Motivation

 Peps McCrea - Motivated Teaching summary

Success Criteria and WAGOLL Analysis

Year 6 Success Criteria and WAGOLL analysis

Year 5 Success Criteria and WAGOLL Analysis

 

Argument Planning

Before

After

Feedback from Oli Cav based on a planning sheet used for balance argument writing.

Argument planning sheet 

1: LINES

The lines you have used are way too bold. As a result they dominate the visual field while they should recede as a framework only, not the main show. I recommend using the thinnest Word allows and consider also using a grey colour, not black. Do this too for the writing guide lines. Will they be for students to hand write or type? I recommend having a space at least 3 to 4 times a large between the two.

2: UNDERLINING

Never underline. It is a relic from typewriters when underline and caps were the only two ways to distinguish type. It should never have been adopted onto digital keyboards. Underlining makes reading harder. If you want to accentuate a word/s, use size, boldening, or colour.

3: ITALICS

Is there a particular reason for using italics here? Usually italics are used to denote some other sense of a word, to make it stand out or, sometimes, for speech. 

4: TITLES

The title half-way down is lost and doesn’t stand out. Maybe use a larger than usual square bullet to draw the eye to the titles. If not that then some other graphic mark to do the same job.

Using the above feedback I recreated the planning document. For the sentence starters I greyed this down so the children would have to 'ghost' write over the top so that the sentence starter became incorporated into their sentence. 

Using the previous planning document I noticed that many children did not include the sentence starter in their work.

Graphic Organizers

Generalise

Describe

Sequence

Comparison Venn

Compare and Contrast

Cause and Effect

Fishbone

Boxed In 

Tree Diagram

Refugee Journey

 

Dual Coding with Oli Caviglioli

Oli Cav on Talking Teachers - Dual Coding Podcast 

Notes 

Dual Coding = Creating connections between visual and auditory channels. Ther is no information transfer between them but they can create links.

'Double Bubble Learning' Double memory trace (word and image)

Verbal information is sequential in nature and therefore cognitive challenging as there is ots to remember.

Design pronciples are key when designing flips/resources - have th end user in mind. Ask yourself 'What is the message of the slide, what do I want the students to get from the slide?'

1. Avoid cluttered multi-coloured busy slides - they only distract from the learning

2. Only include images/icons that link to the topic being taught. Stay clear of photographsas they contain a lot of visual noise.

3. Choose simple clear fonts (Calibri, Verdana avoid Comic Sans)

4. Use visual hierachies where possible

Dual Coding - Design Guide

 

Slide Design Guide based on Oli Cav's recommendations

Adam Boxer - Dual Coding for teachers who can't draw

Notes

Dual Coding - Two channels of recieving information. Getting inofrmation from working to Long Term Memory.

Dual Coding Theory - Visual and Verbal information are processed differently

Multimedia effect - That processing visual and verbal information siimultaneously leads to earning gains. 

Principles

1. Narrative structure

2. Avoid adding in any additional complications

3. Images + Words > Words or images alone.

4. Split attention - Images and words integrated (avoid keys)

5. Redundancy effect - Don't read out visible text as this can be confusing/overwhelming for the students.

6. Everything on the board is a source of distraction.

7. Start with a blank canvas and actively direct attention.

 

How To Create Graphic Organisers

Notes 

When designing slides/resources apply design principles and aim for them to be aesthetically pleasing.

Use a grid for layout. Look at magazines/newspapers for layout inspiration.

Use icons and text together, rather than seperately to avoid split attention.

Little us eof colours/two at most as these can add to distractions.

Spacing - Place icons and text an equal distance apart.