eLearning at Hagley College

Retrieved from Leeds University on 30th May 2019 from:  https://edtechnology.co.uk/Article/leeds-beckett-team-are-worlds-first-university-mie-experts/ The Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert (MIEE) Programme is a professional learning programme for teachers. The MIEE award recognises teachers from all over the world who are are demonstrating enhanced digital capability and innovative practice to support students to be future-ready. Currently there are four Microsoft Innovative Educator Experts at Hagley College: Elvina Stephens, Carolyn Green, Tamara Yuill-Proctor and Nathan Walsh. As an MIE Expert you are part of a group of teachers who are passionate about 21st Century teaching practice and have the opportunity to work directly with Microsoft Education leaders. How can I become a MIEE?  Step 1: Join the Microsoft Educator Community , and complete your profile. Step 2: Complete courses to the value of 1,000 points on the Microsoft Educator Community to beco...

Hagley College Science teacher Jo uses the Assignments tab in Teams for her Pre-Health class assessments. The Assignments tab allows all students to complete their work within the same location, making it simple for Jo to check progress and mark completed work. Using Assignments eliminates the need for students to email their teacher attachments or share links to their work. Teachers are able to provide feedback (even before the due date) by inserting comments straight in to the student's work. This can be done by right clicking and insert comment. When marking the final copy, there is a useful marking rubric option. Rubrics can be created within the assignment or pre-created rubrics can be uploaded. These rubrics are easy to follow and are very familiar to teachers who have experience with NCEA assessment. If you would like to know more about using Assignments in Teams, please contact or drop in to see see Nathan, Hagley's eLearning Leader. Or you can read more about cr...

9DM Maths students have been learning about Shape and Measurement and applying their knowledge to solve a real world problem. Students looked at the footprint of where a new classroom block is to be built on site at Hagley College and used their Maths knowledge to design their ideal learning environment. After a presentation and tour around the existing classrooms from the Hagley College Learning Leader of Practical Design, students took notes on what the requirements were for the new building as well as incorporating their best ideas from their previous schools and their own research. Students had a rubric of what was required for the new building so they knew where they were heading. Many of the requirements from the rubric were Maths based, while others included creativity of design, future focus and real world application. Some students chose to create their design using grid paper, some via 3D architect online tools and many chose to represent their design using Minecraft. St...

Retrieved 30 March from:  https://minecraft.wonderhowto.com/news/minecraft-worlds-weekly-workshop-music-my-ears-0130206/ Hagley Music teacher Kevin is using Minecraft for education to help his students to understand the difference between notes, tempo and related musical terms. Minecraft is one of the world's most popular video games where players can create almost anything using 1m x 1m x 1m blocks. One of the great things about Minecraft is that it allows for students to be creative and think critically while self directing their learning. In Kevin's Year 10 Music class, students are using special types of blocks called Redstone and Note Blocks to read and understand music theory and play melodies. These specific Blocks play the sound as well as display a coloured note, allowing students to see and hear the note as it is played. Minecraft Note Blocks and Redstones cover the piano scale and allow for a range of musical instrument sounds from a guitar and a xylophone, ...

Retrieved 31March 2019 from:  https://www.closingthegap.com/microsoft-ideas-take-shape-in-onenote/ Hagley English teacher Anna uses OneNote Class Notebook and digital ink when teaching her Year 11 English class. Students complete essays in their individual student sections of the class's OneNote Class Notebook and Anna can look in to the student's notebook at any time to view their progress. Anna uses her stylus and touch screen device to provide timely feedback using a range of colours and methods. "Using OneNote Class Notebook for my classes is great, for lots of different reasons. No longer do I need to ask students to email me copies of their work, or hand me flash drives or links to files which I and they are never sure I can get access to. By using OneNote Class Notebook I can look in to my students notebooks at any time that suits me. Also the ability to use my stylus and digital ink means I can still provide feedback the way I want. I can easily highlig...

Hagley College Music Teacher Nanako uses HP Reveal (formerly known as Aurasma) as a tool to help bring her subject to life. HP Reveal converts images or text in to video. Take a look at this video clip to see how it works. Once Teachers have uploaded a video clip to hpreveal.com, students can use the HP Reveal app on their mobile phone to scan a photograph of the video and the photograph instantly converts to video. Nanako uses HP Reveal to showcase student work and this allows students to gain a better understanding of the different types of the Music on offer at Hagley College. Nanako believes HP Reveal is a fantastic tool to advertise the learning at Hagley College and it so much more interactive and engaging for students than just pictures alone. This year Nanako aims to use HP Reveal to help students learn about different music notes. For example students can look at an image about a note, and then use HP Reveal to see how it is played and also hear it's sou...

The Class Notebook section in Teams is a great location for collaboration, feedback and personalisation of learning. Each Class Notebook contains three main areas:                                       Retrieved 20 Feb from:Linkedin https://www.slideshare.net/Schoolnetsa11/ollaboration-with-onenote-class-notebook The Content Library is for "read only" information for your class. The Collaboration Space is a shared space for all students to work and the Individual Student Notebooks section is where all students have  their own notebook to complete their work. Students can add images, voice recordings, tables and text to their notebooks and teachers can view and edit their students notebook at any time.  To get started with Class Notebook, enable the Teacher Only Section . This section is a private place where the teacher can plan and prepare learning material without any...

Retrieved 4.2.19 from https://www.keepcalm-o-matic.co.uk/p/keep-calm-and-bring-your-own-laptop/ Teaching a class of students who are bringing their own laptops to support their learning can be difficult, even for experienced teachers. Take a look at the tips below and feel free to add your own ideas in the comment section below. Ten tips for teaching BYOD classes! Give students five minutes at the start of the lesson to get themselves and their laptops organised. You could take the roll at this time. When the teacher is speaking to the class, all laptops must be closed. Try to use the technology to ‘redefine’ the learning. Don’t just use technology to substitute what could previously have been done with paper and a pen. Use the classes Microsoft Team as your ‘platform’ for learning. When students are using their laptops, move about the room, to ensure that students are using their devices productively and are on track with your work expectations. Use the big sc...

Microsoft Teams can be accessed by students and staff via Hagley College's Student Portal. Go to www.hagley.school.nz  and select student Portal. Teams can be accessed by selecting the Teams tile: This link takes the student to the online version of Teams. There will be lots of Teams already set up for you and your classes. You may need to scroll down to find your class.  Students can bookmark or favourite this website so they can easily access the Team later, or they may like to download the App version.

Microsoft Teams is a digital platform already set up for your class. By default, all Teams are set up with a space for conversations, a storage area for files, a OneNote Class Notebook and an area for assignments and quizzes. These areas help to create an online space which can eliminate the need for teachers to use multiple tools to communicate and work (such as email, google drive, social media etc) with students. Perhaps the greatest benefit of Teams is that it enables the teacher to see students work and progress in real time. Teams are customisable, so teachers can add tabs for Excel, PowerPoint YouTube or many more applications. All Teams are set up by ICT and are ready to access by your students. See this blog post on how to access your Team for details.