The following includes a brief explanation of Calendars with Hyperlinks, as well as examples of how Calendars with Hyperlinks is being applied in current practice in the VTaL Google+ Community. Included are different aspects of the Practicing Teaching Criteria that links to the use of Calendars with Hyperlinks. There are also references of how Calendars with Hyperlinks connects to the 7 Principles of Learning from the Nature of Learning, published by the OECD Project Innovative Learning Environment.
The purpose and benefit of Google Calendars with Linked Learning Activities is that the learning is visible, at any time, on any given day.
Students are able to access learning for each day that learning information is posted into Calendar Events. Thus, providing a portal for rewindable learning to take place for lessons that students may have missed due to absence from school or lateness to class.
The VTaL Visible Teaching and Learning Google+ Community is a public community that is completely visible and accessible to all users.
The section on Calendars with Hyperlinks includes posts that cover a range of topics, such as:
The following are various aspects of Practising Teaching Criteria that relates to the use of Calendars with Hyperlinks.
Demonstrate in practice their knowledge and understanding of how ākonga learn
The following are reflective questions that relates to the use of Calendars with Hyperlinks.
"the learning is visible, at any time, on any given day" "portal for rewindable learning"
The following are different aspects of the 7 Principles of Learning that relates to the use of Calendars with Hyperlinks.
The learning environment recognises the learners as its core participants, encourages their active engagement and develops in them an understanding of their own activity as learners.
OECD The Nature of Learning, 2016