Observing students is something a teacher does every day,
however, O’Keefe explains the difference between casual observations and
Kidwatching. When a teacher performs “direct,
intentional and systematic observations” while taking observational data then
this would be Kidwatching. The data the
teacher pulls from observations allow for analysis of student weaknesses to
drive instruction.
Reading the article led me to think of many possible paths
to take with data that observational data could provide. I would like to utilize my Kidwatching data
not only to aid my literacy instruction but also to contribute to possible
self-advocacy lessons. Hopefully, I can
locate skills of my more shy students that would enable them to be an “expert”
in a skills and assist others. Another thought that came to mind is to use my
observational notes to assist my students in targeting their individual
weaknesses and develop their own action plan.
I just love you are going to take kidwatching to the next level with self-advocacy! Take some video and share it with me!
ReplyDeleteI think that the self-advocacy with kidwatching is a great idea. I think that the students could really benefit from this. Good idea!
ReplyDeleteHi Stephanie,
ReplyDeleteI love your idea of using your kidwatching notes to help note the specific strengths and skills of your students and then share these notes with your students so that they can use the feedback to help build their confidence and can assist others. I also appreciate how you are going to use the feedback on their weaknesses to help provide students with feedback that can help them develop an action plan to target these areas to promote growth. Thank you! Dawn