Feedback

//**Thank you all for showcasing your units of work.**// As promised, here is some feedback for each sub-school. I have focused on the positive aspects of each unit and given some overall suggestions for future planning.

JSS Excellent use of the tools, especially since there was some doubt about how this could be done. In depth planning, over a term. Open-ended questioning to promote thinking skills. Love the hyperlinks Leslie!

MSS Excellent use of both tools. In depth planning, built on a current unit of work. Useful websites which could be shared with the team. Teaching and Learning Taxonomy well thought out with keyword. Great use of digilearn Angela and Rozeta.

SSS Open-ended essential question which can lead to higher order thinking and numerous authentic tasks. Well thought out use of the Seeing Reason tool. Excellent website Nereen!

Music In depth planning over a whole year. Your planning methods are very througher. I appreciate the opportunity to watch the implementation of the tools in a 'real life' situation. It seems to work really well Christina. Well done...

//These are some questions that you might like to refer to as you are planning using the INTEL Unit Template://
 * Is the essential question open ended and broard?
 * Do the unit and content questions link together and link to the essential question?
 * Do the teaching and learning strategies answer the content questions?
 * Does the unit provide open ended 'rich' learning tasks to answer the unit questions and promote higher order thinking? (refer back to the Teaching and Learning Taxonomy)
 * How are you going to cater for ESL students and students with special needs?
 * How are you going to extend students?
 * What do the students have to know before the start the unit?
 * What prerequisite skills (conceptual knowledge and technological skills) will the students need to begin the unit?
 * How are you going to structure the learning environment? This is very important to promote collaberative group work.
 * Are the learning focuses and standards covered? Work with the end in mind.
 * Are the learning focuses and standards for assessment different to the learning focuses and standards embedded in the planner?
 * Does the assessment summary include (explicitly) the activities in the timeline?
 * Have you included any common assessment tasks for moderation purposes?
 * Do you have a list of items to rank in the Visual Ranking Tool? Is the list in alphabetical order?
 * Are your Prompts for the Visual Ranking and Seeing Reason Project 'child' friendly and explicit?
 * Have you recorded the Teacher ID and Team ID and Passwords for both projects?
 * Have you considered your own professional learning?
 * Have you included any links in the planner? (You may find some appropriate digital learning objects from digilearn or relevant websites that you can hyperlink in your planner or prehaps a video from Teacher Tube)
 * As you plan, are you always revisiting your curriculum framing questions, learning focuses and standards and assessment?
 * How long will the planner go for?
 * Are you ready to share your planner with the group?