LORETO 5 - 2013

Inspiration From the Flipped Classroom

Overview

Initial proposal and ideas Going with the flow (snapshots from the year)

QuiaOn-line tutorialsClass page

Loreto5 tools Final evaluation

Initial Proposal: The Goals for the RE Dept Introduce a range of small ‘flipped learning’

strategies that engage students and empower ownership of learning

Less time delivering ‘content’ and more time on facilitating independent thinking and analysis

By exploring a range of small, incremental ‘flipped’ strategies rather than one ‘big’ project:Easy to useIncrementalNon-critical (if the ICT fails, it isn’t a big problem)Incorporating feedback from staff and studentsSuccessful (so people want to use them again)

Initial Proposal: The Goals for the RE Dept

Create video/ screencasting HSC resources

Create videos using YouTube, TED lectures Wikis with Year 9 Medieval Christianity unit

But new priorities and ideas kept emerging …

Initial Proposal: Some initial ideas included …

“But new priorities and ideas kept emerging …”

Going with flow …

In other words - What did I actuallyend up working on?

Based on Tim’s analysis of HSC results for Loreto SOR, we need to work on multiple choice

Multiple choice is 20% of the SOR HSC examExtended responses: typically 10-15% above state

averageMultiple choice: typically 2-8% above state average

How could we improve multiple choice skills and results? – Could Quia help?

Going with the flow: How to improve multiple choice?

Going with the flow: Quia for HSC learning and revision

Quia is an on-line resource that allows students to complete quizzes (multiple choice, mix and match etc) and receive immediate feedback.

It tracks results for the teacher:by studentby classby question

Therefore it increases teacher knowledge of student progress

Going with the flow: Quia for HSC learning and revision

Going with the flow: Quia for HSC learning and revision

Going with the flow: Quia for HSC learning and revision

We now have 16 HSC/Trial HSC sets of multiple choice questions for Year 12 aloneStudents can access these from home or in study

lessons - at any time - to revise and practice actual HSC questions

This was excellent revision for students at the END of the course (eg before the Trials and the HSC)

Going with the flow: Quia for HSC learning and revision

However Quia isn’t just about revision

I am finding Quia works really well as a teaching and learning tool as we cover new content and identify areas for further discussion and review

Going with the flow: Quia for HSC learning and revision

We have 18 ‘topic quizzes’ for Year 12 Based on past HSC/Trial questions, they

provide revision on a particular syllabus area In class or at home – reviewing content As individuals or as a class group Feedback from Quia leads to targeted

discussion – looking at questions that a number of students have got wrong

Going with the flow: Quia for HSC learning and revision

Targeted discussion – looking at questions that a number of students have got wrong

For example, a 5 minute Quia quiz on religious dialogue highlighted confusion about ecumenism and whether or not it had the goal of ‘unification’

We then discussed this point as a class to clarify understanding

Going with the flow: Quia for HSC learning and revision

Going with the flow: Student use of Quia

How did the HSC students of 2013 utilise Quia?

What did they think of it?

Going with the flow: Student use of Quia

The Year 12s accessed Quia over 900 times The usage of Quia varied somewhat across

classes, depending on the approach of the teacher, but there were keen users from every classYes, some students hardly used QuiaOthers made great use of the resource

○ The 2013 winner is ….. with 259 correct questions!

Going with the flow: Student feedback on Quia

How did the students find the quizzes?

Truthfully, of the 21 who volunteered comments at the end of the course in SurveyMonkey, only one mentioned Quia, but she did say that …

“The quizzes were fantastic, especially when we were given a specific deadline.”

Going with the flow: Quia – analysing results

The findings of 2nd SOR assessment task (which included 5 multiple choice questions):

27 students had practiced at least 2 Quia quizzes in own revision time. Average mark 4.4/5 (25/27 received 4 or 5)44% received 5/5

88 had NOT practiced Quia quizzes in their own timeAverage mark 3.5/5 (almost 1 mark lower)17% received 5/5

Going with the flow: Quia and the Department

The RE Dept has also used Quia for Year 9 Assessment task (Bible skills)Year 9 revision for Ethics task (mix and match,

definitions, multiple choice)Leaving class workAssessing comprehension of a pdf / readingStudents writing own quiz questions

Tara has also used Quia in Year 8 Integrated and there are plans to include Quia in the Year 7 and Year 8 ‘class’ tasks for next year.

Going with the flow: Evaluating Quia

Has Quia been ….Easy to use? Incremental? Non-critical? Incorporating feedback from staff and students? Successful?

Importantly, much of the work for senior students will continue to be of benefit in future years.

Going with the flow: Creating videos and on-line tutorials

Videos and on-line tutorials

Going with the flow: Creating videos and on-line tutorials

In Term 2-3, I focused upon creating ‘flipped learning’ resources that students can access at home.

After experimenting with Screencastomatic and SmartBoard, I chose to use a mix of pdfs and PowerPoints with voice-over

This had the benefit of much smaller file sizes, allowing the ‘tutorials’ to be stored on the portal and accessed easily

Going with the flow: Creating videos and on-line tutorials

Begin Here – Tutorial on 2011 Trials: ChristianityEvaluateWhat is a living religious traditionSacred Stories – content brainstorm

Going with the flow: Evaluating on-line tutorials

How do we best use these resources? In 2013, it was optional post-trial revision

the resources weren’t yet created when the units were studied

However in 2014 I’d like to explore using tutorials as a home/class ‘flipped’ learning activity –Students to watch / think about / prepare at homeWrite response in class (asking questions, seeking

feedback)

Going with the flow: Moving beyond the Portal

My current goal is to explore ‘better’ ways of storing course content. While I currently use the portal with my classes,

it doesn’t have the ability to link documents etc. to specific syllabus dot points. Options include:OneNote (Stefania)Wikispace (Ros)Googledocs (Elsa)My Page on portal (Bernadette)Edublogs (Martin)

Going with the flow: Moving beyond the Portal - EduBlogs

Going with the flow: Moving beyond the Portal - EduBlogs

Going with the flow: Or exploring the Portal – My Site

Benefits of Loreto5New skills and Great Colleagues

Benefits of Loreto5New skills and Great Colleagues

Evernote – useful toolEvernote for Loreto5 note-taking, faculty

meetings and PD EduBlogs

Interesting experience, new skillsExploring using EduBlogs to structure class

notesMichael Rafe’s use of EduBlogs to store sample

student work and discussions Smartboards with Dan Wells, Diigo,

Podcasts

Benefits of Loreto5New skills and Great Colleagues

Colleagues – the big bonus of being part of Loreto5An extremely valuable aspect of being in Loreto5We worked together and shared our ideas and our

difficultiesOften, new ideas or strategies emerged from the

other Loreto5 teachersHearing about what other faculties were doing was

motivatingHaving time to meet during the school day was

invaluable - often we continued the discussion into lunch

A Final Evaluation of Loreto5 My Loreto5 experience has been interesting and thought-provoking It has provided me (on behalf of my department) with the time and

space to explore new ideas It has encouraged me to try new teaching and learning strategies,

and to share my results with peers It has been really encouraging to see other teachers appreciating

the Loreto5 work, and to start incorporating some of the ideas and strategies in their teaching. It has been particularly satisfying to see that this isn’t just taking place among the more ‘ICT-savvy’ RE Staff

It has been great to see students engage with some of the strategies and express interest in the new ideas (eg Quia and Padlet). It has helped to create new energy and enthusiasm within the classroom

I look forward to re-using resources in future years There are still many ideas that I ran out of time to explore – but I feel

inspired to keep working upon my pedagogy and on integrating ICT to create more dynamic and rich learning experiences

Thank you for the opportunity to be a part of Loreto5 in

2013