First Writing Flexi Connects in action!

I had a go at my first Writing Flexi connects last week. It was great to hear learners talk about what Feedback is and how it can help them in their writing, using the script below.

Learners were telling their parents that feedback helps helps us to know what we can improve on in our writing and how we can make it sound better.  Learners pointed out a range of next steps from writing the letters they can hear and working on spelling. Others talked about adding more detail and powerful verbs, using the co-constructed success criteria we developed recently for a narrative. 

Flexi Connects in action using Google hangouts. Learners were driving the conversation and talking about their next steps. 

Some reflections are:

to spread them out more, to make it more organically occur during our writing process. 

Work on learners continuing to be assessment capable when teacher and learner are in the hangout. 

Learners could wear a feedback lanyard to signal they are in this process. 

Continue to receive feedback from parents and colleagues about the quality of the sessions.

I am pleased with the way the first ones went. I did run into some technical issues the next day. My google hang outs kept dropping out and often parent camera didn't work unless they hang up and dialled in again.  Something to problem solve. However, this is such an exciting space to be working in.