PB4L Cluster meeting for Auckland Central.

Today we have been reviewing how we deal with minor incidents at school. Some great feedback from all people involved. Have a look at the Padlet below to see what other schools are doing PB4L wise in their schools.  I will be looking at Flipgrid and Banqer as tools for my class to have a reward system that directly reflects their wants and needs. I also like the use of videos as shown by Panama Road school, which is a great form of rewindable learning. These videos really reinforce students behaviour and because they are 100% made by students it creates better buy in.


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  1. DorothyMay 24, 2017 at 6:05 AM

    Sounds like a useful session Jacob. Is it possible to get a link for the padlet to explore some of the ideas more?

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    1. Mr WalkerMay 24, 2017 at 7:24 AM

      Sure thing Dorothy! Here is the link https://padlet.com/lreddy/6lh0fy3qa4r9. Also here is the PB4L Blog link http://pb4lcentral.blogspot.co.nz/ for further reading!

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    2. DorothyMay 24, 2017 at 2:03 PM

      Learnt something - the blog padlet does not respond when viewed on my iPad, but viewed on my laptop work fine :)

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  2. AnonymousMay 24, 2017 at 12:46 PM

    This sounds like a really valuable session and a great way to bring strong practice out into the open. Did other schools commit to to trialling new ideas within the session? It would be interesting to see whether they found the same success or whether they were able to reflect on the differences in their contexts.

    Great sharing

    James

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