Saturday, May 11, 2013
SOLE Project
After watching a TED talk video by Sugata Mitra, I was inspired to try something new in our class. This week the class participated in a SOLE (Student Organized Learning Environment). Each group was given an iPad and a challenging question to respond to independently. The grade fours were asked "Were the Middle Ages really the Dark Ages?" and the grade threes were asked "How did physical geography and natural resources affect where the pioneers choose to settle in Canada?" The groups took different approaches and worked cooperatively. They were incredibly engaged. To follow are the posters they made to communicate their findings. I am hoping to be able show the videos we made of their presentations.
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Your kids work looks great.
ReplyDeleteI am a Grade 4/5 teacher in Oshawa Ontario Canada. I have been using SOLE as developed by Sugata Mitra for the past two months. It is the most interesting way I have taught in my rather lengthy career. My students are enthused by it, their parents love it and the Director Of Education in my Board came by to see how it worked. Check out our blog
http://coronationsole.blogspot.ca/
Or our website. We are looking people to join the discussions around SOLE.
www.kidsgotsole.com.