Teacher Inquiry Blog Post 4

As part of RPI we started to include different create tasks. I previously would stick to posters and Google Draw, however I started to add videos, animations, AI creations, advertisements, fact sheets and more. I have been giving my learners more agency over how they want to present their work. This has skyrocketed engagement for my learners. They are thriving with the option to choose their work presentation. Below are a few examples from one week of work.

Another create activity we did was working on collaboration games. I found our learners struggled when it came to listening to others. As a way to combat that in reading, we did a listening game. The goal of the same was to draw exactly what your partner described and compare the two drawings. They were back to back to ensure they couldn't see what the other was describing. This was not only fun but taught them to listen to each small detail others said.

What didn't work? The RPI programme brought the Teachers Workbook for us to trial. I tried it out for a few weeks to keep track of my learners work, progress, planning, etc. However, I didn't find it effective for my teaching. It was a lot of extra work that was placed in my other paperwork. For example, the guided reading was all on my site in the group slides. I found the learners were getting too confused with all the links. So I adapted a few things that were already in place. I also changed the way my slides were set out, it included a few tasks to do before the guided reading lesson.