MLMC’s Science teachers are working hard to keep students engaged, learning and collaborating despite the distance between them. The students are rising to the challenge. They are showing strong resilience and learning great problem-solving and thinking skills as they navigate this new form of learning.
The Year 12 Physics class (pictured) has been successfully using Jamboard, an interactive shareable whiteboard. Students are able to work through problems together in real time with each other. Students split their computer screen in two, one screen contains the Jamboard they are watching and the other has the Google Meet, and I am able to turn the mic on quickly to respond to any questions the students may have.
Year 12 Biology is a mixture of Google Meet, Edrolo and Screencastify for teacher Mr Danny Katzen. He records Google meets when he is explaining theory so that the students can replay it later, the Edrolo videos reinforce a concept and Screencastify allows him to work them through a problem and give detailed explanation and the students can then replay the video at their own pace. Unlike a regular classroom, remote learning means he cannot ‘read the room’ to ascertain levels of understanding or energy but most students are responding well.
Other year levels are also using a combination of Screencastify videos, slideshows, workbooks and simulation pracs. Ms Jenny Morison’s Year 9 Science students have also been venturing outdoors to send photos of an ecosystem near their house and they now have plants with plastic bags over them as they get ready to discuss photosynthesis.
The Science teachers and the students are all learning wonderful new skills during this period of remote learning.
