Inter-city Superclass (feat. e-buddies)

Tuakana Teina - Buddy Learning

Room # City1 – Room # City2

Communication Form: Skype

Purpose:

·         Work collaboratively with others (known and unknown)

·         Share work with a wider audience

·         Give feedback to refine and craft writing and reading skills

·         Develop oral communication and confidence

·         Develop confidence using e-learning tools

Buddy Writing
Monday – two students from each class write a journal (recount/personal retell) entry, recording and adhering to the class learning intention and success criteria.
Monday – Thursday – the student may rework and refine their writing independently, or with a buddy in their classroom.
Friday – the students need to make sure that Skype is set up and logged in, ready to make the call at 9.30am. One student from each school is “on camera” at a time, sharing their learning intention, success criteria and their piece of work. Then they request feedback from their buddy. Their buddy then repeats the process. The off-camera people then swap places and repeat.

The purpose of having the off-camera people is to provide support (technical and prompting) to their classmate if required.