Distance Teaching                                                                                                                                                         Date 5 May 2020

This week I taught LEAVES to my Intermediates(STEAM). They enjoyed. They were so focused on their learnings and were very excited about leaves. We started the topic with a simple discussion of the name of some leaves we eat every day. They gave excellent answers like Basil, celery, coriander etc.



They know about leaves, but when we discussed how leaves make food and why we called Leaves are food factories, they enjoyed that content about leaves. Every time, in school, I usually experiment on every topic, but this time in this lockdown, it was hard to do online. The bit I tried at least I can show them some leaves. So, I told them, go and bring some leaves from your garden. In this way, I teach them. We talked about stomata, guard cells, palisade cells, and chlorophyll.

It was outstanding lessons, and students love it. I suggest they click photos of different plant leaves and make a beautiful collage. They were done very well. Here is the My students' work Alanna. She is from Glen Taylor school and very good at science. She is so creative and energetic in her learning. I am happy she loves this topic and make a beautiful collage of leaves.


"Develop learning-focused relationships with learners, enabling them to be active participants in the process of learning, sharing ownership and responsibility for learning."

Students achievement in online learning.

Online Teaching                             Date 8 may 2020



This is another week of distance teaching. I am really enjoying my online teaching. Moreover, students are more focused, punctual, and dedicated to their learning. I think, it is a great opportunity for me to help, support and encourage my students in their learnings. There are some lowlights of online teaching are numbers of students are not very big. Some students joining hangouts and are completing their work to standard. Though, online teaching is very convenient, I can't wait enough for life to be normal and back ton track.

My year 9, 10 and level 3 Biology students are doing very good in online learning. They are so involved in learning and always eager to complete their work in the time frame. If for some reason they can't finish work on time they try to complete on same day and email me. This is great opportunity to establish a healthy relationship with learners. Some students got learning support during Lockdown and it is good for their learning. I can see change in their learning. Most of them have completed their tasks on student dashboard and Education perfect. Moreover their leraning graph is also increasing with their percentage. It was good change. I hope they will maintain their learning and show more enforcement in the class and will do more better.




"Gather, analyse and use appropriate assessment information, identifying progress and needs of learners to design clear next steps in learning and to identify additional supports or adaptations that may be required."
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Online Teaching WEEK 2

Distance Learning WEEK 2

KIA ORA

This is second week of online teaching.

In a synchronous virtual classroom, there are various options that are possible. The teacher can use their webcam so that the students can see them. The students can link up through the cameras on their phones, tablets or computers. Teachers can share videos on screen with the whole class watching. You can choose to use a combination of the three. Students can turn their mics on and off as you call on them to reduce background noise and interference.In synchronous classrooms the chat function can be incredibly useful. It can supplement video or audio input from the teacher (and students), with students typing their answers to questions in the chat box. The chat box is particularly useful for brainstorming activities, or concept check questions in presentations. It’s also good for quick warmers where students post short three or four-word answers to questions. Text is very common in asynchronous forum tasks. The teacher can set up a task and then students respond by posting a text. I am already using a coursebook for their face-to-face classes, and I am using same resource for their online classroom (Level 3 Biology). Students can use coursebook for their own learning.(e.g. reading texts, listening texts, writing tasks, language presentations). 

• can do on their own.
• need you, the teacher (e.g. clarifying concepts, correcting and upgrading language, giving feedback on assignments, general motivation and direction).  
• Use these decisions as a basis for structuring your classes. You may want to follow a flipped classroom approach, setting some individual tasks that need to be completed before a synchronous lesson so that you can build on them in your virtual classroom. Alternatively, you may want to use your “live” class to set up and explain the individual and group tasks that the students need to do after the lesson. Both approaches work well and your decision will depend on your students and your context.😁

Sometimes, teachers suddenly faced with the challenge of how to continue their students’ education. While this might seem a daunting task, there are several ways teachers can utilise the technology and resources already available to support online learning and ensure students still receive a quality education.     It’s important to note that there is no one size fits all when it comes to learning. Different       groups have different priorities and the resources that should be used are context dependent. There are also special considerations to think about for  students who might not have access to high-speed broadband.
However, teachers should take some comfort in the fact that there are hundreds of online resources to guide them as to how to teach online. We have rounded up some of the best here to help ease the transition from the classroom to the web.

‘I never teach my pupils; I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they can learn.’ –       Albert Einstein