Literacy and Book Creator
I have taken PD a few times for Book Creator and how it can be used as a tool for literacy. Jill and I often have informal discussions about what we are doing in our online classrooms. Jill had already begun to use BookCreator herself and could see the value in such a tool. I have used these tools for a few years at Henry Hill so I have been through lots of trial and error already but obviously, with the nature of technology and its rapidly growing pace, I still have a lot to learn in terms of digital technology, but that's the beauty of it.
A video I made for staff on how to access Book Creator
A video I made for staff on how to access Book Creator
Jill has found tremendous engagement and progress in her student's motivation and in giving them independence through using Book Creator. We both have found it promotes self-management of learning and independence, where students using Book Creator are now completing their own work and setting the standard for their learning.
These are lessons, resources and 'How to' videos I have made and shared with my colleagues. I have also been able to gain lots of valuable resources and ideas from my own team in Te Ara Hou and have been extremely grateful for their support, knowledge and ideas.
I have found the enthusiasm in our team of truly wanting to better ourselves as teachers and willingness to step outside the comfort zone humbling to be part of.
Jill truly inspires me in the way she has taken on the technology push. She reminds me to push myself also as it can get easy just to sit where you are comfortable sometimes. For some digital technology, it has created resistance, but for Jill, she is screencasting, using Book Creator and so open to whatever comes her way and giving it a go. It has been a positive and inspiring environment, helping to extend and step up my own teaching practice and ideals.
I feel extremely lucky to have had the pleasure to work with such loving and warm people. In all my years and different schools, I have been in, in our Te Ara Hou team, every single person works hard and brings their own skills and personality to the table. The positive out of this is that Jill and Tracy who have some of my students next year are going to stay in touch and I am going to set up writing buddies for them in Abu Dhabi. I think this will be a great idea as some of my kids are reluctant writers and this will give them a real context and reason to write.
I feel extremely lucky to have had the pleasure to work with such loving and warm people. In all my years and different schools, I have been in, in our Te Ara Hou team, every single person works hard and brings their own skills and personality to the table. The positive out of this is that Jill and Tracy who have some of my students next year are going to stay in touch and I am going to set up writing buddies for them in Abu Dhabi. I think this will be a great idea as some of my kids are reluctant writers and this will give them a real context and reason to write.
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