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I ran a Toolkit session about Visible Teaching and Learning, focused around what that might look like in a secondary school context.  The session was aimed primarily at new staff to Tamaki College, but also for any staff would may have wanted a refresher overview on VTaL as well.

We had a brief discussion around what we understand Visible Teaching and Learning to be.  Then the bulk of the session was locating information about a particular Year 11 learner [ID 16179], as well as tracking the learning and progress for this learner within the DigiTech with Ms Anderson site.


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The following is an overview of the results from the VTaL Staff Survey Term 1, whereby staff outlined which digital tools they were currently using.





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The following is the e-Learning Audit sheet, that was used in 2014-2016.  It was developed to determine the baseline requirements that staff should be implementing in their teaching and learning programs.  The audit sheet included aspects relating to the SAMR model, as well as links to the Registered Teacher Criteria.


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There are four different projects happening in DigiTech at the moment.  With the Senior DigiTech class being a multi-level senior class (Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3), it has been really helpful for the students to know what they're learning (Hyperlinked Calendar posts and SOLO-focused learning activities) and to track their progress (Class Task List).

The projects that the students are working on includes:
Level 1 - Create a Website (continuation from JumpStart)
Level 1 - Use Command Sequences
Level 2 - Create a Website
Level 3 - Brief Development

Link to Academic Achievement

Four of the eight Level 1 students gained 2 x Level 1 unit standard credits for their Website project during JumpStart.  Of these four students, three of them have now gained 2 x Level 1 unit standard credits for Use Command Sequences (awaiting moderation).

Nine out of the eleven Level 2 students are two thirds of the way through their first learning activity for their first project, Create a Website.  The significance of this is (a) only one student took DigiTech at Level 1, and (b) the majority of the work for this project occurs in Activity 1.

One of the two Level 3 students are now halfway through their first achievement standard project, Brief Development.  At the same time last year (while this student was in Level 2) it took an extraordinary amount of time (nearly two terms), for this student to complete the Level 2 standard for Brief Development.

The reason why VTaL is working

The main reasons why VTaL is working in Senior DigiTech at the moment, is as follows:
  • students have access to the learning information (instructions, tasks etc) every lesson they attend.  These are rewindable resources for lessons when they are absent
  • students have ongoing and regular feedback, which at least half of the class feels they are receiving really fast.  This enables the students to identify where they are at in their projects, and what needs to happen next
  • more than half of the students find the Year Level communities useful, for accessing exemplars of existing tasks, to guide their own learning
  • students are not affected by the learning pace of their peers around them eg. they can continue learning regardless of whether those around them are working at a faster or slower pace then they are

It's only Week 5 in Term 1.  I'm keen to monitor student achievement as the term and year progresses.







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Kia ora! I am the Head of Technology at Tāmaki College and also teach Digital Technologies.


My target group of learners for my Inquiry 2021 will be my Year 12 NCEA Level 2 class. This group of learners were my target group from my 2020 Inquiry. I would like to inquire into whether Academic Writing exemplars specific to Digital Technologies, in conjunction with the 'Explanation Writing' classroom display resources for Digital Technologies, based on SOLO taxonomy, could accelerate achievement in literacy in my subject.


My target group of learners for my Inquiry 2020 were my Year 11 NCEA Level 1 class. I inquired into the process of using the LearnCoach online programs (content) and VTaL Visible Teaching and Learning (workflow) to accelerate student achievement for Tamaki College students undertaking courses in Digital Technologies NCEA Levels 1, 2 and 3.


In 2019, my inquiry is to maximise pedagogical practices (relating to integrated education, and collaborative teaching and learning), to effectively shift student achievement, supported by digital platforms connected to visible teaching and learning.


My Inquiry in 2018, was to develop a VTaL Purpose-Built Innovative Tool, to enable all elements of the VTaL Framework to be accessible to teachers, in order to accelerate student achievement.


In 2017, my inquiry was based on raising student achievement and shifting teacher practice around effective pedagogical practices including Learn, Create and Share. This will be achieved through the development, implementation and monitoring of the Visible Teaching and Learning Framework.

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