From our archive: Featured Webinar &
Seminar
As one of our regular features we like to
highlight content from our archive that relates
to our theme this month? and we encourage
you to explore our archive, which is full of
videos you might want to watch.
Featured Webinar: how the use of practical equipment promotes conversation in the
Primary Maths classroom
In this month?s featured webinar, Andrew Jeffery shares his passion for helping children learn through
understanding patterns and structures in Maths. Whenever we are presented with a piece of information,
we interpret it in way which is relatable to us ? some of us may relate to the number 40 in terms of age,
others in terms of a speed limit. So, when we are presenting, how do we frame it in a context that will be
understood by all? We need to understand what our audience already knows, and make use of three key
questions: what, how and why. For a more detailed insight into this concept, watch the video using the
link above.
Featured Seminar: the listening spectrum and active listening in the classroom
In this seminar, Nick Peachey explains the different types
of listening teachers utilise in the classroom to learn from
their students. The Listening Spectrum highlights how we
can go from simply hearing what is being said, to ?hearing,
understanding how people feel and actively listening?.
Watch the full seminar on NAU and learn how you can take
your listening skills to the next level.
Building Teams by Suzanne Ship
Another useful seminar we encourage you to check out is Building Teams by Suzanne Ship. If we are to
collaborate as part of a team, we first must understand the requirements for selecting team members.
Suzanne emphasises the need for us to ask three questions:
- Why? ? What is the reason behind forming a team? What will we gain from it?
- What? ? What are we going to discuss? Will each team member have their own role to play in
the discussion?
- How? ? In order to facilitate collaboration, who will be delegated specific tasks? It is vital that
each team member has a given role in the team that will contribute to the overall learning
experience.
Watch the video to explore these ideas further with Suzanne.