Selfies -as Gaeilge!
In our school we collaborate endlessly -mostly online- to make Irish fun, relevant and productive. Early on in our efforts, which began a number of years ago, we vowed to adopt only student centric lesson plans and to critique every idea we have on that basis and that basis alone. We also vowed to review all lessons -if they don't work for the students then they are unceremoniously dumped. The fact that we work so much online means each of us can add and subtract from lesson plans at will. If I have a brainwave over breakfast - well the iPad is never far from hand. We post comments, look at changes each of us have made and ensure the progression of a topic up through the years.
It makes for pretty seamless Irish language teaching and learning - or for any other language for that matter.
This week we wrote stories about ourselves - the usual 'Mé Féin' scéal.
Except we called them 'Selfies -as Gaeilge'.
Ah, rebranding - it really works.
Then it was out to the yard with our 6 iPads and working in groups, each student had their few minutes of fame - relayed back to them in technicolor glory on the big screen (the whiteboard).
They were all totally engaged. The mere facts they were holding an iPad and making a video were worth many thousands of words. We encouraged them to dress up for the shooting and to use props relating to their hobbies. They brought anything from riding crops to camogie sticks.
In short, it worked.
No comments:
Post a Comment