Collaboration Leanring Story

Learner: William                                                           Learning Coach: D Wilkes

Learning Area: Collaboration                                              Date: Term 3

Learning Observed

This term our overarching theme has been collaboration and Wiiliam has had plenty of opportunities to show how collaborative he is and to grow his collaboration capability.  To kick the term off William was on a team of learners who had to collaborate to complete various challenges.  On our first day back in Term 3 we had a super day of “Collaboration” immersion activities.  While the learners worked on the Collaboration Challenge in mixed ability, mixed year level groups they collaborated on a variety of tasks which encouraged discussion, problem solving, perseverance and teamwork.  It was great to observe William as he was very engaged in the tasks, demonstrating patience, sharing and teaching others.  I noticed that Harry took a lead during the collaboration rules on a hand challenge.  He also calmly demonstrated and explained the task to others. William said he really enjoyed doing the tasks and was happy to continue the activities in the afternoon.  He also also been collaborating brilliantly in iActive during our Collaboration Station activities.

Evidence of learning

William collaborates all over the place!

Key Competencies/Vision Principles

Right from the start William embraced the challenge demonstrating collaboration strategies such as asking questions and making decisions together.  These activities challenged William and his team to develop their problem solving skills (Thinking).  He definitely related well to others and managed himself to maximise their collective learning.

Next Learning Steps

grow his capacity for collaboration by working with learners and practicing reflective listening use a new digital tool like Storybird to write a collaborative story focusing on the learning of the activity write a blog post about his experience