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Excellent session from @Bruce_NextLevel consolidates a lot of the work going on over the Inset days.
Thanks to @Lochsideaca for having some of the team from @oldmachar attend the session.
Great to work with staff at Lochside Academy, Aberdeen, today. We were exploring ways to power up our feedback and assessment.
🔵Formal vs informal
🔵Formative vs summative
🔵Validity and reliability
🔵Moderation
🔵Horizontal and vertical progress
Super discussion 😊
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Thank you for sharing examples of project-based learning that worked well in your classrooms.
We cannot wait to see you all again tomorrow for day two of our PBL 101 workshop.
It is fantastic to see 42 Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire and Angus teachers at today’s #PBL (project-based learning) event at @curlaberdeen
We will cover everything from question formation techniques to key project design considerations.
We are pleased to welcome 4 new trainees to our PBL Trainer programme who have just begun their training under the guidance of Donna Gilley and Lizbeth Paul.
Jack Arnold @peterheadaca
Katherine Rigby @stmacharacademy
Kirsty Stevenson @mackieacademy
Laura Young @RaiseScotland
What a great start to today's PBL 101 workshop!
We are thrilled to welcome back our first home-grown PBL Trainers. Rebecca Hogg from @oldmachar and Hannah Clark @BanffAcademyBXA who will lead today's PBL 101 workshop, the first of this academic year.
Massive thank you to @banconhomes and @DYW_NorthEast for giving our Practical Woodwork pupils a taste of what it’s like being onsite and all the potential avenues involved in the Construction Industry! #realworldcontext
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Massive thanks to @Cabercoffee for delivering their barista training to us today @oldmachar looking forward to developing my skills and sharing them with our pupils! ☕️
Had a lovely afternoon yesterday with some of team @northfieldaca chatting all things #PBL and plans for next year. @Excelerate_TWF collaboration in action!
@oldmachar AD&T faculty were delighted to attend the @nuartaberdeen Chalk Don’t Chalk event today and make their mark on the worlds biggest chalk mural. Some lovely pieces before the rain came! Well done all for showing resilience and perseverance!
The Gallery Walk protocol can be used as a formative assessment tool in a PBL unit. It promotes student agency and collaboration while nurturing a classroom culture that welcomes feedback & continuous improvement.
Learn more here: https://t.co/7BuZhcvECf
#Assessment#Protocol
Another great session with Our Community PBL.
Revisiting our N2K questions from last week and starting to tick some off.
After some authentic product work we undertook our first ever Gallery Walk!
Next session, actioning the feedback for improvement!