriously. I like mystery solving.
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Oh cool! Do you have any specific examples?
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in its most simplistic forms, play is natural inquiry based
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A3 by making sure activities are active, engaging and something to talk about when they go home
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how natural! Real learning, authentic, Ss are engaged and open
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mostly Roman gladiator battle related! But when they were teaching some KS1 pupils a fraction game was the best!
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This is a super important point and a great way to connect the classroom experience with the home!
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A3 - I would always make sure kids could MOVE! Use their hands, work with others, and lessons related to their lives/interests
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a3: Play with the kids! Let them lead! Use :
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A3: Try to using different apps maybe sing a rap song. To Engage sts to all activities.
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can't beat a good bit of noodling
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is imperative to learning--playing with new topics and experiences to build confidence in learning.
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A4: is a great way to incorporate technology into the classroom!
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Sounds like you're basically hosting a classroom party! ๐
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A4: Health Mentors use impact reports on computers to measure long term progress across 8 areas of development
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A4: in PE we use iPads to analyse technique with , videos to show best practice and to answer questions
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Learning is easier when you have something you relate to!
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A4: Use of progress reviews on excel to process data from observations and develop essential computing skills with learners
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lots of videoing role play. My class love using apps like sock puppets etc.
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Thank You! Also helps ensure lesson is engaging as well as giving them something to look forward to
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And when students have confidence in learning, the sky's the limit! ๐ซ
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A4: Health Mentor's use technology in PE lessons through to motivate the children!
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A5: Adapt them to suit the interests of ALL students whether than be different resources, tasks or groups to help them meet aims
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With renewed focus on timestables, lots of frenzy activities, mixed with timer, strange noises & modernisation
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A4: I use it during my numeracy intervention sessions and after school clubs by using .
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I always like the idea of merging the two together! Like a student-made kahoot made on paper first! ๐
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Kids love making power points to demonstrate their learning in my classroom
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A5: Make it simple and different Integrate my classroom with students' needs.
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The more kids create the more engaged their brains are thus learning occurs
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A5 - Creativity isn't limited to technology. Traditional classrooms can still have a messy and creative personality!
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Can't go wrong with a big piece of sugar paper for mind maps, although there are some amazing ipad apps
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Peoplel are social creatures so have them chat more often and share ideas and knowledge
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A6 - I think this goes back to really knowing your students and making the content relevant to their lives/cultures/interests
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A6: Give them the opportunity to be the practitioner/ facilitator/ teacher to develop their skills further in a work environment
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Competition is great if students can handle winning and losing
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A6 keeping the fun relevant to their age group. Using music, films etc.
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Do you ever find some of your students have problems with competition, even at the older age?
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yes some do, not for everyone, but I find that they are generally more keen
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A6: Same for younger learners, include humour and try and link it to interests. Don't patronise but get the attention.
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We call this turning learners to leaders! ๐ https://t.co/xY9Nj5yd1I
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A6: Give them the opportunity to be the practitioner/ facilitator/ teacher to develop their skills further in a work environment
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A6 - PBL is pretty fantastic for all ages, but was wonderful for my high school students. Kept it challenging and inquiry based!
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Yes all ages are competitive have work in pairs to complete task so competition but don't know where others are
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That's good to hear! I know I love some healthy competitionโour company-wide Kahoot! sessions can get intense!
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Yes! We should be encouraging the 'Learners to Leaders' loop early on, but it's VITAL as they get older!
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I love PD sessions where we create things to take and use or just sharing on real ideas and things occurring in the classroom
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A7: Health Mentors love a bit of competition within training sessions. As well as a spot of kareoke!
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A7: make it active again! Teach how you would like to be taught and vice versa
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chocolate, cake and silly games! Memory games work well
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A7 - Make it actionable!! IMO what you learn at a PD should be something you can put into action straight away
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I'd definitely be ready to learn after some chocolate and cake! ๐
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A7 - Twitter chats, app-smashing, edcamps, teachmeets, etc. have really changed the game for teacher PD
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Love this! It's basically common sense at a certain point!
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A7: Competition & having fun. I'm setting up a staff sports club to get staff to have fun & get involved together through sport
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There's so many ways to keep the world connected now! ๐
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Love the idea of staff sports club may try that with my school
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these are also the lessons that students remember and appreciate most
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I think we need a basketball league with all of my coworkers! ๐
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we did a staff running club an schools...staff went on to do & half marathons!
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The final question is one minute away!
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Yep! Teaching can be quite lonely if you don't have a supportive network of inspiring Ts to lean on/collaborate with
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Keep fun: share , integrate , & invite students to their learning!
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Hoping to also get a staff talent show or dance group to perform to children to show we have fun too!
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A1 -Engaging learners using different tasks. Sometimes giving them a choice
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A2 - They make learning fun and happy minds produce good work
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My own children do group projects at home with google docs and facetime
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Do you have any specific examples of some choices your students were allowed to make?
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A3 - Different tasks, outdoor learning, collaborative tasks
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A4 - ipads in P.E to help with peer and self assessment
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A8: Use of outdoors to get children active and outdoors whilst learning about maths. Forest school for teamwork etc
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A8: by integrating fun videos, texts which are telated to your course into your lesson
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A5 - Pupils assessing their own and others work
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A8 - Oh absolutely! Loved brining my kids outside during a lesson- growing a school garden, nature walks, launching rockets, etc
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I believe it's so important to use , , & to extend , !
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A6 - give them responsibility to plan and deliver different parts of lessons
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A7: Treat PD like you treat your lessons! Let THEM play with the tools and try it out! Let THEM do the talking. Let THEM learn!
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A8: every lesson could be taught outside... using chalk on the playground?!
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A8: Using Flight School to take learning into the outside world away from a classroom "Out of school learning"
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We use choice boards so students pick which assignment ie writing drawing poster power point for spelling and vocab
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I completely agree with this! It helps give real life examples to things students are learning!
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A8: Yes, using ghost mode. They can practice at home.
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A8 - We'd hope that our students would grow a curiosity to continue to learn wherever they are! Whenever!
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A8: Yes! Use nature.Use the sun and shadows for a science experiment. Include activities that aren't suitable for the classroom
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If we can teach students how much fun it is to learn, they'll likely take that with them the rest of their lives!
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a1 engagement, returning to the task
