Sharing our Learning

We had a discussion about how we share our learning, and we did this by looking at the tweets that parents made during Open House. Their tweets showed photos from our classroom and used questions to make their thinking visible. We had a glance at our tweets so far and shared what we noticed. Students understand that tweeting is another way to share their learning.

Tweet for Learning

BOPDs were excited to analyze parent tweets from Open House. We used a thinking routine called, "Ask, Spot, and Check".  We worked with a partner to look at the tweets. First we wrote down questions that came up, and then we had to spot items that interested us, and finally we checked whether or not the tweet is one that shares learning and makes our thinking visible. It was helpful to have the parent tweets for us to analyze because it honed our critical thinking skills in deciding how we tweet for learning.

Due to this, we composed four guidelines.

Tools for Learning

Representing numbers bridges the gap between abstract and concrete concepts in Mathematics. BOPDs used manipulatives to help solve a problem in our classroom. We also used a techie tool, Twitter, to share our thinking and compare our solutions.