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Learning Forward - Day Two August 9, 2007

After taking a “Gallerywalk” viewing student work whether with students, teachers, parents or community members, find ways for them to reflect on what they saw and what they learned.

For our blogging purposes, think of this lab experience as reflective practice using student work to learn forward. Act AS IF you were a group of teachers who have gathered to review these lab samples of student work in your school.

Please comment on both aspects AND leave specific examples when possible:

1. What did you see in other products or learn from comments in the gallery walk worth considering?
2. What advice you would give yourselves to help coach even better student work NEXT time?

posted by Christine Tomasino, efriendlylearning.com at 8:49 AM

38 Comments:

  • Thanks for sharing your ideas...

    By Anonymous Christine, at August 09, 2007  

  • The products that were shown during the gallery walk definitely demonstrated different levels of craftsmanship. It was interesting to see the different products, however, I feel that it would have been more beneficial to see the SAME assignment, but the way that different students completed this assignment.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at August 09, 2007  

  • I thought the gallery did a nice job of showcasing all of the modes as well as some interesting topics.

    Perhaps further inter-rater-reliability with comments to the presenters.

    By Anonymous Kurtis, at August 09, 2007  

  • I liked the idea of taking a popular story like Cinderella and having the students do a digital story that keeps some of the same themes but allows them some creative freedom. I like how the girls manipulated the pictures of themself in order to represent different characters.

    By Anonymous Sarah, at August 09, 2007  

  • It's important not to look at other comments made as they subconsciously influence my own comments. In terms of finding good, quality comments, make sure expectations are clear but not too directive.

    Luv ya Chris...Mrs. Lingle

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at August 09, 2007  

  • Great blogs! Good job!!!

    By Anonymous Smitty, at August 09, 2007  

  • I got several ideas for how to incorporate technology in the classroom. Clear expectations and consistent constat feedback.

    By Anonymous Erin and Donna, at August 09, 2007  

  • I have learned different ways of developing products through different mediums.

    By Anonymous Delilah, at August 09, 2007  

  • It was nice to see the different types of assignments and how the students went about doing them, however, as a teacher, I would have liked to see the actual project outline and rubrics so that I can get a feel for the project, the techno used and then reflect on how I would use it in my own classroom.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at August 09, 2007  

  • In the gallery walk, I thought that the variety of software products was worth considering.

    I would tell myself to be patient and be flexible. I would remind myself to provide suggestions throughout to guide student work.

    By Anonymous Steve, at August 09, 2007  

  • I learned that it is very important to review the various parts being analyzed with the students prior to publishing the final product.

    By Anonymous Mary J, at August 09, 2007  

  • 1. Sound bites need to be reviewed before placing the sound into the documents.

    2. Review student work at each level and review other classrooms so that there is a complete understanding of what other teachers expect.

    By Anonymous Angie, at August 09, 2007  

  • After viewing many samples, it became apparent that the use of technology often obscured the quality of the content. To prevent this problem, I would insist that the students story board on paper first. This way they would not become star struck by the power of the tool/mode. There should be more checkpoints before the project became finalized.

    By Anonymous Leslie, at August 09, 2007  

  • Hi There, Chris! Hope you had a good time. I didn't but it was nice to visit with everyone and start looking forward to getting back into the swing of things!

    Stop by my room and I'll show you my jeopardy game.
    Becki

    By Anonymous Becki, at August 09, 2007  

  • I saw that anyone can make a project personal. Also, any evaluator or person looking at the piece can have many different opinions about the work. I would advise people to show articles of student work as examples for students to grasp what they are expected to accomplish. It will give them a better view of what they want to achieve.

    By Anonymous megan, at August 09, 2007  

  • I learned from the "Practice Makes Perfect" piece that when the topic is personal for the student, the project seems to be more elaborate, or green.

    The advice I would give to myself is to pay close attention to audio quality and length of the project.

    By Anonymous Chansonette, at August 09, 2007  

  • From the gallery walk, I thought it was a helpful way to gather feedback in a non-threatening way. To get even better results, it would be benificial to do gallery walks during the construction phase of their projects.

    By Anonymous CW, at August 09, 2007  

  • I realized I need to learn about the movie software. The powerpoint stories seemed choppy after seeing the other stories in movie form. The stories were good, but the movie software would have made them better.

    By Anonymous becky, at August 09, 2007  

  • 1. A lot of people made several comments about voice inflection, quality, tone, and volume. There were not many on the actual construction because the projects were well constructed. Voice overs, timing, and pacing truly matter in a presentation.
    2. I think students need to practice their "scripts" more before to work out the kinks of being too soft or too loud. Much of their content was there but the voice and image design needed to be stronger.

    By Anonymous Kristyn, at August 09, 2007  

  • 1. some comments are mean, not constructive. it was sometimes hard to come up with "positives" and "interesting" comments.

    2. teachers need to set more specific guidelines for commenting. more check-points are needed throughout the duration of the project.

    By Anonymous cassie and cindy, at August 09, 2007  

  • I love this as a tool the students could use. I am just worried that too much time will be spent in teaching the technology rather than the content.

    By Anonymous Abraham :-), at August 09, 2007  

  • I liked the fact that the students seemed to create a project that interested them.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at August 09, 2007  

  • I learned that most products were scored as adapting or illustrating. This could be good for getting feedback as a student or a teacher. In the future I would be sure to help students more in the storyboard phase so that their final product is more robust.

    By Anonymous Kathy and Katie, at August 09, 2007  

  • There were a lot of duplicate comments.

    I will give the students the expectations/goals upfront and review them throughout the process. I would give the students an example of other student work that falls into high and low categories.

    By Anonymous Vikki, at August 09, 2007  

  • I learned that many of the comments made in the gallery walk were repetitive, meaning there was a pattern emerging in the way we view students' finished products.

    To ensure that student work improves the next time it is assigned, explicit directions would be provided to students as well as my expectations for an assignment.

    By Anonymous Economou, at August 09, 2007  

  • Student work could be better with more detailed guidelines.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at August 09, 2007  

  • I learned that teachers need to express that students must consider how the text, pictures,and sound all work together and contribute to the overall product that is being constructed.

    I would make sure to monitor student groups as they constructed their products in order to ensure that the content and craftsmanship of thier work is at least a 3. I would frequently remind students to compare their work to my expectations expressed in the rubric.

    By Anonymous Michael and Rebeca, at August 09, 2007  

  • The products in the gallery walk were more inline with what I would expect from my students (as compared to some of the first lab products which seemed far more involved and tech savvy). To help me coach better student work I would use the LAT guide and rubrics provided and work backward from there.

    By Anonymous wendy, at August 09, 2007  

  • The kids all seemed to love the projects.

    By Anonymous J-Clair, at August 09, 2007  

  • Several people most definitely got different perspectives on the projects which were viewed. This is a good idea so that we dissect the different comments and apply them to "tweaking" the projects, thus making them GREENER.
    2. I would have the students work a little more on the major components which make up the projects.

    By Anonymous Sue, at August 09, 2007  

  • We really enjoyed the gallery activity. We would just love to learn how to create these learning experiences in our classrooms and share them with our students.
    We hope that Chris will give us some indivualized instruction in our classes!!!

    By Anonymous stacee and george, at August 09, 2007  

  • I learned a way to get my students involved in the evaluation of their work.
    I noticed that if I want my students to create wonderful/greener workers of art that I should try to find topics of inertest that have educational value as well beacuse creativity seems to flow better.

    By Anonymous Kerisa, at August 09, 2007  

  • I thought this activity could be used throughout the process for peer editing ideas.

    By Anonymous Shelley, at August 09, 2007  

  • 1. There seemed to be a lot of similarities in comments.

    2. Keep all factors in mind. Content, sound, visuals, etc. are all equally important. The entire package needs to be appealing and "complete".

    By Anonymous amy, at August 09, 2007  

  • When creating products: watch volume, voice should also flow and maintain relevant tones, pictures should be relevant to text and match voice.

    Some products had great pictures and music introduction was appropriate and relevant.

    By Anonymous Iris, at August 09, 2007  

  • 1. variety of comments expands knowledge base.
    Mind teaser.
    2. Be more prepared with the process.
    Be morre probing rather than directing

    By Anonymous tim and genova, at August 09, 2007  

  • I learned that students can be very creative, but they need lots of guidance in organizing their ideas.

    By Anonymous Corrina, at August 09, 2007  

  • As a whole, we all seemed to have similar opinions about the different videos. I think it would be interesting to have the students review their own video along with the other studens videos. They can learn a lot from other students opinions.

    I would make sure the students all had a rubric and basis for the project first. I would also remind them that they have to consider the audience viewing the work.

    By Anonymous Erin, at August 09, 2007  

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