Monday, September 19, 2011

Key Competencies


Today during our English lesson, we learnt about the Nexus Key Competencies. 


Here are 3 of the KCs:

1. Communicating & Interacting with ICT
2. Self Management
3. Participating and Contributing

I think I am fairly good at communicating and interacting with ICT as well as participating and contributing, but I would like to improve on my self management by finishing my classwork in the limited amount of time and completing my homework before their respective dead lines. 




THINK-PAIR-SHARE


How are these words (below) connected to the Key Competencies?

1. Independence
2. Life
3. Transferable
4. Relationships
5. Team

These words can be grouped into the groups in the Nexus Key Competencies. 

The Learner: Independence.
The Learner's World: Relationships and Team.
The Wider World: Life and Transferable.

I grouped them in this way because: the learner learns how to be independent when doing individual classwork; relationships between friends happen around the learner's world, and teamwork involves the people around them as well; the wider world involves various things about life; transfers of all kinds involve the people all around the world.


Look at the LR below from Joe. What positive and negative features can you identify in terms of the reflection being a tool for learning?

Positive: He knows what he has learnt.
Negative: He lacks details and is only giving a rough idea of his learning. 


Now, look at the LR below from Hafiz. What positive and negative features can you identify in terms of the reflection being a tool for learning? How does this compare with Joe's reflection?


Positive: He gave lots of detail and explains clearly what he has learnt and how.
Negative: He shouldn't stick to writing long sentences all the time; he should add different types of sentences in as well. 


Joe's reflection is really short and he doesn't explain what he has learnt and how. He has only attempted to answer each question roughly and didn't extend it further. On the other hand, Hafiz's one contains a lot of detail and has explained clearly everything that he's learnt. He has done a better job than Joe. But one thing he can improve is that he needs to add more sentence types to his piece of writing. Most of them are long sentences and I don't see much variations. 


From comparing these two reflections, what would you say are the features of a valuable LR that can move your learning forward? Aim to note at least four positive & two negative features.


Positive:
1. Good amount of detail.
2. Good vocabulary.
3. Describing your feelings when writing about something you found difficult to learn or achieve.
4. Correct spelling and accurate use of grammar. 


Negative:
1. Don't add excessive information in your reflection.
2. Don't stick to writing one type of sentence only; add more variations.



Summarise today's lesson in 3 words only.

Learnt to Reflect.

1 comment:

  1. This is excellent YongYou - you show careful thought and consideration which is valuable in becoming a better learner. Well done.

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