Rita and I are experimenting. As of next week, we will be trialling Quest Atlantis with my year 7 class and with 2-3 representatives from the 3 primary schools. We think that this is important so that we’re beginning to strengthen the relationships between the year 6 students and the high school. The dream is that maybe next year, a new year 7 class or my year 8 class could mentor a full class of year 6′s at the primary schools. With the occasional visit and bonding session, but with a lot of the mentoring happening online. I think one of the pros of the online community is we’re playing with students strengths, we’re also doing learning and we’re encouraging leadership skills. This will match beautifully with our new online learning environment cLc.
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Wow, what a great vision of developing leadership and teaching skills in your students. I am reminded of a phrase that is a core of my teaching philosophy – “You never fully understand something until you teach it”. The idea being that we should be guiding students to be independent learners but also equipped to lead interactive learning sessions with peers. As always, great work! –> Ryan