Another intense day on MPI. I am really enjoying the range of participants on the course, not only being able to glean information from the presenters but also from other participants is appreciated.
This is exactly why I wanted to go on MPI. My strengths are in my content knowledge, as well as my own mathematics ability. However I needed to know how to strengthen my own understanding of current pedagogy, and in turn, hopefully, this will help with my planning of maths.
I got a lot out of the session on PATs and E-asTTle. Knowing where and how to unpack these was really interesting. The information given on the individual pathways, which I use consistently, was useful. Particularly the bit about the yellow box(strengths) requiring maintenance. Which of course sounds obvious, but sometimes due to time, aspects of a maths session fall away. So this was a good reminder.
The session on taskboards, which unfortunately I needed to leave early and missed part of this, is probably the newest to me. While I use taskboards in literacy, I haven't done so in maths. Not sure why! I have spent a considerable amount of time since Thursday searching for maths activities suitable for a taskboard, and at this point, I think some strands might be easier than others.
Finally...this. While we do goal setting and reflecting on goals twice yearly for the purpose of student conferences (formal), I know I don't give the students enough time to reflect on the learning intentions, and I need to step up my game with this, as well as blogging. This was a great set of reminders.
Hi Sharon, I think you are very reflective as a teacher and I like how you have been able to look for the content that is going to best suit you and your students. I agree we can get some amazing ideas from our fellow participants, as well as our content of course lol. The task board is a work in progress and we will be showing you more of the link you can add to yours over the following MPI days. I like how you are going to revisit some of your PCK in the goal setting and blogging space, sometimes we let go of good ideas and need a gentle nudge to pick these up again. Can't wait to see how this goes for you. Kiri
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