The Unlimited Learning Space is a place where we remove some of the limits to learning. Students are encouraged to develop a more independent approach to gaining knowledge and creating solutions as they manage their time and resources through a learning contract. Tasks and activities in the ULS have been planned to promote critical thinking and a deeper level of understanding. This term we are focussing on Blooms Taxonomy of thinking, De Bono's 6 thinking hats and Thinkers Keys in relation to the topic they are engaged in and with 2 teachers in the space, students are being well supported through this process. We hope you enjoy checking out what is happening in the ULS, we welcome your comments - Tracey Pacheco (ULS Teacher).

Wednesday 5 February 2014

Jigsaw Reading

Silent reading is great but reading with others can be better sometimes especially when the material is difficult for some children. Reading together and discussing text means we can all learn about the material together. Add another dimension and then regroup students and let them share what they have learnt in their new group, works particularly well if you all had different texts. We did this with case studies about various things happening around the world with Room 11, students were put outside their comfort zones but with practice I am sure we are going to get better at sharing our learning.
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