Connected Classroom
Students connect with each other, teachers and the wider community to develop deeper understanding of concepts covered in class.
An Example
During an exploration of the Bridges of Brisbane students connected with each other to determine what makes a strong bridge. After many questions about what the correct answer was I decided to reach out to an expert. Unfortunately I do not have a list of engineers waiting to chat to my class so I decided to put it to Google. I found the contact details for an engineering firm in Brisbane and then took a deep breath and call them. Luckily I was put straight through to the head of the company and after explaining that I was a teacher and that my class were learning about bridges... I asked if there was any chance that he could share something with my class either in writing or drawing (his suggestion). I gave him the link to our Tricider where we had collected our ideas. Soon after I was, and more importantly my students were, really really excited to see that he had replied. See below.
An Example
During an exploration of the Bridges of Brisbane students connected with each other to determine what makes a strong bridge. After many questions about what the correct answer was I decided to reach out to an expert. Unfortunately I do not have a list of engineers waiting to chat to my class so I decided to put it to Google. I found the contact details for an engineering firm in Brisbane and then took a deep breath and call them. Luckily I was put straight through to the head of the company and after explaining that I was a teacher and that my class were learning about bridges... I asked if there was any chance that he could share something with my class either in writing or drawing (his suggestion). I gave him the link to our Tricider where we had collected our ideas. Soon after I was, and more importantly my students were, really really excited to see that he had replied. See below.