Questions

This is a page dedicated to all the questions and possible solutions that you may have as you begin this journey. Try and post as your question arises so that the area can look at the questions and solve as a group at a more 'timely' time.

Always refer to the vision statements that are on this page.(taken from sdl ppt) They have been on this wiki since November and should be something that you come back to as you solve your issues. Also refer to the 21C teacher pedagogy diagram http://21cteacher.wikispaces.com/ so that you're staying true to the direction we're taking with personalised learning.

List your questions freely but also be a part of the solution. Others should also add their ideas and in the end your group will discuss the best outcome. I'll start with a couple that I've heard in the past couple of days. = Questions =
 * 1. How do I account for who is in my seminar so that it's not time consuming?**
 * List of students from each class on clipboards. Students highlight their name as they leave the seminar. Easy then to see who hasn't been to a seminar by the time all the seminars have been completed. (surely you guys can come up with something better than this)
 * Student add their names to seminar sheets displayed in areas in the learning centre. These seminar sheets could be up on a Friday (prior to the next fortnight's session) allowing time for students to slot in their seminars for the next two weeks. Take you seminar sheet with you when taking your seminar and tick off students or have students take their name from sheet at the end of session. When you've completed all sessions it'll be more obvious who hasn't been to the sessions.


 * 2. What do we do when students need to charge their computers during school hours?**
 * firstly, pose the question to the students and see what they think so that they see that we're all partners in making rules.


 * 3. Is it ok for the TA to target some students and not have them initially moving between spaces in the Learning Centre except if they have a timetabled seminar to attend, so that they can be more closely monitored by the TA's on the floor? Eg. Students who are challenged by organising themselves, focusing on tasks and completing tasks.**


 * 4. How do we get the students to settle better when they come back into the Learning Centre after their lunch break?**
 * One TA has suggested to have a TA at each end of the Learning Centre who reads a serial or if students don't choose this option, they could be doing their silent reading for their "Round the World" activity?


 * 5. How do we ensure that all TA's are setting up and managing the Google Docs of their students consistently?**


 * 6. Why are kids conference times clashing with seminars they have scheduled ?**


 * 7. Some children are unaware of resources they can use or where they are kept eg. do not know that they can use the smartboard and do not know where the flip cameras are kept ?**


 * 8. How can we avoid kids being off task because they are unsure of how to complete the task ? Are the tasks being explained to the kids?**


 * 9. If a student has organised his daily timetable but then finds that he is changing his plan during the day eg:continued to work on his maths activity even though he only allotted a half hour to it.... is this a problem?**