A wonderful glimpse into the Year 5/6 classroom of Assistant Principal and Invercargill based Mark Herring.
Here's the background to the piece:
My teacher inquiry this year is to provide the parents of my class and school with opportunities to connect with their students and their learning. Some of the feedback I have been getting is that their child is 'backward in coming forward' about what's happening in class. The video is one of the strategies I hoped might help change their perception of 'a day in our classroom.'
I set up a laptop in the corner of the class and with the use of the isight and a time-lapse programme recorded 1 photo every 5 seconds from 8.30am till 3.30pm. The above was our result
Have you thought about doing the same in your classes? What do you think of what the video illustrates? How do you create opportunities for parents to 'see' the learning which happens with their children?
DK
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This is a great way to share what's happening in the classroom with whānau and the wider school community.
I know as a parent, I would value this window into what's happening in my child's day and the opportunities for conversations about learning it provides. As a teacher – it looks like an easy and effective way to engage with the school community.
I've shared this in the Enabling e-Learning: Teaching community as well :)
Very effective and good way to have a look at class dynamics during the day. Thanks Mark I enjoyed that.
Ka mau te wehi Mark, this is an easy way to bring the classroom learning into the home, and if I was still teaching in a classroom I would absolutely pinch this idea and do the same for my students and their whānau. I'm jealous of your parents as I would love to see what happens at my children's school!
That was brilliant! What a fantastic idea. It really gives an insight into our four walls and the business of the day – awesome – keep up the great work Mark.
What an awesome idea :) It really shows the "busy-ness" of a classroom. I'd love to give this a go in my room!!
Nice work! What time lapse programme did you use?
The programme is called, 'Gawker.' You can download it to your desktop and use the webcam to take the footage. I used my school macbook pro and set it up in the corner. Very easy to use and made a pretty decent image for a free programme.